When was the last time you walked into a room with purpose only to forget what that purpose was? We all forget things but what you might not know is that your brain is actively sabotaging your memory. Think of the brain as a might super computer but one with limits. If you’ve every gotten a warning about “low memory” on your computer or phone, then you need to “clear space” to add more data. The brain works on the same principle.
For every new bit of information, you take in, some other fragment needs to be squeezed out to make room. But there are ways to trick your brain to create new memories and in turn it will actually clear up space and help you recall what needs to be recalled. Keep in mind, that if you are forgetting relevant or recent information like a conversation from this morning or your home address, then you might be dealing with a more complex issue that needs to be checked by a doctor. For the occasional random acts of forgetfulness, try using these tricks to lock down what you want to remember.
Long-term memories are fused in the brain during deep sleep. When that sleep is disrupted, then the memories can become fractured. You might be amazed at how much you’ll start to recall when you get in your eight hours.
Project What Forgetting Would Mean
Try to imagine what would happen if you forget the thing you want to remember. Consider wanting to set an alarm to wake up. You might think about that at dinner time. Take a moment to consider what would happen if you forget to set the alarm. You’ll be late for work, stuck in traffic and fall behind at the job. Catastrophe all because you forgot to set the alarm. Once you’ve locked into that worst-case scenario, you’re going to remember to set that alarm later on.
Put Things in Groups
A single piece of information that is floating in your brain without any connection to your life can be hard to recall. This is why you want to put things in groups and associated them with other connections. For instance, it might be easier to remember numbers if you key them with certain colors. You could even envision a number you have to remember on a specific colored door. Or put things into a category like a file folder to summon up when you need to.
Put Tech to Work
Finally, you can use technology to improve your memory by freeing up space in your brain. When you don’t have to commit phone numbers to memory, then you get to use that brain space for other facts. There is nothing wrong with depending on your Smartphones contact list. Just be sure to back it all up!
Ni lini mara ya mwisho wewe kutembea katika chumba na lengo tu kusahau nini lengo hilo lilikuwa? Sisi sote tunasahau mambo lakini kile ambacho huenda usijue ni kwamba ubongo wako unafanya kazi kwa bidii kuharibu kumbukumbu yako. Fikiria ubongo kama kompyuta kubwa yenye nguvu lakini yenye mipaka. Kama wewe've kila gotten onyo kuhusu 'ndoto ya chini' kwenye kompyuta yako au simu, basi unahitaji'safi nafasi' kuongeza data zaidi. Ubongo hufanya kazi kwa kanuni ileile. Kwa kila kipande kipya cha habari, unachokichukua, kipande kingine kinahitaji kukandamizwa ili kutengeneza nafasi. Lakini kuna njia za kuwadanganya ubongo wako kuunda kumbukumbu mpya na kwa upande wake itaondoa nafasi na kukusaidia kukumbuka kile kinachohitaji kukumbukwa. Kumbuka kwamba ikiwa unasahau habari muhimu au ya hivi karibuni kama mazungumzo ya asubuhi au anwani yako ya nyumbani, basi unaweza kuwa unashughulika na suala ngumu zaidi ambalo linahitaji kuchunguzwa na daktari. Kwa ajili ya vitendo vya mara kwa mara vya kusahau, jaribu kutumia mbinu hizi kufunga kile unataka kukumbuka. Kumbukumbu za muda mrefu huunganishwa katika ubongo wakati wa usingizi mzito. Usingizi huo unapovurugwa, kumbukumbu zinaweza kuvunjika. Unaweza kushangazwa na jinsi utakavyoanza kukumbuka unapofika katika masaa yako manane. Jaribu kufikiria jambo ambalo lingetokea ikiwa ungeusahau jambo unalotaka kukumbuka. Kwa mfano, unaweza kuweka kengele ya kuamsha ili kuamsha. Unaweza kufikiria jambo hilo wakati wa chakula cha jioni. Chukua muda kufikiria nini kingeweza kutokea ikiwa ungeisahau kuweka kengele. Utakuwa umechelewa kazini, utafungwa katika msongamano wa magari na kuachwa nyuma kazini. Msiba wote kwa sababu umesahau kuweka kengele. Mara baada ya wewe <unk>ve imefungwa katika kwamba hali mbaya zaidi, wewe <unk>re kwenda kukumbuka kuweka kwamba kengele baadaye. """Kuweka Vitu katika Vikundi: kipande kimoja cha habari ambacho kinatembea katika ubongo wako bila uhusiano wowote na maisha yako kinaweza kuwa vigumu kukumbuka." Hii ni kwa nini unataka kuweka mambo katika makundi na kuhusishwa nao na uhusiano mwingine. Kwa mfano, huenda ikawa rahisi kukumbuka namba ikiwa utaziandika kwa rangi fulani. Unaweza hata kufikiria nambari unayopaswa kukumbuka kwenye mlango wa rangi fulani. Au kuweka mambo katika jamii kama folda ya faili kwa wito juu wakati unahitaji. Kwa mfano, unaweza kutumia teknolojia kuboresha kumbukumbu yako kwa kuondoa nafasi katika ubongo wako. Wakati huna kufanya kuweka namba za simu kwa kumbukumbu, basi kupata kutumia kwamba nafasi ya ubongo kwa ajili ya ukweli mwingine. Hakuna kitu kibaya na kutegemea orodha ya mawasiliano ya Smartphones yako. Hakikisha tu kwamba unaandika mambo yote nyuma!