As you keep notes about what and how you remember in your journal,
you can use this to guide what you do.
For example, suppose you note that you have had trouble remembering
names at events you attend. That will suggest that you
target this area of memory to work on. Or suppose you notice a pattern
that you are forgetting things more at certain times of the day.
This might suggest that you are more tired and less attentive at this
time. You need either to take steps to up your energy (say, getting
more sleep or eating an energy snack around that time each day) or
to recognize that your memory ability is less sharp at this time, so
you find another time to seek to learn something new if you can. In
short, use what you learn about your memory powers as you keep
your journal to determine what you need to work on or when your
memory powers are at a lower ebb.
Conversely, if you note memory successes, take some time to
congratulate and reward yourself, which will help to keep you motivated
to continue to improve. When you see signs of your success
and are rewarded for them, you’ll feel even better about what you
are doing to increase your memory. For example, say after a history
of not remembering the names of most of the people you meet at a
business mixer, you consciously work on encoding those names into
your memory and find you are better able to make them part of your
long-term memory, so you can recall much more—from the details
of what they do to what you need to do to follow up with each
person. That’s great! A terrific achievement! So acknowledge this to
yourself and give yourself some reward, such as praising yourself,
patting yourself on the back, treating yourself to a coffee latte, or
giving yourself a star or blue ribbon. This way you recognize your
progress and keep yourself going to the next level of improvement.
A good way to use rewards is to provide a small amount of praise
or give a small reward to yourself after a day of good progress. But
make the reward even bigger for your achievements for the week.
Then, after 30 days, go all out to reward yourself as well as clearly
indicate where you have made your progress. This will show that
you have completed 30 days to a better memory successfully—then
you can sign on for another 30 days to work on making even more
improvements. 64
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