have a better memory

Officially, no one trusts me to remind them of something. I can’t help it, its really hard for me to remember the littlest things sometimes. It never used to be a big deal until it started to get me into trouble. My mom would tell me to do something and I’d forget, and when I tell her I forgot she thinks I’m lying or using my memory “issues” as a way of getting out of doing something. When the truth is: I really am not.

I’ve added this goal because I hate getting caught in those situations, you know the ones where you are in mid sentence and you cannot remember the name of a person you met or the place you went, or how long ago it was. I end up feeling stupid or cannot even get to the point of my story… I really want to improve in this area.
How I would go about improving this, would be to possibly write down all of the things I think I will tell people in the future. For example: So I watched Jay Leno tonight, Andy Sandburg and kris… something or other was on. there we go, already I’ve forgotten Kris’ last name who won American Idol, so now I can find it on the internet and write it down.
I think this goal will help my confidence and story telling abilities and people will probably take me more seriously.

I definitely have short term memory… I’ll try to improve it!

technology has gotten me used to just setting reminders for everything, and remembering on my own only once in a while..

I really think that drinking is most of the problem. Other than the fact that I did drugs as a teenager. All I know is that when I was pregnant, not drinking or anything, my memory improved so much. And the second time around was even better! So this goal is along with moderating drinking.

Memory…

Sometimes I love to simply sit there and think about my past.
It’s amazing how a place, a song or even a certain smell can take you back in time…
I want to be able to remember those little things that can easily be forgotten. Over the past 5 years I have kept a journal and a memory book, I sometimes find myself reading back my words and the memories flutter around in my mind.
I recommend writing about stories from the past because you’ll appreciate being able to read them back in 20 years time.

Brasil

i forget things so easily, often important things that end up with me letting others down =(

Would like to remember that funny word,or how the story went and be able to tell it to a stranger.

I don’t remember anything. Ever. It’s horrible. My mom used to tell me I just wasn’t paying attention, but I know that even when I do, things just don’t stick with me for very long. I feel lucky to get through the day sometimes. Bless my loving an patient husband who reminds me of everything, sometimes the same thing over and over again.