Improve Your Memory in Three Simple Steps With the Journey Technique

Do you have trouble remembering lists, names or steps in a process?

Your mind will retain and retrieve information more easily if you give it interesting and pleasurable things to work with.

It tends to notice color, shape, movement, fragrance, sound, taste, and texture.

The trouble is, a lot of the things we try to cram into our heads are plain, dry and abstract.

But if we can bring our lists to life, they'll become unforgettable! Simply follow these steps.

Choose a real-life journey
This can be short or long but you must be familiar with it.

Map out the landmarks
Bring to mind specific places along your route as vividly as you can.

Match your list to your landmarks
Picture the items that you need to remember as if they were part of your journey. Here, the flowers you plan to buy Mom have become part of the town hall!

If you had names or numbers to recall, you could add them to the flag or place them in the windows for example.

Now run through your journey in your imagination and you'll find that you remember your list too!


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