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• Focus

Focus on what you want to remember. Slowly think about what you need to remember (whether a list of names, home affairs or products that you want to buy). In the future, you will notice that you are much faster and easier to begin to remember what on what you have previously been focusing their attention for just one minute!

• Make a list

Try to remember a list of several items at the same time integrating them in mind. For example, if you want to remember a list of products that you have to buy, spend the association between them, and in a certain way or act. Imagine yourself near the washing machine with detergent in hand, then - as you go into the kitchen to eat cookies with milk, then, for example, in the toilet - to hang a new roll of toilet paper.

• Organize to-do list

Divide the list into individual items and try to make a link between them and something clear, well-memorable for you. Improvements memorizing numbers can be achieved by associating them with important dates for you, such as birthday or any interesting historical dates.

• Create a unique image

When you are trying to remember someone's name, try to match it with any object or phenomenon, which in the future will help him remember. 

• Create acronyms

Train your brain by memorizing letters in a specific sequence and creating words for certain things, say experts from Papersowl. In this case, you must use capital letters of the words to create an acronym comprising the list of things you need to perform, or the products that you need to buy. For example, the word MARCH you can remember, by tying to the first letter of the product that you need to buy in the store.

• Connect all the senses

Are you afraid to forget the date of the birthday of friend or appointments your friend? Say aloud a list of upcoming events, and then think about how you had fun at a friend's birthday last year and a tasty cooked meat in the restaurant, where an appointment with a friend. Then these sensations will remind you about the date of the event.
By the way, a healthy diet also improves memory.

• Write down everything you need to remember

Even if you do not follow the list of things you need to perform a detailed recording of these cases it brings considerable benefit your memory.

• Make up rhymes

Do you remember how to teach the alphabet or number of days in each month, when you were young? Most likely, you remembered them with songs or rhymes. Try to do the same, as an adult, only now rhymes names, events and planned business.

• Be practical

From a long list of do a few small, which will be easier to remember. For example, instead of trying to remember a dozen different cases and upcoming events, try creating four small list, each of which will contain all three points.

• More positive

Do not doubt yourself! Our brain is capable of more than we imagine. To improve memory regularly practice these tips and you'll be surprised how much information you can remember.