Judy Marcus - Memory Improvement Tips

Remember to Know your Focal Point, if you want to Remember to Focus

A funny thing happend on the way to writing this blogpost.  I got sidetracked.  Does this ever happen to you?

Here's how I pulled myself back in:  I took a deep breath (sorry loyal readers, but yes, I am mentioning that all important breath again.  In fact, there was a great article in Sunday, November 29, 2009's Chicago Tribune BY BOB CONDOR,  "BREATHE RIGHT AND MEDITATE - RESEARCH SHOWS DAILY ATTENTION TO MIND-BODY DYNAMIC REDUCES ANXIETY, STRENGTHENS IMMUNE SYSTEM".  Good stuff.  Google it if you are so inclined...)

As I was saying, I pulled myself back in with a breath.  Then, I asked myself, "What is your intention, Miss Judy Memory Lady?" (and then I started thinking about how I so quickly knew after three months of dating that I was going to marry Steve, and I wondered to myself, "What is your intention, Steve?"  And you can guess his intention because we're about to celebrate a lot of years of marriage, so my memory goes way back...)

"Alright, already", you're beginning to think, "Stop meandering Judy - FOCUS", and I did.  I took another breath, and realized that my attention was easily distracted because I had no roadmap to where I was headed.  

How can you find the light at the end of the tunnel when you don't know which tunnel you're traveling down? 

In a quick nutshell:  Think of the time I would have saved myself if only I had made a quick outline of what I wanted to say.  And then, should my mind wander, my breath could draw me back, and I would know just where I was headed, and then headed there. Don't you agree?  It's much easier to focus when you know your focal point.

Let's hear from you. 

WHAT ARE YOUR "I need to put more FOCUS in my life" STORIES?   Blog on and share your LOVE Memory Method stories as well. 

Blog on with your comments.  And forward this blog to as many friends and associates as you wish.  Hopefully they'll become Memory Tipsters as well. 

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Where Are My Keys? They're easy to find if you look in the right place.

My husband always says if I ever run away from home, one of the first places he'll look for me is a book store.  So, here I am.  Cozy and connected. 

Speaking to a room full of amazing Aspen locals and vacationers in one of my favorite places, Explore Booksellers and Bistro, which is a big house with lots of rooms, all the nooks and crannies filled with an amazing array of books, and a bonus upstairs dining room looking out onto trees and mountain, serving delicious, nutritious organic food.  

That's me.  Sharing information.  Talking WHERE ARE MY KEYS? book-talk.  Teaching people of all ages who have busy, active lives, how to remember whatever they choose to remember - instantly, upon demand. 

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One of my memory tips is to find a place for everything that's important to you, and put it back in its memory place.  That way you don't have to spend hours of your life searching for things because you can't remember where you put them.

I read that in America we waste 90,000 hours per day looking for lost items.  How much time do YOU contribute to that statistic?

Placing your keys on auto-pilot is a good habit to begin with.  My friend Sandi has a basket for her keys right in her entranceway.  She immediately puts her keys in that basket as soon as she walks in the house.  My husband Steve walks in the house, gives me a kiss if I'm home, and then proceeds to the bedroom where he empties the contents of his pockets, including his keys, onto his nightstand. 

The key to Steve's and Sandi's consistant behavior is just that - consistant behavior.  Auto pilot action.  And then they know just where to find their keys.

What about you?  Can you make a commitment to focus on just one object that you will find a memory place for - and then every day for thirty days: stop.  take a deep breath.  and then put that object back in its memory place? 

With the extra time you save by knowing where are your keys (or your glasses, checkbook, wallet, etc.) - where will you be spending your valuable time?  Where are your favorite places to hang out so we can find you?

Blog on and let us know!

Please forward this blog to as many friends and associates as you wish.  Hopefully they'll become Memory Tipsters as well. (Copyright - Judy Marcus - 2008)**********************************************************************************************************

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