Let’s assume you enjoy eating a variety of
different salads and preparing them yourself.
Whenever you include salads in your meal
plan, you make a point of taking inventory of
the ingredients you need and commit to
memory the ingredients you need to buy; but
while doing this, your partner asks you to add
an item or two since you’re going to the
supermarket anyway.
If your attention is focused on the salad
ingredients, it’s most likely that you’ll miss out
buying the items your spouse asked you to buy.
Or if your focus switched to your wife’s request,
you may miss an ingredient or two for the salad.
If nothing is missed, then you possess good
memory coordination.
Assuming you overlooked a item or two, it’s likely
that what was missed was never committed to
memory in the first place. Here are a few possible
common reasons why information is not committed
to memory and how to overcome this in the future.
Are you distracted easily? Distraction is one of the
most common reasons why information is not
committed to memory. When a loud or startling
sound, a foul smell, TV or video game noise, or any
other external intrusion overwhelm incoming
information, then it’s likely that you will not pick up
the information for memory storage.
Only one solution is at hand. Shift your concentration
to the information by getting away from all the
distractions, or by taking these diversions away from
you.
On the other hand, if your concentration is focused on
something that interests you, new information can’t get
through you.
This may seem like a plus factor to memory retention
but the problem here is that new information which
may be important at the moment will not find its way
through your memory.
Take for example, you are concentrating deeply on a set
of jewelry which you want to buy for your spouse during
a special occasion.
Since the price is too expensive, you’re contemplating on
how you can acquire the jewelry without draining your
pocket. Just outside the jewelry shop, an old friend sees
you and calls your name; but somehow you can’t or don’t
hear it. The shop attendant has to intercede so you can
snap out of your concentration.
Technically, there seems to be nothing wrong with
keeping focus on something, except that the focus may
get rooted too deep (much like a trance) that you
somehow block out what’s happening around you.
To correct this , practice committing to a broad level of
concentration. This may take a little time and practice.
Work on maintaining this mindset and stay alert and
aware of your main task at hand and your surrounding
activity.
Get motivated and interested. If something unimportant
is called to your attention, it is likely that you’re not
committing the necessary attention it requires, much
less remember it.
However, there may be certain info that may not
interest you but nonetheless carries some importance,
so having a motivated mindset is key.
What may seem unimportant now may have relevance
and importance later. Make the effort to practice this
technique and you’ll notice a significant improvement in
your memory retention and recall.
Like any formed habit, it typically takes 2-3 weeks of
practice before it is engrained in your subconscious mind.
Stress is almost always a culprit whenever the subject
is inclined to shortfalls in memory retention. With
emotional or physical stress, your performance with
regards to memory is reduced.
You may have come across instances when you tried
your best to remember something (a name, place, or
date) but actually can not; it’s at the tip-of-the-tongue.
Some theorized this syndrome occurs more with age.
Others say the brain dumps memory information
anywhere within itself. It gets disorganized. When we
need to retrieve something, it’s like going through a
file of assorted information.
Whatever the reason may be, the real cause of the
syndrome is stress. The harder you try (even if you
snap your fingers incessantly), the less likely you’ll
remember it. This makes it more frustrating.
The way to handle it is to find relief from your stress
through practicing relaxation techniques. Once you’re
relaxed, you’ll find that the missing info will come to
you with greater ease.
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