Use these tips to help improve your memory
- Use memory strategies
- Pay attention to what you are trying to remember
- Avoid distractions/interruptions
- Go to a quiet place
- Turn off the television and radio
- Avoid strenuous activities
- Relax
- Try not to get sidetracked
- Use your circadian rhythms
- Repetition
- Repeat things out loud
- Elaboration
- Apply meaning to what you want to remember
- Perhaps conjure an image or link meaningless information to an image
- Practice a Routine
- Do the same things at the same thime each day
- Set alarms
- Use external memory aids such as written reminders, memos, etc.