How can I boost my memory?

We all have a period we forget things from time to time. While this could be a natural effect, there are ways you could still avoid getting frustrated as a result of poor memory.

Studying in school or for a course on your job could pose a threat to your assimilation. Many a time, you have probably wished you had a magnetic brain that picks every ditto detail once you read them. However, there are ways to help improve your memory.

1. Try to understand the text: When reading a text, it is highly imperative you understand what the material is about. You could either get an executive summary of the text, watch or listen to the text on the internet. This gives you an idea of what the text is about.
2. Learn the most necessary information: A book has so many information you both need and do not need. As time is of the essence, you need to be able to decipher which is the most information for you, instead of wasting precious time studying what is not necessary.
3. Take notes: When reading or studying, try to jot down some salient points that would be useful. Taking notes is highly important when reading.
4. Practice the interference theory: Try to study in chunks. Avoiding marathon-reading would help you boost your brainpower. Take a break while studying. For instance, you study for 30 minutes and take a 10minutes break, this would go a long way to help you remember things you are studying.
5. Learn opposite things: This is similar to the above point but different in a way. Try to do something different while reading. You know what works best for you.
6. Build your own “mind palace”: I know a friend who associates whatever he reads with things in his room. It is amazing how he does it, but they prevent him from forgetting the things he read. When reading, try to connect or associate what you are studying with familiar things around you, most especially, your study room.
7. Makeup stories: When reading things like theories or long reads, try to make a story out of them, fictional or non-fictional, the choice is yours. The story helps whatever you are reading sticks faster in your memory.
8. Use a tape recorder: When studying, try to read out what you are reading, better still, recite the things you are studying and get them on tape or sound recorder. After a period of time, listen to your own voice recorded, it might sound awkward, but try to listen to it.
9. Visualize: Try to paint a picture of what you are studying in your mind. It helps keep information longer in your head
10. Eat well: Study period is not the time to overfeed yourself or underfeed. As much as you are trying to steer clear of sugar contents(Carbs and junks) during your study time, seeing it makes your sleep, eating vegetables or a balanced diet, better still, helps you stay alert while reading.
11. Choose only the best materials: Textbooks could be outdated, do yourself a huge favour of going online to get what is latest in the world of the subject you are reading.

Following these, would help your brainpower and aid your memory retention.