5 practices and habits to avoid forgetting

Have you ever wished that a device would be connected to your brain with which you can download all the important information and store it in memory just as we store our important information on the computer's memory! We often have very much difficulty memorizing or even remembering where we put our things, important appointments, or even people and places.

Do you suffer from constant forgetfulness? Don't worry, it's a problem for many. Scientists tried to find the location of memory in the hope of finding a way to load data and information on it, but after many years of study they came to the fact that memory is stored in several places in the brain according to the type of information itself and therefore they were unable to store information in a specific place.

This article will try to help you in brief with some practices that can improve your memory and reduce forgetfulness problems. Remember that there is no magic way to solve the problem of forgetfulness, but there are practices that turn it into daily habits through which you can improve the efficiency of your memory. However, if you try all these practices and they do not work even after a while, or you suffer from serious forgetfulness of basic information, we recommend that you go to a specialist.

1. Exercise

It seems strange to think that there is a relationship between improving memory and exercise, but the truth is that there is a scientific relationship between brain function and sports. When exercising, oxygen is pushed to the brain, in addition to the renewal of brain cells, which improves memory quality. Sport also contributes to the activation of blood circulation in the body and is also one of the factors that improve brain function and stimulate memory. If you are an adult, you need 150 minutes of simple physical activity such as walking a week. Or 75 minutes of strenuous activities such as aerobics. It is preferable to distribute the time on the days of the week.

2. Activate brain cells

Efficient brain function needs exercise like the rest of the body's cells, but how do we work on exercising brain cells! Learning new languages, for example, is one of the most effective ways to exercise and activate brain cells. Also, solving crosswords, playing games such as chess, reading, or even learning to play a musical instrument are all activities to exercise and activate brain cells.

3. Drink water

We have often heard about the benefit of drinking water for the whole body but do you know that some of your brain cells are made up of water! See what happens when water becomes scarce in your body! Shrinkage of brain cells occurs and memorization becomes almost impossible. Drinking water energizes the mind and increases concentration. Studies have proven that drinking water significantly improves brain function and memory.

4- Storing memory personally

Did you notice during the school days that despite reviewing the summaries of the outstanding students, you did not equal with them in achievement and grades, despite using the same written material and taking the same exam? There are many types of intelligence and most of us have all or most of those types, but in varying proportions. The types of intelligence known so far are eight.

Music is one of them, if it is the dominant type you have, for example, by reading the material you want to memorize or remember while listening to your favorite music, the chance that you remember the information is better.  The second type is linguistic intelligence, and if this is predominantly yours, you will find that you are fluent in learning languages, have a rich vocabulary of words, and can express better than others.

Others Visual intelligence, and if it is the dominant type you have, you will find that you have a great way to memorize and remember through pictures or seeing places. You can remember the road well even if you pass it once because you have monitored the place around you from signs, shops, buildings and trees. As for the owners of motor intelligence, they have a very striking way of reading and memorizing while walking back and forth, and unlike the owners of reflective intelligence, who need complete calm and a familiar environment with the least distraction elements to memorize.

Logical intelligence people convert all information into numbers or graphs and are interested in causal relationships. Social intelligence is more based on understanding others and you will find that through it you are able to understand people and their emotions and remember what makes them happy or sad. Interpersonal intelligence is highly reflective and built on successful self-understanding. Finally, natural intelligence is related to understanding phenomena and classifying them geographically, so that these people are able to produce, understand and memorize in natural places more.

You can discover your type of intelligence from the above and take advantage of the best way to memorize and retain information in a way that suits the way your brain works.

5. Follow a good diet and sleep enough time

Eating a healthy diet of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat protein such as fish, legumes and poultry can significantly improve brain function and memory. Nuts are also known to strengthen memory and prevent its deterioration.

As for sleep, it is largely linked to memory, as many studies have proven that little and interrupted sleep is associated with memory loss, if you are an adult, you need 7 to 9 hours of sleep per day.