Always Remember

Always Remember

When battling conditions like stage fright, its all in a matter of remembering. What that means is being able to remember the little things you need to get over your fears such as breathing, memorizing things, if you are put into a presentation type situation. 

So with that, why is having a good memory and remembering important things so beneficial for us in life? How can we benefit from having a good memory? How can we improve our memory to make it stronger?

Having a good memory helps us everywhere in our lives, whether it be at school trying to remember everything for that mid term exam or presentation, at work thinking about certain ideas and how you will be executing them to perfection, or even at home when facing certain responsibilities in regards to expenses, etc. 

Benefits of a good memory:

• better grades on tests, assignments, and presentations
• higher self-confidence in your own abilities
• reduced anxiety and frustration since learning becomes easier
• reduced hours of cramming prior to tests, quizzes, etc. 
• improved sleep quality
• improved social interaction

Now there are some who have excellent memories, while others suffer from ones that are not as strong. The following are just some ways for some one to improve their memory while also getting the complete best from it.

Ways to improve your memory:

• Don't shorten yourself on exercise or sleep. Do not suffer from a lack of sleep or even exercise. Your ability to remembering things increases when you nurture your brain with a good diet and other healthy habits.
• Make time for friends and fun. Research shows that having healthy and meaningful relationships and a strong support system are vital not only to emotional health, but also to brain health

• Pay attention. You can’t remember something if you never learned it, and you can’t learn something—that is, encode it into your brain—if you don’t pay enough attention to it
• Keep stress in check. Stress is considered to be one of the brain’s greatest enemies. Over time, chronic stress destroys brain cells and damages the hippo campus, the region of the brain involved in the formation of new memories and the retrieval of old ones.

• Rehearse information you have already learned. Review what you have learned the same day you learn it, and at intervals thereafter. This “spaced rehearsal” is more effective than cramming, especially for retaining what you have learned.