Charan Ranganath
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And so maybe that's the thing that you want to be able to do is try to call back some of those memories, either with photos or with, you know, just at the end of the day while you're on these holidays. If you just take a moment and reflect on trying to just remember one positive thing from the day. Right.
What you'll find is, is that one positive thing will come to mind and then that'll make another positive thing come to mind. And all of a sudden you've recalled all of these experiences that you had. And the act of recalling those experiences will make it easier to bring those experiences to mind later on so that you can incorporate it into your remembering self in a more rich way.
What you'll find is, is that one positive thing will come to mind and then that'll make another positive thing come to mind. And all of a sudden you've recalled all of these experiences that you had. And the act of recalling those experiences will make it easier to bring those experiences to mind later on so that you can incorporate it into your remembering self in a more rich way.
What you'll find is, is that one positive thing will come to mind and then that'll make another positive thing come to mind. And all of a sudden you've recalled all of these experiences that you had. And the act of recalling those experiences will make it easier to bring those experiences to mind later on so that you can incorporate it into your remembering self in a more rich way.
Okay, so there's different things. So a lot of people when they talk about memory training is like memory athletes or something where they're trying to memorize like the thousandth digit of pi. And that stuff is not going to be particularly helpful in remembering this moment that you want to hold in mind as pristinely as possible, right? Yeah.
Okay, so there's different things. So a lot of people when they talk about memory training is like memory athletes or something where they're trying to memorize like the thousandth digit of pi. And that stuff is not going to be particularly helpful in remembering this moment that you want to hold in mind as pristinely as possible, right? Yeah.
Okay, so there's different things. So a lot of people when they talk about memory training is like memory athletes or something where they're trying to memorize like the thousandth digit of pi. And that stuff is not going to be particularly helpful in remembering this moment that you want to hold in mind as pristinely as possible, right? Yeah.
What I would say is the biggest thing that helps with remembering in a way that will get you back into that moment is the sensory details, whatever they are. Now, some people don't have a great ability to remember the sensory details in certain ways. There's people who have what's called aphantasia who can't visually image things, for instance.
What I would say is the biggest thing that helps with remembering in a way that will get you back into that moment is the sensory details, whatever they are. Now, some people don't have a great ability to remember the sensory details in certain ways. There's people who have what's called aphantasia who can't visually image things, for instance.
What I would say is the biggest thing that helps with remembering in a way that will get you back into that moment is the sensory details, whatever they are. Now, some people don't have a great ability to remember the sensory details in certain ways. There's people who have what's called aphantasia who can't visually image things, for instance.
But to the extent that you can immerse yourself in whatever makes this moment unique, that will make it more memorable to you because it's going to be distinctive. The D in medic, that sticks out. It'll give you a context that's very unique and specific, the C in medic. And so basically, we can do that in part by...
But to the extent that you can immerse yourself in whatever makes this moment unique, that will make it more memorable to you because it's going to be distinctive. The D in medic, that sticks out. It'll give you a context that's very unique and specific, the C in medic. And so basically, we can do that in part by...
But to the extent that you can immerse yourself in whatever makes this moment unique, that will make it more memorable to you because it's going to be distinctive. The D in medic, that sticks out. It'll give you a context that's very unique and specific, the C in medic. And so basically, we can do that in part by...
Controlling, managing are basically just keeping ourselves from sabotaging ourselves for the most part. So, you know, there's just certain things that are just memory blockers like stress, fatigue, illness, depression, multitasking. Multitasking is probably the major thing. malady of the modern age, right? You know, if you want to remember this moment, don't keep looking at your phone.
Controlling, managing are basically just keeping ourselves from sabotaging ourselves for the most part. So, you know, there's just certain things that are just memory blockers like stress, fatigue, illness, depression, multitasking. Multitasking is probably the major thing. malady of the modern age, right? You know, if you want to remember this moment, don't keep looking at your phone.
Controlling, managing are basically just keeping ourselves from sabotaging ourselves for the most part. So, you know, there's just certain things that are just memory blockers like stress, fatigue, illness, depression, multitasking. Multitasking is probably the major thing. malady of the modern age, right? You know, if you want to remember this moment, don't keep looking at your phone.
Don't keep, don't turn off, you know, put your watch in do not disturb mode. Because the more tempted you are to do these things, even thinking about it can be enough to sap your attention and get you out of that moment that you want to remember later on.
Don't keep, don't turn off, you know, put your watch in do not disturb mode. Because the more tempted you are to do these things, even thinking about it can be enough to sap your attention and get you out of that moment that you want to remember later on.
Don't keep, don't turn off, you know, put your watch in do not disturb mode. Because the more tempted you are to do these things, even thinking about it can be enough to sap your attention and get you out of that moment that you want to remember later on.
Yeah. Another thing is just setting the intention of what you want to take away in the first place. So, and this is, I think, a great analogy to the breath, right? Because I think a lot of people think that it should just be natural, should be We just get everything for free. And that's not really how it works, right?