It’s nothing to be ashamed of. As we age, our memories get less reliable, especially our short-term memories. (We prefer to think that our brains have become very full of useful information we’ve been gathering for over 60 years and have limited room for new information.) But the experts say there are a few simple tricks we can do to help us remember the small day-to-day stuff, like where you left your wallet.
One of the reasons we sometimes lose track of our most often-used items is that we’ve put them down thousands of times over the course of our lives. Our brains tend to remember the unusual, the novel, not the mundane, routine stuff we do every day. So, we don’t pay as much attention as we should when we lay down our eyeglasses, car keys, etc. This won’t cause a problem if we leave them in the spot where we normally park them, but it causes all kinds of problems when we place them somewhere else.
The experts suggest that whenever we lay down an item like our wallet or car keys, we take just one moment to notice something else about where we are – the smell of flowers in a nearby vase, the crumbs on the table. These small, seemingly unimportant details can help you recall where you left your stuff!
