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Step 3Keeping your memory palace in shape
Just like all buildings when they are forgotten, memory palaces can fall down and collapse too - even moreso since they're not made of material much more solid than the electricity that fires between your neurons. So how can you keep your palaces in shape ? There aren't many around this but here are a few pointers.
Use it !
if you don't use your memory palace, it's just not going to stay and move from your short-term memory to your long-term memory (where it'll have more chances to endure)
Expand it ! Using your memory palace to store more information means that you'll have to walk through it, a good occasion to give it more persistence, but also that you'll need to continue expanding it eventually as you run out of space. Building new buildings alongside new ones is a good way to make your memory palace feel new, fun and exciting again, along with giving these new buildings more persistence.
Write/draw/talk about it !
A memory palace is a very good occasion to use your imagination and get creative, and might help you make interesting connections between memories and look at problems in a different way. Careful ! If you're going to write/draw/talk about your memory palaces and someone should stumble upon your notes or data, they might be able to figure out what kind of information you stored, which is not too serious when you've lost notes about your grandmother's birthday, but gets more dangerous when you lose notes about your bank account number and password. Which is why you should hook memories up in a way that makes sense to you, and you alone !
Once again, these are just two ways to keep your memory palace in shape : how about recording a video of a building you're using to store memories, or recording yourself as you go through your palace ? Give it a shot and see if it works better for you.
Use it !
if you don't use your memory palace, it's just not going to stay and move from your short-term memory to your long-term memory (where it'll have more chances to endure)
Expand it ! Using your memory palace to store more information means that you'll have to walk through it, a good occasion to give it more persistence, but also that you'll need to continue expanding it eventually as you run out of space. Building new buildings alongside new ones is a good way to make your memory palace feel new, fun and exciting again, along with giving these new buildings more persistence.
Write/draw/talk about it !
A memory palace is a very good occasion to use your imagination and get creative, and might help you make interesting connections between memories and look at problems in a different way. Careful ! If you're going to write/draw/talk about your memory palaces and someone should stumble upon your notes or data, they might be able to figure out what kind of information you stored, which is not too serious when you've lost notes about your grandmother's birthday, but gets more dangerous when you lose notes about your bank account number and password. Which is why you should hook memories up in a way that makes sense to you, and you alone !
Once again, these are just two ways to keep your memory palace in shape : how about recording a video of a building you're using to store memories, or recording yourself as you go through your palace ? Give it a shot and see if it works better for you.
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