Memory Games

I tackled "The short term memory checker" again today. I wasn't sure whether to start at where I got to last time - level 7 - or to start from level 1 again. I took a look at level 7, freaked out a bit, and started at level 1. Cleared levels 1-5 without much issue. Kind of fun. But then got stuck on level 6. It was partly that I was having difficulty recalling specifics of the coins I wasn't familiar with, and partly that I just didn't seem to be able to come up with any creative stories. Just as my 10 minutes was up I got interrupted, so out of necessity walked away for a few minutes then came back to it. When I came back I decided to skip level 6 and try level 7. I made up a fun and interesting story, and cleared level 7 with no issue! Woo, progress! I strongly suspect it was the break that helped - however brief. I'll be bearing that in mind in future.

I've now completed the lectures for sections 1-3 of the course, so now it's time to focus on the week 2 "homework" - i.e. memory games and marker practice. So here, in my own words, is what I'm going to be practicing from now until I can see sufficient improvement to warrant moving on:

• Wikipedia task: 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
• Read something. 
• Decide upon 10-20 important words or concepts per page / 2-4 per paragraph. 
• Create a marker for each. Link these to existing memories. 
• Try using a memory palace. 
• Try to recall them in chronological order, both forwards and backwards.
• The Short Term Memory Checker:
• http://neutralx0.net/home/mini04.html
• Daily Life Marker Practice:
• Practice creating markers to help with remembering things throughout daily life.
• Lists
• What I was doing directly before being interrupted
• Information
• Stories
• The Random Images Generator:
• http://www.keytostudy.com/random-images-generator/
• Tag Cloud Generator:
• http://www.keytostudy.com/tag-cloud-generation/
• Visual Marker Creation:
• http://www.keytostudy.com/visual-marker-creation/
• Linking Markers:
• http://www.keytostudy.com/linking-markers-exercise/
• Link and Memorise Random Words:
• http://www.keytostudy.com/20-random-words-generator/

I will create a page on this blog to document the practice tasks for each week, the amount of time recommended to spend on each per day, and the amount of time I *actually* spend on each per day.

I have also acquired the book Moonwalking with Einstein, which I will spend some time reading this week.

I'm still feeling great about this... even though I'm not sounding quite as thrilled lol. All I need to do is keep at it. 5 days down, the rest of my life to go...