Memory Fitness Matters offers suggestions for lifelong learning and successful aging. As a speech-language pathologist with over 4 decades of experience working with older adults, Kathryn Kilpatrick specializes in working with older adults and their families facing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. In the last decade people of all ages seem to be complaining about their memory which led to Walking the Path to Memory Fitness and a successful Memory Fitness Matters program series.
Have you noticed that your memory is not what it used to be? Join the many people, both young and old, complaining about forgetting something or trying to figure what they were just doing. There is no quick fix for improving your memory. Like losing weight, you need to be aware of what will help in your particular situation then make a conscious effort to work your plan.
PAYING ATTENTION:
Each Monday you will given an area related to memory fitness that you might want to make your focus for that week. Continue to follow the suggestions and notice the impact it will have on your awareness and eventually your ability to change some of your automatic patterns.
This weekend in the middle of lunch with a friend it dawned on me that I left my wallet at home. Why? I was rushing to leave for a class and while I was taking some work files out of the car, I got an important phone call. I was now running late, had been distracted and left my wallet on the counter. Usually I leave it with my keys so I do not forget it but I needed my keys to unlock the car. Multitasking, hurrying and distractions are often the culprits for many of our memory complaints. This is what life looks like for many of us in the 21st century.
TO DO:
This week pay attention to what was happening prior to misplacing something. Were you focused on what was in your hand or where you were going? Was your mind on something else or were you interrupted? Change begins with awareness.
“Great results cannot be achieved at once;
and we must be satisfied to advance in life
as we walk, step by step.”
Samuel Smiles
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