Am I forgetting something?

About a year ago I started noticing that I was forgetting things more than usual. I would ask the same question to the same person and he/she would have to retell the same story all the while I’m thinking, “Uh, she HAD told me this before!” I even started reading a book and 30 pages in I realized that I had already read the book!

Then, the forgetfulness started kicking into full gear when I started to get really unhappy at my job. There was absolutely no interest on my behalf to stay current at my job. I didn’t feel challenged because I didn’t want to be challenged. I would come home from work, exercise, cook, have dinner, watch some TV, talk with my husband for a while, shower and go to bed only to do the same thing again the very next day. My mind just didn’t want to function by the time I got home. I was uninspired, tired and feeling blah. It was a series of articles, TV segments and conversations that enabled me to identify the problem which later brought me to the following conclusion; I wasn’t challenging my mind enough and consequently I was loosing it.

I came across an article by Emma Haak on O Magazine that talks about our memory. (You can read it here). It was this final quote by Peter Snyder, PhD, chief research officer of the Lifespan Hospital System in Rhode Island that made me take out my highlighter:

“Routinely challenging yourself with projects that require you to multitask and solve problems fortifies systems in the brain that are important for memory.”

This blog is helping me to do just that. I’m also networking more, reading more efficiently, improving my workouts, working on more projects that will push me to get out of my comfort zone and therefore I feel challenged every single day. I’m fully aware that I will still forget things now and then but I just hope that I can still have my goals and feel challenged every day.

Thanks for reading!

Have you felt like this before? I would love to hear all about it! Comments below. 

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