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How to Remember Not to Forget: By Joan Who? and Adam Rosensomething

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Nothing is a more serious and scary topic than the idea of losing your memory. Alzheimer's affects so many people, in fact, most of us know someone with the disease. So how can we tell if we've got it?

With How To Remember Not to Forget by Joan Who? and Adam Rosensomething, we can get the information we need on recognizing simple memory stressors versus the onset of Alzheimer's all in a light-hearted and funny package.

This book helped me put my own fears of a declining memory to rest. I just had a lot of stress; my life was super busy; I could check many on the list of memory busters (information overload, stress, unhealthy habits, and more).

I began to apply the simple systems--always putting the keys in the same place or putting an item down and saying out loud, "I'm putting the remote control here." Before this book, I would often find my remote control in the refrigerator, a can of soda on the coffee table where the remote should have been. Now, if the remote control is in the refrigerator, it's because I've said, "I'm putting the remote control in the refrigerator."

What a great and fun read. Anyone at all interested in improving their mental capacity should read this book.

Wow, I never knew how things in everyday life can decrease my ability to remember things. This book puts into concise and simple terms the causes and solutions to my forgetfulness. I will definitely have this book handy to review as as I learn How to Remember Not to Forget.

I'm a pretty efficient guy. I run a business, deal with many clients, diverse problems and all the modern gizmos and overload, and I do it virtually without a slip up. So, why do I leave my car keys on the counter at the dry cleaner? Why do I forget my wife's birthday? Where did I put those Yankee tickets? After reading How to Remember Not to Forget by Joan Who? and Adam Rosensomething the light went on. Those simple little tips Houlihan and Rosenbaum enumerate are so common sense you wonder: "Why didn't I think of that?" Well, most of us don't think of them, which is why this book is an essential read.

How to Remember Not to Forget by Joan Who? and Adam Rosensomething provides a lot of very good advice to help with day-to-day memory. The book explains very clearly how our memories work, and how the "Memory Busters" can get in the way and cause you to forget. It also explains why normal forgetfulness, like not remembering where you left you address book, shouldn't cause you to panic about Alzheimer's.

The book is printed in large type, which makes it easy read, and it's also filled with very funny scenarios of times when the authors themselves have been the victims of memory lapses of their own.

I would recommend this entertaining book to anyone who is looking for simple suggestions for improving their day-to-day memory.

Memorology is a new field of research that studies how powerful forces of interference known as Memory Busters can muddle up your mind and lead to varying degrees of brain blockage and a condition of absentmindedness known as "the memory lapse."

It took me years to learn to put my keys in the same place, every single time. Now I also park my car in the same place when I go to the same stores. I used to lose my keys and my car on a regular basis. (Most annoying when you have to be back to work after a lunch break and shopping at the mall.)

Only through a conscious decision to change my habits did I learn to stop being such a dreamer (when it wasn't practical) and to start being more practical (living life instead of wandering in a dreamy absentminded haze). It helps when you are not working three jobs at a time to get through college. Who had time to keep a journal?

Memorology 101 teaches you to improve your memory through conscious effort. You may have information overload or developed unhealthy habits. Maybe you are just stressed out or in the midst of depression. There are so many reasons why people have memory lapses.

Joan Houlihan and Adam Rosenbaum unearth the causes of memory loss and explain how you can "remember not to forget."

Main Subjects:

Three Types of Memory
Sensory Memory
Short-Term Memory
Long-Term Memory
Why we Forget
Remembering Names
Healthy Habits
Brain Food
The Importance of Sleep
Warning Signs

When I find myself in a real slump, I also take Emer'gen C LITE in some juice. It really wakes up my brain in the afternoon. One of the most freeing things I've done in my life is just to allow myself not to remember everything. If I can't remember something, I just blame it on hitting my head in a car accident. Strangely enough, my grades at college improved substantially after that incident.

Things that help me on a daily basis (some of these ideas are mentioned in this book):

Keeping a running list of things I need to buy. I write things down immediately when I think of them.

Keeping a journal - to remember quotes, life changes, times and dates.

Getting Organized in a major way - If I can't remember where everything is in my house, I go through cupboards and drawers and clean out things and reorganize. This book suggests starting with cleaning up a desk. Getting your file cabinet organized is a big challenge. I allow myself one drawer of complete clutter and one file cabinet drawer of complete chaos. Gives a girl something to organize on a rainy day.

Reading more books instead of zoning out in front of the TV - this helps me to remember the past through the experience of others. You will be reading about a childhood experience, and suddenly your own thoughts will be triggered. Keeping your brain active is a fun way to enhance your entire life with delicious thoughts.

Keeping to a manageable schedule - not allowing myself to be overwhelmed by a harried lifestyle. Keeping a bulletin board with a calendar and places to put up important notes and life-changing quotes.

How to Remember Not to Forget will help you to organize your life and adapt to change.

Exercising, Learning to Relax and Changing your Current Lifestyle will make remembering more manageable. This book also discusses the challenges of Strokes, Malnutrition, Alcoholism and Depression.

One of my friends says that if I can't remember the name of a movie, then I really didn't see it. Now, I have a review to prove it!

Also recommended: The Metabolic Plan - addresses nutritional needs and supplements. TAZO AWAKE tea also seems to have magical properties that affect concentration and it seems to help me defog my brain.

~The Rebecca Review
Heading towards 40...

This book uses a simple, straightforward style that is very accessible. Certainly older readers who are worried about memory lapses can sort through the information in this small volume quickly and, along the way, find practical ways to improve memory as well as honest information about memory loss and its causes.

The book is fun to read and very personal. Both authors share their own "memory busters" and "going blank" experiences. It all sounds very familiar. For a quick read, this book packs a lot of information.

"How to Remember Not to Forget by Joan Who? and Adam Rosensomething" is easy to read and handle. Both authors have told of their own experiences in dealing with memory and how they coped with the problems. The book is well articulated, easy to understand and one can pick it up any time to continue. It does not have to be finished in one sitting. There are all kinds of methods and tips that many of us can take advantage of. I highly recommend reading it.

After reading this book, I was thrilled to learn that I could use the techniques described in my everyday life! Great book and this is coming from somebody that does not read a whole lot! :) Glad this was pointed out to me.