Trying to remember: names, phone numbers, movie plots ... if you're forgetting more than you used to, try these proven ways to sharpen your memory.(mental health)

From: Good Housekeeping | Date: July 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

I used to think memory lapses were for the hopelessly disorganized. Me, I have systems: My keys go in the key jar. A compulsive list maker, I never come home from the supermarket without the items I intended to buy. So imagine my consternation when I hit my mid-40s and found it now takes three trips between my home office and bedroom before I remember why I set out on the journey (oh yes--to retrieve the to-do list). More bothersome are the breakdowns involving words--after all, I make my living as a writer. "Could you turn off the sink?" I call to my sweetheart, Mike, when I want ...

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