MEMORIZATION

Are you forgetting something?

A simple method to remember what to take with you before leaving

 My son was doing that last check before traveling, and he had that feeling that he was forgetting something. I provoked him with a simple but effective method for these situations:

- Imagine a scenario where you will be. A beach? Ok, what do you need on a beach? Are your eyes protected?

- Oops, where are my sunglasses?

Another try.

- On the beach, you are going to swim and dive. Are you taking the diving glasses with you?

- Oops, no. May I take yours?

This happened in less than 30 seconds. In general, the method consists of:

1 - Imagine a scenario on the destiny.

2 - Look for an important or relevant thing on that scenario.

3 - Check if the item is packed or if you are taking it with you.

Of course there is a certain degree of uncertainty in this method, like everything related to the future: a scenario or object might pass unnoticed. To reduce uncertainty and deal with the risk of forgetting something important, an option is to exercise this little method not just before leaving, but along a few days after the trip, event or whatever, eventually repeating the search for some scenario or part of it. Well, you can also make a checklist to preserve previous results for other opportunities.

But if some uncertainty still remains, maybe you should consider that you really don't want the trip to be completely predictable!

V. V. Vilela

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