How to Improve your Memory?...do Nothing!

Before you read:
Supercharge your learning AND practice the techniques from the article - take this QUIZ to match these keywords from the article, with their appropriate meanings.
​Here’s a list of useful phrases to remember and use:

1. surprisingly potent  - unexpectedly powerful
2. short and long-term recall - ability to remember recent or long past information
3. the more work you put in - the more effort you make
4. taking the occasional downtime - sometimes having a rest
5. dim the lights - make the lights less bright
6. quiet contemplation - silently, deeply thinking
7. deliberately avoiding - choose not to do something
8. tamper with - make changes or damage something
9. running errands - go out to to a short job
10. let their minds wander - allow their minds to think what they want
11. down time - rest time
12. cements them in long-term storage - gets fixed in your long term memory
13. anecdotal evidence - evidence collected in an informal way
14. cautiously optimistic - hopeful but recognising the problems
15. to engage in - to do
16. to alleviate stress and improve overall well-being - to relieve stress and feel better

Then:
Check out THIS article which summarises new & old research about the memory benefits of doing nothing.

After you Read:
Think about what you learnt from the article, and what you can do NOW to improve your learning.
Let us know in the comments below, what you think...
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