Subj : Mothers Day
To   : Adept
From : Ogg
Date : Mon May 15 2023 03:12 pm

Hello Adept!

 A> And then we generally ask trivia questions, after that. Or,
 A> rather, I ask everyone else trivia questions because I can
 A> use a thing that's published in a newspaper I subscribe to.
 A> It's interesting to see what holes in knowledge people
 A> have.

 A> E.g., science is a reliable category for me, but other
 A> people, outside of my brother, can struggle with things
 A> like the order of the planets in the solar system. Which I
 A> tend to think of as grade-school knowledge, at least for
 A> the major planets.

"holes in knowlege" is relative to you, maybe. Basically, it  
boils down to "we tend to remember what we care about, and/or  
what stimulates us."

For me, I don't care about mastering trivia. I don't care about  
the top 10 songs of the week, or even the top 10 news  
headlines.  I don't care about the names of some celebrity's
children or what they were wearing or what particular event  
they attended.  I don't care about the names given to different
cloud formations: cumulus, cumulus nimbus, cirrus, etc. All  
that matters to me is that they can be "interesing" or  
beautiful.

I'd be pretty bad at some arbitrary test that asks me to  
remember random numbers in a particular order or some "objects"  
that someone wants me to repeat.

Some people don't even care to remember the name of the planets  
either. Science is pretty good for me too, but I don't remember  
the names of the planets because of that. I remember WHY I  
remember!  That is, many years ago when I was pre-teen, someone  
taught me a simple way to remember them with this phrase: "Man  
Very Early Made Jars Stand Up Nearly Perpendicular."  And THAT  
is what I remember because it triggers a fond memory of that  
moment when it was taught to me.  I remember the place, the  
person and the circumstances around that - and THAT's what is  
important to me.

I'd do better to recount a list of the last few plants that I  
pruned, or the last few music artists that I enjoyed on  
Spotify.  Those things are relevant and matter to ME.

Check out the book:

 Aging with Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading  
Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives | Paperback
David Snowdon
Random House Publishing Group | Bantam
Psychology / Developmental - Adulthood & Aging / Health & Fitness / Healthy Living & Personal Hygiene / Family & Relationships / Life Stages - Later Years
Published Apr 30, 2002
$18.00 US / $24.00 CA

http://bookshop.org/a/93260/9780553380927

In it are things that have been verified to fight against  
altziemer's, and maybe even reverse it.


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