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My mind is very good at remembering but it's not particularly quick on the uptake. It may take minutes, hours or days but eventually there will be a "ka-ching"

by every 6y ago

My mind is very good at remembering but it's not particularly quick on the uptake. It may take minutes, hours or days but eventually there will be a "ka-ching" sound and a card will appear in the slot with the desired answer. I've learned to relax and let it do its work...

mroche 6y ago
I go through the same process, for me the worst offender is names. Faces I’ve got down, but the connection to a name will always be fuzzy. I can’t recall names for the life of me on the spot, but two days later out of nowhere it’ll come to me. Doesn’t particularly help during conversations, but I’m patient with myself.
- leobakerhytch 6y ago
  I realized in the last year or two that I was never really bad with names, I just didn’t give myself the chance to be good with them. For someone I’ve just met, it takes a little effort to use their name at least once or twice soon after I learn it, and it’s much more likely to stick. I’m also much stricter with going through the slight awkwardness if I didn’t catch the name first time (even asking to spell it out to be 100% sure). Then afterwards, I’ll write down the name in Notes with something memorable about the person, and where I met them. 99% of the time, I never look at this again. Just like that, name remembered. Then, I’ll manage not to use a person’s name next time I see them, even when I know it. Oops.
- PikachuEXE 6y ago
  For me the first thing I forget (or never remember) about a person is name More precisely it's the connection from "person" to "name". i.e. If given a name I might be able to fetch the "person" memory but the other way around would be much more difficult. Don't ask why I don't know :D
- spaetzleesser 6y ago
  I also have a problem with names. I remember people by face and body posture pretty well but names I will forget quickly. I also don’t notice eye color which annoys my girlfriend.
harimau777 6y ago
I find that even after learning someone's name I can only remember it if I am regularly using it. For example, I'll work with someone and use their name every day for months but then after a few months of not working with them I can't remember their name. This makes it very difficult in organizations that are setup where you directly work with a small number of people but also socialize less regularly with a larger group. For example, at church I can remember the names of people in my Bible study but not people in the larger congregation. At work I can remember the names of people on my team but struggle with the names of people on any of the teams that we interact with.

by every 6y ago

mroche 6y ago

I go through the same process, for me the worst offender is names. Faces I’ve got down, but the connection to a name will always be fuzzy. I can’t recall names for the life of me on the spot, but two days later out of nowhere it’ll come to me. Doesn’t particularly help during conversations, but I’m patient with myself.

leobakerhytch 6y ago
I realized in the last year or two that I was never really bad with names, I just didn’t give myself the chance to be good with them. For someone I’ve just met, it takes a little effort to use their name at least once or twice soon after I learn it, and it’s much more likely to stick. I’m also much stricter with going through the slight awkwardness if I didn’t catch the name first time (even asking to spell it out to be 100% sure). Then afterwards, I’ll write down the name in Notes with something memorable about the person, and where I met them. 99% of the time, I never look at this again. Just like that, name remembered. Then, I’ll manage not to use a person’s name next time I see them, even when I know it. Oops.
PikachuEXE 6y ago
For me the first thing I forget (or never remember) about a person is name More precisely it's the connection from "person" to "name". i.e. If given a name I might be able to fetch the "person" memory but the other way around would be much more difficult. Don't ask why I don't know :D
spaetzleesser 6y ago
I also have a problem with names. I remember people by face and body posture pretty well but names I will forget quickly. I also don’t notice eye color which annoys my girlfriend.

harimau777 6y ago

I find that even after learning someone's name I can only remember it if I am regularly using it. For example, I'll work with someone and use their name every day for months but then after a few months of not working with them I can't remember their name. This makes it very difficult in organizations that are setup where you directly work with a small number of people but also socialize less regularly with a larger group. For example, at church I can remember the names of people in my Bible study but not people in the larger congregation. At work I can remember the names of people on my team but struggle with the names of people on any of the teams that we interact with.