When did that happen
Make a Memory
Memories are typically associated with the past. As soon as you take out those old black and white photos, the memories start. It is a wonderful ability to remember or kickstart a memory to create feelings about a person or a place in the past. Remembering tickles those infrequently used brain cells of a day long gone. Memories can also be terrifying when they are associated with an event or person who produced fear. Those can’t be swept away and take work to dislodge enough to finally deal with them. Trauma can take a long time to heal but once it does it leaves a garden in its place. A more intriguing thought is whether a memory can be made ahead of time. Athletes do this, business builders do this, and even worried parents do this on occasion. But what about creating memories ahead of time for everyday futures? Outside of seeing yourself with a giant lottery check, have you envisioned a great future memory? It’s possible to do so with the same capacity we use to remember the past. Our minds can easily drift to thoughts of who we want to be, or be remembered, or even how tonight’s dinner is going to taste. Remembering the future is ours.
Remember it better
Option #1: What will happen tomorrow to you?
Option #2: What strengths will help future you?
Option #3: Why not create a life where the best is yet to come?
That’s it. After you choose the option that best describes memory making, take a few minutes to describe why you chose that option and what action, if any, may come next.
