That never happened
Unremembered things
Not everything is memorable. On top of that, many things get forgotten shortly after happening to help keep brains from blowing up. Although memories are stored in the banks of the mind, they don’t always level up to the point where you want to think about them multiple times. You know how to get around to your favorite stores and family haunts without having to look them up over and over. You may know what to order at your favorite fast-food stop without checking the menu. The opposite issue is trying to remember what never happened. Just try and remember back to what year you and your cohort first biked that treacherous mountain trail. Some will recall how hard the climb was or who fell off first or even what they were riding. Others won’t be able to picture where they were the year it occurred. The pictures don’t make sense which in turns makes the event lack solidity. Even putting all of the semi-known factuals together won’t result in a real retelling of the day. The actual feel of the memory will be fuzzy and the memory will be unremembered on some level. This is the same whether the thought is from a luncheon from last week or a day in the past. Our memories are unreliable because they are magnets for so many disparate facts. It may be best just to let everyone keep their hazy picture book to return to for comfort. It may also be best to unremember the stuff you really don’t want or need to bring back up. Unfortunately, that is much harder to do.
Every memory
Option #1: Where do you store your most precious memories?
Option #2: What should you unremember?
Option #3: How can you use your memories to help you more?
That’s it. After you choose the option that best describes a memory, take a few minutes to describe why you chose that option and what action, if any, may come next.
