When you’re young it’s not as though eight and nine-year-olds can remember events that happened when they were two or three. Of course, teenagers can tell you songs and history and all the latest happenings. By age 20 you are sharp and want to learn. But all you remember is whatever you are into at the moment.
For some reason, you remember as long as you can think. However, after age 65 or so things often move faster than you can think. Sometimes you need 60 seconds to remember!
It doesn’t help that you second-guess yourself because people say, “You’re getting old.” The truth is your brain can process as long as you stimulate it unless you develop a defect, which people worry about, although only one in nine people over 65 develop Alzheimer’s. So, memory is a thing you can work with.
Remember that!
