End this memories
Take a moment and remember one thing that happened yesterday that was important. Keep it brief. Limit yourself to a couple of seconds. Now how well did you do? One of the premises often used in TV drama is to ask someone to recall something they saw as a witness. We all know that this rarely turns out well. I’m going to flip the coin in this one and point out that this is actually a feature. You can do the math. How many seconds per day of intense input does your brain receive. Sound and video if you will. Now. Try to imagine if you were unable to filter any of that out. I hate to think about the volume of content we all receive in a given day. Expand that out through your life and you will start to guess what I’m getting at. Our brains are not designed to process the quantity of data we now all receive. It probably was always like that. Prehistoric mankind was as overcome by a beautiful sunrise as we are today. They may have had more time to watch the weather or build piles of stones into something to help them recall a moment but mankind has that issue we are unable to remember everything. As you get older people will warn you that you will start to forget things. The image of walking into a room and asking yourself why you came in. It is real. It is a good thing. If everything caught your attention nothing would catch your attention. This is our brain doing what is designed to do. So do not despair when you find that you have forgotten some particular fact. As long as it does not involve your own identity you’re probably good to carry on. Besides how would you tell if a letter was meant for you if you did not have that filter of knowing your own name. And for your own sanity do not get caught up in the endless amount of details that we all have to deal with. Our brains were designed to filter. Let it do that. So what if you watch a movie for a second time or listen to a piece of music on repeat. That is life.
