Okay… so… this morning I was spending some time on my
usual morning treat -- an acrostic puzzle -- and the first prompt was “Comic
creation of Phil Silvers: 2 wds.”. Immediately
the words Sgt. Bilko crashed to the forefront of my mind. Now why I can remember that and not how to
spell the “official” color of my Jeep Wrangler (Mojito) is beyond me. And that
is just one thing of many that I cannot remember.
Now the thing is - and I often bring this up when talking
to other Boomers when it seems applicable…
I read a long article about this forgetfulness issue. I reassure you (and me) that this phenomenon
has nothing to do with neurological damage or disease, so don’t bother to look
up things like Dementia and Alzheimer’s … at least not right this minute. The occurrence described in the first
paragraph is called benign forgetfulness.
Have I written about this before?
I forget benignly. Anyway – it is
a normal thing and may be a teeny bit age related, but certainly nothing to be
concerned about. There is normal
forgetfulness and not normal forgetfulness.
There are those who believe, myself included, that
sometimes our brains are just simply on overload. We live in a fast-changing world and there is
a lot coming at us and that doesn’t just mean electronically. If you doubt this – just picture yourself
standing in your kitchen trying to get everything ready for dinner with a whole
bunch of family or group of friends standing around taking, laughing and
engaging with you while you are trying to time the potatoes so that they get
done at the same time as the meat. Then
to complicate things even further – add in that you are using two ovens, a
range, a microwave and an air-fryer that no one seems to know how to use except
your grandkids – so you put them in charge of at least that much. Oh – don’t forget there may also be a crock
pot involved as well. It’s an exhausting juggling act to even think about, let
alone do. It is hard to keep every single thing right at the tip of your tongue
and sometimes impossible to sort out all the conversations going on at once. And…
that is just one scenario. I am thinking that you could add to the list in fine
fashion. I mean – just think about making
holidays special and all that entails. I mean -- that preparation takes months.
I don’t know about you, but I am thinking that rather
than worrying about forgetting whether or not the door is locked, that we might be
better off thinking about all the things we did remember to do. I do so love a good list with everything
checked off neatly. (I do remember that I have written about making lists before.)
Now if I could remember where I put my favorite pencil… and my list making
paper… I would be all set. Priorities....
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