Repetition is the best time-tested way to enhance memory like memorizing the alphabet and the multiplication table or trying to ride a bike. Once the activity has been processed in your brain it eventually becomes a subconscious exercise that you are able to do it automatically on that level just like an auto-pilot.

Using Mnemonics will also help your memory like remembering the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, it can be easier for some people to remember the mnemonics “Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain” or “Roy G. Biv”.

As we grow older our brain cells become weak and can remember less. But this should not stop you from engaging from the activities that involve the mind like doing some puzzles, scrabble or playing chess.

Here are some tips to improve your memory.

Attention

Simply paying attention will enhance your memory. Paying attention is listening to someone who’s talking, understanding what we are reading and watching and internalizing what we hear around us.
Staying focused on the task at hand will also help you retain your memory, too. There shouldn’t be distractions when you are trying to concentrate on something.

For example, if you are studying for an examination or writing a paper or simply want to focus on an important activity you need to turn off the TV or radio so will be able to concentrate.

Device A Plan:

Plan your activities for the day and write them down so you don’t forget every detail. If there are so many activities under one major task then you need to jot them down in a diary with their corresponding time so you don’t forget.

Use Your Imagination
You will be able to easily recall things and events if you attach a meaning or emotion with them. You need to identify them with an important occasion of emotional attachment. One example is when you meet a person or seen an object for the first time, you will remember the person if you took special attention of their hair, the clothes they were wearing, the way they talked, their actions and their mannerisms.

Develop A Habit:

Develop the habit of remembering things or events with the aid of tangible objects that will server as reminders for you. For example you went to a place for the first time and you want to remember how to go there then you should create a mental picture of the place—are there trees around the area?

Are there building, is there a school of a church near it? Develop the habit of remembering with the aid of things that are already available.