How to Forget

What?

Your brain is a neat little thing! It’s what makes you, well, YOU. It’s the amalgamation of nature and nurse and notice and it’s reprogrammable, too!

So if you want to forget something—well, here’s how to do it:

(Ideas below are extrapolated from this article.)

Don’t go back to the places that traumatized you.

Get away from what you want to forget.

How many of us can recall a specific day of a year-long commute, but can recall a specific road trip?

Your brain is always building collages and most of them are only partially truthful.

Multitasking kills memories. No wonder distractions are soothing during rough times.

When you die, all your memories do too. Take notes to export the files between your ears.

Our brains are fragile little spongy bits of meat. Take care of your skull fillings.

If you don’t want to forget, do puzzles and projects to keep memories alive.