1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:09,399 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning, 2 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:21,479 Speaker 1: tip is to memorize important information. While we can save 4 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:25,799 Speaker 1: so much electronically these days, you don't know for sure 5 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: when that might be available, Having at least a few 6 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: things memorized can make life a little calmer when things 7 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: don't go as planned. I am sure many people my 8 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: age still have our childhood friend's phone numbers memorized. If 9 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:47,879 Speaker 1: you wanted to call your friend, you had to actually 10 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: call the number, and even if the digits were taped 11 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: to the wall above your phone, you got used to 12 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: pressing them. Now, since we store all of our contacts 13 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: in our phones, don't memorize people's numbers. This leads to 14 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: the funny situation where you have your childhood friend's number memorized, 15 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: even if you haven't seen this person in three decades, 16 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:15,559 Speaker 1: but you don't know your own kid's cell phone number, 17 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: and most of the time you won't need to know it. 18 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:23,639 Speaker 1: But can you say you would never need it. Maybe 19 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: someday you will lose your phone and need to reach 20 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: a friend or family member. The stranger who lends you 21 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: her phone isn't going to have any of these numbers 22 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:36,399 Speaker 1: in her contacts. It would be good if you had 23 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: them memorized, So pick a few people and commit their 24 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: phone numbers to memory. There's also various random information that 25 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 1: you might need. For instance, you will probably need to 26 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: know your spouse's Social Security number for various things. You 27 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: could keep calling your spouse to get it, but it 28 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: might be easier to just know it. It might be 29 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: good to know your passport number. I memorize my family's 30 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: insurance IDs, since we have to put it on so 31 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: many camp forms. It might be helpful to memorize a 32 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: credit card number so you have that available for online 33 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: things without having to pull it up. I note that 34 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: if it is memorized, you don't have to store it 35 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: in quite so many places. So far, no one is 36 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: hacking people's brains. In general, it's good to get things 37 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 1: out of our heads. Most people can't remember tons of information, 38 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: which is why we have calendars and planners and to 39 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: do lists and contacts in our phones. But in life, 40 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: it's also good to think about what could go wrong 41 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:46,639 Speaker 1: and what you would do in that situation. What if 42 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 1: you were in an emergency situation where you didn't have 43 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 1: access to your phone for some reason, and you needed 44 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,120 Speaker 1: your sitter to know that you would be staying with 45 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:56,519 Speaker 1: your kids for a while while things got sorted out. 46 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: Do you have her phone number memorized so you could 47 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 1: have emergency responders call her? I mean, if you were 48 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: truly out of it, people would figure something out. But 49 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 1: this is the sort of thing I spend my time 50 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:15,240 Speaker 1: thinking about. It's not that hard to memorize some important 51 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:19,239 Speaker 1: bits of information, and in some situations you would be 52 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: very happy you had the information memorized. So memorize at 53 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: information today and life might feel a little more calm 54 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 1: in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and 55 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. Thanks for 56 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: listening to Before Breakfast. 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