Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is to memorize important information. While we can save
Speaker 1: so much electronically these days, you don't know for sure
Speaker 1: when that might be available, Having at least a few
Speaker 1: things memorized can make life a little calmer when things
Speaker 1: don't go as planned. I am sure many people my
Speaker 1: age still have our childhood friend's phone numbers memorized. If
Speaker 1: you wanted to call your friend, you had to actually
Speaker 1: call the number, and even if the digits were taped
Speaker 1: to the wall above your phone, you got used to
Speaker 1: pressing them. Now, since we store all of our contacts
Speaker 1: in our phones, don't memorize people's numbers. This leads to
Speaker 1: the funny situation where you have your childhood friend's number memorized,
Speaker 1: even if you haven't seen this person in three decades,
Speaker 1: but you don't know your own kid's cell phone number,
Speaker 1: and most of the time you won't need to know it.
Speaker 1: But can you say you would never need it. Maybe
Speaker 1: someday you will lose your phone and need to reach
Speaker 1: a friend or family member. The stranger who lends you
Speaker 1: her phone isn't going to have any of these numbers
Speaker 1: in her contacts. It would be good if you had
Speaker 1: them memorized, So pick a few people and commit their
Speaker 1: phone numbers to memory. There's also various random information that
Speaker 1: you might need. For instance, you will probably need to
Speaker 1: know your spouse's Social Security number for various things. You
Speaker 1: could keep calling your spouse to get it, but it
Speaker 1: might be easier to just know it. It might be
Speaker 1: good to know your passport number. I memorize my family's
Speaker 1: insurance IDs, since we have to put it on so
Speaker 1: many camp forms. It might be helpful to memorize a
Speaker 1: credit card number so you have that available for online
Speaker 1: things without having to pull it up. I note that
Speaker 1: if it is memorized, you don't have to store it
Speaker 1: in quite so many places. So far, no one is
Speaker 1: hacking people's brains. In general, it's good to get things
Speaker 1: out of our heads. Most people can't remember tons of information,
Speaker 1: which is why we have calendars and planners and to
Speaker 1: do lists and contacts in our phones. But in life,
Speaker 1: it's also good to think about what could go wrong
Speaker 1: and what you would do in that situation. What if
Speaker 1: you were in an emergency situation where you didn't have
Speaker 1: access to your phone for some reason, and you needed
Speaker 1: your sitter to know that you would be staying with
Speaker 1: your kids for a while while things got sorted out.
Speaker 1: Do you have her phone number memorized so you could
Speaker 1: have emergency responders call her? I mean, if you were
Speaker 1: truly out of it, people would figure something out. But
Speaker 1: this is the sort of thing I spend my time
Speaker 1: thinking about. It's not that hard to memorize some important
Speaker 1: bits of information, and in some situations you would be
Speaker 1: very happy you had the information memorized. So memorize at
Speaker 1: information today and life might feel a little more calm
Speaker 1: in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and
Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. Thanks for
Speaker 1: listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,
Speaker 1: you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.
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