Is any sign of recall improvement good?

**AndareAvanti** · 01-19-2010 07:51 PM

I'm having trouble trying to work on my recall, but after much work, I was able to remember two things:

eating an amazing cheese pizza and forgetting a dryer sheet in the laundry

These are slightly significant because yesterday two things that happened were a cheese pizza being burnt and somebody reminded to use a dryer sheet in my laundry today. I didn't remember them until I ate lunch and did laundry, but they were recalled.

Tonight I'm going to put my phone above me in bed (I have a bunk bed.) like last night, but this time I will put a reminder on/next to it to recall as soon as the alarm goes off so my mind doesn't wander and/or freak out.

Thanks for any advice and for reading my long post!

**Muggler** · 01-20-2010 12:15 AM

If your recall was next to nothing before, then yes, this is improvement! After all, you got to start off somewhere! The smallest things can help improve your recall in the long run!

If you are going to use the phone to remind you to recall as soon as you wake up, I would suggest something else. When you wake up, just lay there. Just lay there and think about a dream that you might have had, or just think about anything. Your dream should naturally come back to you will be able to put it into your dream journal! If you do not have a dream journal, I suggest you make one ASAP! A dream journal will help you TONS with your recall! So best luck to you!

**AndareAvanti** · 01-20-2010 01:05 AM

Well here is what I mean by the phone thing.

my phone and a notebook + pen
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me and my bed

It's not very good...lol.
Basically the alarm goes off, I barely move to wake up and turn the alarm off, and then I see the notebook and note that tells me to remember my dreams. Then I think about it and write it down. Simple(ish).