HELP! Improving prospective memory for MILD. Am I cheating?
okay so i've always worked with the thing where you make a list of four targets to remember that when they happen you do a reality check.
i'm not very good at it, but i am good at keeping something in mind.
so what i've done to make it "work" is reduce the list to an easily remembered mantra and periodically internally chant it during the day.
so if the list was:
state test when you:
1. hear a dog bark
2. someone says your name
3. you see your reflection
4. you feel water
i will say "bark, name, mirror, wet" repeatedly throughout the day. doing this i've managed to get all or most of the targets every day.
but not much improvement in my MILD ability.
is this cheating?
would the proper way be to simply read the list, internalize it once and the go about my day? and deliberately avoid repeating the list to myself?
i'm puzzled because this is how i remember anything: i run over it periodically. if i tried to go to the grocery store without internally chanting "lettuce, eggs, rice, apples" a few times i imagine i would come out with milk, potatoes and oranges.
but is that exactly it? go into the grocery store and just wander around counting on your memory to click in and get the right stuff?
