What’s with the constant struggle to remember things these days?

It’s frustrating as hell and the one thing about where I am in my life that really bothers me – well ok maybe there’s a couple more, but this is the main thing.  Plus those of us who are mothers know that some portion of memory gets ejected with the placenta right, so we already have one strike against us.

Mostly I resign myself to the fact that this is an undeniable, no way around it sign of aging, but you can have a little fun along the way.  When I first heard someone refer to it as half-heimer’s, I bust out laughing (wish I could remember where I heard it and who said it – see there it is again!) and now shamelessly use the expression myself because it makes people laugh and laughing is super good for your health.   (This is, of course nothing whatsoever to do with Alzheimer’s which is not funny in the slightest. )

Anyway, I also put this state of forgetfulness down to being too busy, having just too many things going on in my head, and that is a daily reminder to self that one of the most important parts of what I want in my life going forward is simplification.  Not an especially easy goal to achieve when you’re cut from the busy-all-the-time-cos-there’s-so-much-to-be-done cloth, but definitely in my life plan – hence my Oasis and doubly so now I’ve stated it here (aah the key – writing things down makes them real for me, makes them stick.  A simple tool I’ve used all my working life.)

So is it because time gets more precious as we get older, it seems to pass quicker and quicker and thus we feel the pressure to get everything done because time is running out?  Maybe that pressure is zapping our memory cells??

Have a happy weekend .. it is Friday isn’t it???