Faith Tong (Week 4) - I'm getting old...
I'm getting old...
Is it just me or... my memory fails me sometimes? I find myself struggling to remember what I was going to do when I walk out of my room. All of a sudden I don't know where I put my keys and spend an eternity searching for them. My worst mistake is forgetting to text or call people back. (sighs) I guess I'm getting old and we're all going to be seniors next year! But on the bright side, I'm glad we have two types of memories: fluid and crystallized intelligence. 
According to Brain Institute, "our ability to remember new information peaks in our 20s". That is our fluid intelligence, where we are able to process new information and comprehend it well. For example, maybe there's a new video game and I depend on my fluid intelligence to learn how to play and navigate through the game. Oh, I have a better example. My parents always stare at me in awe because of how fast I type, and although they've had phones for many years they still can't type as fast me (teehee). It's because their fluid intelligence has already peaked and it's hard for them to adapt to newer technology (it's ok they're trying their best lol).
Luckily, our crystallized intelligence is what makes us smart. Crystallized intelligence is accumulated knowledge that can help us in day to day situations. For example, I usually go to my mom for friendship advice (dramaaa) and she always knows what to do. I realized I always see a pattern, where she is able to use her past experiences with people and then apply it to the situation I am in. So the good thing is even though I am getting old, at least I somehow get smarter!
Back to my bad habit of forgetting to text or call people, I really need to work on that. My friends usually end up getting annoyed or mad that I don't check my phone or don't reply simply because I forget. All I do is see the text or call and remind myself mentally I will respond later if I am busy but always (emphasis on always) end up forgetting to do so. Then a few hours later, my brain has a realization where it goes "Oh shoot!" and I am forced to wallow in my stupidity of forgetting to respond to them. Any tips on how to remember to communicate better with people on social media? (please anything helps :D)
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I like the meme that you put at the start of your blog. It's pretty relatable to me that I seem to be taking in new stuff slower recently. It might be because of stress or whatnot and also might be a part of just the brain which is slowly growing on you. I feel like with fluid intelligence it ages on you and would prove to be beneficial to those growing up firsthand with high tech. As for a solution of remembering to text back,I usually just check the most recent messages marked as seen but I didn't reply on. Or, there is this feature I believe that allows you to mark a message as unread after read to make it look like a new message.
I often experience what you described in the beginning of your blog. My parents usually call me out on my forgetfulness, especially when I’m forgetting something that hinders them as well. I don’t think that it’s because we are “stupid” necessarily, I just think that forgetfulness is more likely when we have many things happening at once. I also think that I’m so forgetful because I’m constantly sleepy, especially after school. Since I learn so much at school, my brain has to catch up for the next few hours.
What do you think?
About forgetting to respond to messages, I felt that on a personal level. Admittedly, I don’t have the best memory and I totally forget what I’m about to do when I walk into a different room. Sometimes, my mom calls me out for it and says that I have the memory of a middle-aged woman. I don’t disagree with her, though! I try to just make it a habit to write things down or connect certain items/things with a novel thought so I can remember them easier. Leaving myself memory cues is also very helpful! I am also relieved to know that I won’t necessarily be getting dumber when I’m older. In fact, I’ll be flexing my crystallized intelligence!
-Angel Susantin
I didn't know that we had 2 types of memory, so it is nice that you told us. I am also really forgetful. A lot of the time, I try to go to my room to do something, but I end up in the bathroom doing nothing, forgetting what my original goal was. It's probably because I live in my head, oops. I think the two different types of memory are very obvious when comparing a smart teen to an adult when it comes to asking for advice. I like to give my friends advice, but my advice is never as good as my mom's advice because her wisdom allows her to see the full picture and come up with a good solution, like how your mom gives good advice too.
Your meme was really funny tbh and my memory has been bad from the beginning of time. The worst part is when I have to remember questions from a test to help my friend who helped me for some other subject. Or even worse, when I have to remember interview questions to tell my parents how my interview went and if I don't remember then, they are under the impression that I did trash on my interview.
Sincerely,
Mrinmayee
As this is the final comment, I will go all out...I really #enjoy your meme just because it is great. Not going to lie, I too, dislike the ever-so memory that always fails on me when I need it the most. Especially during interviews. I did my interview for leadership and actually forgot the word "experience"... SOBS! But! I feel like my memory fails to remember formulas and just terms a lot...more than it should and I would really #appreciate if my brain could just. Remember. Woah.