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Appointments and Schedules                          197
                whether you usually see your dentist  in  the  morning  or in
                the  evening. You  also would  know that  your dinner  date  is
                for 7:00 p.m.  and  not  7:00 a.m. And, if  you had  an  appoint-
                ment to meet a friend for  lunch  in  front of  the Public  Li-
                brary, and got there  at  1:00  a.m., you'd be awfully hungry
                by the time you had lunch.
                  So  you see,  there's really no problem there. Of  course,  if
                you had  to, you could put  a word  into your ridiculous asso-
                ciation  to tell you whether it was a.m. or p.m. You  could use
                "aim" for a.m. and  "poem"  for  p.m., or  any other words
                that use  those  letters.  You might even use white  and  black;
                get black into your mental picture to  stand  for  p.m., and
                white for  a.m. But, believe  me, all  this  is  hardly necessary;
                I only  mention  it to show that you  can remember anything
                with the use of a conscious association.
                  Now  you can  discard your  note  and memo pads, if you
               USE the  systems explained in  this  chapter.  Remember,
               only if  you  use it,  will  it  help you.  Here are  the  bare bones
               of the system:—
                  When you make an appointment, transpose  the day and
               hour (and/or minutes) to peg words.
                  Associate the appointment itself to these peg words.
                  When  you arise on  the morning of each day (or,  if you
               like, the evening before) go over all your pegs for that day.
                  When you come  to a peg that has been used  in  an asso-
               ciation, you'll know  it—this will  remind you of what you
               have to do at that particular hour.
                  As the day goes on, you might  make  it  a habit  to check
               your peg words  for  the  day,  periodically.  This  is in case  one
               appointment has  slipped  your  mind,  even  though you were
               reminded of it in the morning.
                 In the  next  chapter, I will  show  you how  to  remember
               important  dates throughout the year, such  as,  anniversaries,
               birthdays, etc., but for the time being, you should never
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