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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