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15 Memory System for
Schedules and Appointments

As with telephone numbers, many people find appointments and
schedules hard to remember. They use similar systems for coping
with their problem, the most common, of course, being the daily
appointment book. Unfortunately, many people don't always keep
their appointment books with them. In this chapter two systems
are introduced, the first of which is for immediate daily use, the
second for remembering schedules and appointments for an
entire week.
The first involves your basic Peg Systems. Simply equate the
number in your system with the hour of your appointment. Since
there are 24 hours in a day, you can either join shorter systems
together, with an appropriate total of 24, or use the first 24 Peg
Words in one of the larger systems.
Assume that you have the following appointments:
7 - Early-morning group athletic practice
10 - Dentist
1 - Luncheon
6 - Board meeting
10 - Late film
At the beginning of the day, which in this case will certainly be no
earlier than 5.30 a.m., you run through the list and check for
words with associations.
The time for your early-morning group athletic practice is 7.00
a.m., represented by the Major System Memory Word key.
Imagine your entire team physically unlocking the door to super
health.
At 10.00 a.m. (daze) you have an appointment with the dentist.
Imagine him putting earphones on your head that play such
soothing music that you are literally in a daze, unable to feel any
pain. (What may be interesting in this example is the fact that if
you imagine this particular situation, you may actually be able to
reduce the pain!)
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