Attention, please.
When I was taking my Intro Psych course earlier this year, I learnt that part of remembering things is paying attention to them, processing them in your head, drawing connections with things you know already, with the intention of making more neural connections to access these memories with. I too often go through life without attending to the things around me, not that I necessarily float through life but more of a conscious effort to engage needs to be made. When I was in New York, I remember telling myself to attend to the stimuli that that city threw my way, sear it into memory so that the experience lasts beyond the time that I’m there. I don’t want to just cruise but experience and savour life to its fullest and paying more attention is a great way to start.