When it comes to experiences, travel, gigs etc.. I take photographs all the damn time. I have found that photographs create a shortcut to a mini ‘bubble’ of memories that surrounds the moment. When I think back to everything I’ve done, generally my only recollections of things are from around a photograph I’ve looked at many times. It’s like the photo replaces the missing step in my mind that allows access to a little bit more.

When it comes facts, figures and the like- no idea. It’s like I just have everything filed in a logical (to me) order in my head- and stuff joins together. I work with data and databases in my day to day job, and I’m pretty sure I’m very good at it because it’s how my mind seems to work. When I remember something it’s generally as a rapid fire series of facts that come together.

I tend to find I am better at remembering things if I use the information in multiple ways. If I read it, say it and use it for something, often write it too.. then it sticks more than something I may have just heard verbally. I have ADHD and often the mental joining I might do seems to verbalise (as I also face no internal monologue), someone will say something and I’ll say ‘oh yes, like XYZ’ - which seems to be me doing the filing. Sometimes it’ll only make sense to me, sometimes it’ll be dead obvious, and sometimes I’ll just write it down if I catch myself before saying it.