I got terrible news from my doctor. No, there's nothing wrong with me; the news doesn't have anything to do with me specifically. What he told me, though, was first, that I should expect to experience what he called "age-appropriate memory loss." He tried to minimize it by talking about not being able to find your keys. But I don't lose my keys, nor am I likely to, for reasons I can only describe as boring. So now I'm afraid I might lose something more serious instead, like my wallet, or my house.
The second part was that the best thing for maintaining a good memory is conversation. This is awful. For me anyway. If you're someone who likes talking to people, it's great. But for someone like me for whom all social interaction is unnatural, maybe not so much. It's nothing personal. I just don't like talking to people very much. Never have. I know that sounds strange from someone who gets up in front of a room full of people every day and talks for 45 minutes, but that's not conversation.
I will say that the whole idea is interesting. The process of listening and responding is apparently very good for maintaining neural pathways. Go figure. No more crossword puzzles, no more chess. Or whatever else they come up with.
So starting tomorrow I am going to try to start up a conversation with at least one random person every day. What will be my first topic? How about how annoying it is to lose your keys?
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