I Kept Forgetting Everything, Then I Changed My Daily Routine: HoneyPezil
It Started With Small Things My name is Karen Turner, and I'm 52. A year ago, if you had told me I'd be writing about my memory, I would have laughed. I have always been the organized one. I kept the family calendar, remembered every birthday, and never needed a grocery list. Then the small things started slipping. I walked into the kitchen and forgot why. I called my sister by my daughter's name. Twice in one week I left the stove on and only remembered when I smelled something. None of it was dramatic, but it added up, and it made me uneasy. When Forgetfulness Meets Poor Focus The forgetfulness wasn't the only problem. My focus had changed too. I would sit down to read one email and drift off halfway through. I'd start a task, get distracted, and find myself in a different room with no idea what I'd meant to do. Work that used to take an hour stretched into half a day. By 3 p.m., my mind felt foggy and slow. I reread the same paragraph three times witho...