6 Ways to Get Better at Remembering Things

Everyone forgets things — where they put their sunglasses, where they parked their car, the name of someone they just met. It’s one of the most universal and quietly frustrating parts of daily life, and one that tends to become more common with age. “There's a lot to keep track of, so it's perfectly normal to lose things like words and names,” says Jonathan Rosand, MD, a neurologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School in Boston. “I experience forgetfulness routinely.”