In this episode of the Magnetic Memory Method Podcast, we're going to talk about how to memorize numbers. More specifically, we're going to talk about memorizing numbers using the Major Method. And even more specifically than that, we're going to talk about doing this in a way that will get the numbers you memorize into long term memory.
But if you want to jump over to how to apply the Major Method to music mnemonics, that's cool too. Just make sure you know how to memorize numbers with letters, as discussed in my Get Good at Remembering Numbers playlist on YouTube:
With that covers, here's more information, inspired by a very nice letter I received from a young high school student who takes Advanced Placement courses.
As you can read in his letter, he is a very advanced young man indeed!
Dear Anthony,
I'm proud to report the success of my first memory palace! I've been reading your newsletters daily since summer back in June and I haven't been able to take your Masterclass lessons or fully read any of your books yet, since being a high school student in a magnet program, taking college level classes, I don't have any time to get a job to make a little money, so my only money comes from my birthday and Chanukah in December. I have though read previews of many of them, and in December, I plan on trying to take the Udemy course or buy the medical terminology book you wrote. I've been reading your newsletters daily and each day I find myself wanting to use the Magnetic Memory Method more and more, but frankly, I've never gotten around to experimenting with it yet because of school work and studying for tests.
Also, I've been a little apprehensive of using the Magnetic Memory Method before taking any of your courses because I don't want to make a flawed Memory Palace. I was able to check in on a small portion of the live streaming you did awhile back for free, and took some notes. Couple months go by, I've been continuing to read your newsletters, emailing you ideas about using the music in Memory Palaces and using the same memory palace but with different conditions, but still haven't created my own Memory Palace.
Last Friday, on the hour bus ride to school, I listen to your podcast, Hindi Alphabet Memory Palace Secrets, and on the way back home I listen to a majority of your podcast, How to Memorize 50 Spanish Provinces On Your First Go, and they get me excited thinking of the possibilities of the Magnetic Memory Method. The weekend goes by working on school work and essays I had due today, and this afternoon on the bus, I searched around for a way just to test out the Memory Palace. I just wanted to try it and use it successfully, I wanted the short term success, he was talking about that he had on his first memory palace, even if it was minuscule compared to the 50 provinces he remembered. I took a list of ten items and wanted to memorize them: fish, margarine, a chess set, milk, light bulbs, a football, a ladder, a clock, measuring tape, and a dog bowl. My "journey" was short and simple and went like this:
I get on the bus an
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