As we get older, we worry when we forget things. “Is my mind going?” we ask ourselves. “If I was younger, I’d remember where I put my keys.”
Not necessarily. There’s a reason we forget things. And it has nothing to do with age.
I don’t often recommend a Ted Talk, but this one, by Lisa Genova, really explains what’s going on in our brains, why it is we remember to start dinner early and forget where we put the keys. Listen to How Your Memory Works–and why forgetting is totally okay.