How Do You Memorize A Grocery List?
• Make a story about the groceries. A good way to memorize a list of any type is to make up a story to go with it. Let’s say you need to buy: Eggs, milk, wine, cereal, beer, bagels, bananas, apples, butter, and popcorn. • Make a story like this: • A man wanted to go buy some wine to celebrate his anniversary. He was having a very bad day. He left the house and walked down the street with an apple and a bagel in his hand. While crossing the street, he saw a hobo drinking a beer. He felt bad and went to him and gave him his apple and bagel, saying to himself that he wasn’t that hungry anyway. When he arrived at the store, he slipped on a bar of butter that someone had dropped. He fell onto a shelf piled high with cereal boxes and knocked down a rack of bananas. He got up and the woman who dropped the butter apologized. He said it was all right and headed for the liquor aisle. On his way, he almost fell on a puddle of milk and started sliding down the snack food aisle. Somehow, unknown to
