Day 3: A Memory

This is the third day of the 30-day writing challenge that we are trying to overcome. Given that this is the third day, that just means that we have already written 2 articles already. Here are the previous articles that are part of this challenge.

Day 1: On The First Day, It's About Personality

Day 2: What Makes You Happy?

Now that you are up to speed, then let me show you the bigger picture of how the challenge will proceed:

I think that for the third day we are supposed to share with the readers a specific memory that we have. But it isn't clear what kind of memory it should be. Should it be a fond memory? A sad one? The most memorable memory? Something that tugs the heartstrings? Or maybe it's an embarrassing memory, who knows?

Well, if I was the one writing the challenge, I think in this case, I would like to read about a memory that comes to the top of the head when someone thinks of the word "memory". That memory tends to be the most memorable of all, that would also be the most precious one.

But what makes a memory memorable?

That sounds like a childish question but in the back of our heads, we can admit that it's such a heavy question.

We all know that memory is a moment in the past that we could recall partially or vividly. It may also be fragments and pieces of reality in the past that our brains try to process and bring forth to the foreground of our focus. It's something that we try to remember or recall. It's nothing but a remnant of the past that lives in our brain as residual currents.

I think that a memory becomes strong and memorable if the immersion and the experience upon the creation of that particular memory are intense enough to carve up a lot of space in our internal data storage. A memory is more effective when it is connected to multiple senses at a time. For example, a movie scene is more effective than the lines of a poem you read because as you are watching a scene from a movie, you are hearing the words and you are seeing the actors act at the same time whilst in the lines of a poem the only sense involved was your sight.

That being said, the strongest sense that could form a great memory is the sense of smell. That is why our memories rush back to the foreground of our brain when we inhale a familiar smell. That's the reason why you suddenly recall that one summer with your childhood love when you smell a faint mixture of strawberries and cigarettes in the air.

Another thing that makes a memory stronger is if it is packed with intense emotions. You can easily remember your happiest moment or even your saddest experience, but you won't recall as easily those mediocre times when you were almost happy or almost sad, it will be hard to remember moments that passed by wherein you haven't really experienced something. You can't really remember those moments that have no bearing whatsoever on your current state. Bet you can't remember what music was playing the last time you went to the mall as you were paying the cashier. Unless of course, you are one of the unluckiest people on Earth that has the curse of having a photographic memory or total recall.

Total recall is the ability that we often see in television shows or movies wherein the person who has that ability remembers everything vividly down to the tiniest detail of everything that happened to him in the past. That sounds like a wonderful talent, doesn't it? But then again, why do I think that it's a curse more than a gift?

I just have a simple reason for saying that and the reason is that life sucks.

Life sucks, that's it plain and simple. Let's be honest for a second here. Unless you're the luckiest man alive, there will be more bad things in your life than the good times. There will be more bitter memories than there are good ones. That's just the way life goes for most of us. And what do we do when we get down with the bad times? We suck it up, we accept it, and then we move on. And hopefully, if we're lucky, we can forget all about them. Now, can you imagine living day by day and you can vividly recall every single bad memory that you have? It's like reliving each of them every single moment of your life, every time you think you are reminded of the pain and the sorrow. I don't know about you, but I call that hell, a living hell. I don't want any piece of that, no, thank you!

You probably went in expecting to read about a memory that I would be sharing, little did you know that I would be talking about "memory" itself. I would share some memories with you but I wasn't really in the mood to think about anything else today.

Hey yo!!!

3 down, 27 more to go. This 30-day challenge is proving to be a bit of a hurdle as much as it is helpful when it comes to tough days.

I really appreciate you being here though, thanks for visiting, that's it for me, and until we read again...

Cheers!!!

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Series    : Prompt Factory (30-day Writing Challenge)
Title     : Day 3: A Memory
Published : 06-June-2022
Author :  © RB