5 TIPS FOR CREATING MEMORY PALACES

Understanding Memory Palaces is one thing, getting them up and running is another. For people just starting with Memory Palaces, this video is for you! In this video I answer a lot of the frequent questions I typically get about the nit-picky details of creating them as well as 5 tips to create the most memorable places to store the things you want to memorize. BOOM.

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[baatour]

Thanks Nelson amazing video as always , what are your insights on reusing memory palaces over and over again ?

[jennifersilves]

I've been *not* using a memory palace for a decade by now.

When you said it could be a movie I instantly flashed to poetry, and now I have a useful struct of Things To Do.

I placed things at the ends of the first few lines of the poem I chose. Then as more things came up I back-added them where they made sense.

What a relief.
Building a memory palace was such an overwhelming task. I don't remember anyone emphasizing it should be someplace familiar.

Thank-you.

[LearnToJuggleNOW]

Great video! For anyone who might be reading, here are some bonus tips that you may choose to consider or ignore (it's mostly a matter of personal tastes): - Yes don't use a path that make no sense, but also know that you can twist reality as you wish. For example I like to just go around clockwise normally in one room, but then on the next room I can start on the ceiling, fall down on the couch, go under a table, jump back on the table and then to the window and so on in some weird way that only makes sense in my mind. - Don't let reality and the laws of physics limit what you can do. If it makes navigating all the interesting parts of a memory palace any easier (and eliminate the need to walk twice on the same path), I will burst through a few walls or ceilings and use one or two strategically placed portals to teleport myself from one place to the next in some convenient way. - My favorite palaces (homes and work place and so on) I like to keep them for training or for information that I only need for the short or medium term. You then let the images fade when you're done training or you don't need the information anymore. Those palaces you can reuse over and over. If you went fast and didn't do much reviews, just 24 hours of waiting time can be enough for the place to be "clean" again for something else. - For long-term information I will use just about anything, including if I feel like it an amazing website called matterport, and review them periodically using spaced repetition and retrieval practice (and Anki). One palace for one subject, make new ones as needed. - For lists and training, I like to divide my palaces in 3 or more "zones" with 5 locations each. I decide what a "zone" is. It can be one small section of a parc, a much bigger section, one room, half a room, 3 rooms or whatever. Less interesting and memorable rooms and places will either have less locations or just be completely ignored. - For other types of informations, like some academic subjects, it can be carefully pre-planned but it doesn't necessarily have to be. You can just start placing things related to some subject in some section and things located to some other subject in some other section, and then come back and add details as needed. Use logic and understanding and your natural memory for most things and use images for what's more difficult to remember. - When creating new palaces, it's not necessary but I like to take pictures of them, put those pictures in a power-point document (use the "insert multiple pictures to multiple slides" feature) and maybe add numbers to the specific locations that I will use. For long-term memorization, I will note both the information memorized and (super briefly) the mnemonics used in another word document. It will be useful later on if I neglect to review them (bad habit) and need to relearn many parts.

[nathanaellow]

Tip #1 1:00 Choose 5 locations with 10 locations each
Tip #2 3:20 Write them all down
Tip #3 4:18 Don't memorize them
Tip #4 4:50 Pick places meaningful to you
Tip #5 5:40 It doesn't have to be a home or a building

[LK-]

I love your last suggestion of using scenes from movies or games as locations. I have a wealth of those to draw from. Thank you!

[skepticlogician]

I was thinking outdoors places like my jogging route on the park exactly when you mentioned those as options. That expands the possibilities incredibly, thank you!

[kateharper]

I deeply appreciate your clear, concise, and insightful presentation style. Please continue sharing with pithy brevity and the wisdom you've gained through experience.

[axmeddaahir]

Thank you Nelson Dellis for giving me a critical concept on Memory Palace. This video is absolutely for me.

[gracefitzgerald]

I cannot believe how this short little video has completely changed my life and how smarter I feel. Thank you thank you thank you! It’s been a few weeks and I’m able to retain so much. You are an incredible person.

[katyandtracy]

You're really good at these videos. Not just the content, but the quality, the editing, the sound. Just top notch stuff.

[andreaseriksson]

I’m thinking about making a memory palace in Sims. 😁

[antunglisa]

Thank you man.. very useful and inspiring

[Coananlover]

I'm a big D&D fan and make a lot of custom maps, and I find them the perfect locations for memory palaces. It's oddly easier (for me personally) to visualize places of my own creation than real ones.

[sybrenfrom]

Amazing explaining! Thank you so much!😄 i loved reading your tips and will add them to my list for sure!

I personally use music a lot! When i need to remember something special I’ll make sure I’m listening to some “special” music “on repeat” and if possible more than once within the same happening/occasion. This always gives me flashbacks to that specific moment later, and i love them because it Feels like I’m back there once again😍 even after years i get goosebumps of those moments, ☺️

[nelsonw]

Awesome video! Shared this with a friend, and like yourself I am using N64 levels as a memory palace like Mario 64, and also using some levels on Starfox 64 as mini palaces to store short term information since I remember them so well! Memory palaces was how I was able to beat Mario Party memorization games as well.

[marc-andremartin]

It's all about being meaninful for you. Start with any instinctive meaningful creative location, then add meaningful anchor/fix points along the way in a meaningful order. Write it down somewhere for long-term storage and recall.

[digvijaysinghbhadouria]

Thaaanks!! You cleared many of my doubts !!

[skepticlogician]

Video games worlds and levels is such a great idea!!

[notionoflife]

Just what i was searching. Thanks mate..

[adamwhiteson]

An object can be a memory palace. If you have a teapot you can put things on the spout, the handle etc.


I sketch my memory palaces. That helps me really engage. I keep the sketches just like you say.