Nearly all memoirists encounter challenges with remembering events and emotions from years or even decades ago. Long-term memory is notoriously slippery and fickle, and much of it is stored in our subconscious rather than conscious minds.
By spending quiet time in nature and tuning into each sense, memoirists can more easily tap into autobiographical memories.
When we walk into a park or onto a beach, our subconscious is comparing it with every park or beach we’ve ever visited, priming us to remember those experiences. Those memories can prompt others.
The conscious mind processes between three and 50 bits of information per second. The subconscious mind, by contrast, can absorb and retain 11 million bits of information per second. It retains pretty much everything we’ve
