# Memorization using the Method of Loci

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**Created:** [August 8, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorization-using-the-method-of-loci/727293 "2015-08-08T03:14:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorization-using-the-method-of-loci/727293/6 "2015-08-10T18:49:02Z")

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> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#):
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> So…whattaya wanna memorize?

I posted in the thread that prompted this:

> [@What are you teaching yourself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-teaching-yourself/726711/52):
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> I too am very interested in mnemonics. I had been thinking about starting a thread about it. My difficulty is that I don’t have a good palace to start with. I left my first home when I was 10, and I’ve lived in over a dozen places since. There are probably two or three houses that I could use, but I think I need to practice the houses before I start placing memories in them.
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> There are so many things I have trouble remembering. Names and numbers are the big ones that affect my work.

I have more to say, but off kayaking for now.

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