THREE+ME: The things your brain decides to remember

Hide caption Sometimes real life imitates art Pop quiz: Think back a decade ago — what’s something someone said to you, back then, that has stuck in your head? Was it something that, at the time, you thought you’d remember? For me, two lessons that have remained lodged in my brain seemed pretty trivial at the time. And the odd thing is, I don’t even remember the names of the people who said them to me. It’s weird, the things your memory latches onto. You can spend all your time doing the big, seemingly noteworthy things — but then the stuff that sticks with you is in the tiny details. It makes me wonder, often, what parts of growing up will stick with my stepkids. When they look back, what will they remember? Will they remember how nervous my stepson was for the start of middle school, or how my stepdaughter struggled with learning to read (things that were/are a huge focus in my mind)? Or will they remember playing Transformers, or making slime with the neighbor, or the cat knocking everything off the basement shelf? Or something else I didn’t even notice as an adult — but they noticed. You can’t really predict what will stand out in your memory a decade from now. That’s why it’s weird looking back a decade in the past. THE BUSINESS PROFESSOR Back then, I was in art school. My graphic design professors and school newspaper advisor were the ones I spent the most time with. And they taught me a TON of valuable life lessons (including nudging me to apply for the job I have now). But amid all my art classes and newspaper meetings, I had to take a business class. It was a required course, otherwise I wouldn’t have […]

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