Positive thinking is much healthier than its counterpart, according to Mind Tools. Employing calm and relaxing images when attempting to remember opens your mind to the idea of storing a piece of information in short- or long-term memory. Focus on the positive aspects of a house and its neighborhood, for example, to help remember how to find your way back once you leave. Focusing on only negative aspects will cause the mind to automatically prohibit remembering.
Building a mental memory tree can help you track down lost items. Randomly searching for something you cannot find will most often only produce increased frustration. Memory trees are useful for storing a visual map in your head to make sure you can track down any item. Create three individual branches of a memory tree when setting down a wallet, for instance. Using your three branches--bedroom (first branch), bedside table (second branch), bedside table drawer (third branch), for example--in succession will help you consciously remember the specifics of where you placed the wallet.
Crafting a rhyme employs an inner auditory tool to help you remember. Keep all of your rhymes basic and to the point. "The key is under the tree," for example, is a rhyme that combines the identification of the object for which you are searching and the location where it was placed.
Creating a fresh visual aspect is essential for mentally associating the location of an object. Physically place your eyeglasses atop your favorite book, for example. Storing the image of the glasses on top of the book adds strength to your memory. If you forget where you placed your glasses, think of the visual image you physically created with the object. Picturing your favorite book, for instance, will in turn lead you to your eyeglasses. When you create a fresh visual image with an object you must remember, "you are, in effect, teaching yourself what you're trying to learn," according to Psychology Today.