Due to a situation I find myself in, my daily habits have changed to a more simple daily schedule.
However, recently, I’ve been noticing that I struggle to recall certain events that happened the previous day:
What I ate for breakfast, what I did at work, what I learned in my classes, etc.
I don’t know how long this has been happening. Am I just overthinking it?
For several years, I wasn’t getting enough sleep (too busy, like most people).
During the COVID years, I was able to sleep 8 hours a day. After a few months of that, I had already noticed my memory improved a lot.
Now it’s been years and I can recall various random things in much higher resolution levels than before (faces details, conversations details, chess patterns, second language rules, my own ideas, etc.).
So much so that I have now made it a top priority to get my 8 hours of sleep every day, because I now remember how much of a time saver it ends up being.
I have noticed the reverse. Having kids and going from a normal sleep schedule to a fucked up one leaves me with cheese for brains.