Help your brain

There are many ways in which you can help your brain remember things:

1. Take notes
2. Summarise your notes later
3. Make bullet points
4. Re-read your notes in the future
5. Re-evaluate your insights in light of newer training developments
6. Write down quotes or passages that are meaningful for you
7. Keep a journal
8. Create a blog and document your journey 
9. Practice daily
10. Eat nutritious, varied, healthy food
11. Drink plenty of water

Daily practice

A tai chi student who trains every morning between lessons is far more likely to remember the art than a student who only practices once a week in class.
The movements and exercises are familiar because they do them every day.
Frequency creates habit patterns in the body.

Cheating

One danger in a tai chi class lies with copying other students or seeking to copy the teacher.
This is a major folly.
Copying is lazy.
You are relying upon somebody else's memory rather than exercising your own.
By cheating you are not learning or understanding anything.

Compartmentalising

Most people compartmentalise their tai chi training.
They attend one lesson a week and do no training between lessons at home.
When the student thinks about class on the day of class their brain begins to refresh the components associated with class.
By the time the individual arrives in class, they are once more familiar with tai chi, the class and what to expect.
But the memories from the previous week are a little sketchy. 

Daily practice

A tai chi student who trains every morning between lessons is far more likely to remember the art than a student who only practices once a week in class.
The movements and exercises are familiar because they do them every day.
Frequency creates habit patterns in the body.

Qigong

If you can remember fairly easy qigong movements, you can employ them in everyday life and improve your health.
By starting modestly, your brain is not overwhelmed by information.Your memory improves.

If your brain is anticipating something or you are daydreaming, what exactly are you trying to remember at a later date? The activity itself, the train of thought or the daydream?

Expectations

People have naive expectations regarding memory.
We usually remember what we need for day-to-day functionality.
The name of somebody we worked with 10 years ago is simply not relevant since we do not encounter them with any regularity. 
What did you eat for your evening meal on the 15th of August three years ago? 

Memory problems

A lot of adults worry about problems with their memory.
Sometimes they may have legitimate reason to be concerned.
However, the problem often lies with expectations and use of the brain, not with the functionality of memory itself.