I’ve noticed that as I get older, I’m having trouble retaining long-term memories of various happenings. This is normal, I’d imagine; I can’t be expected to recall everything that happened during first grade, or every movie night with friends when I was in high school. However, over the past few years, memories from college have begun disappearing, like pieces missing from a jigsaw puzzle. I graduated from college less than a decade ago, so it’s not like we’re talking ancient history here! The fact that I have trouble recalling what were once memorable events is disturbing.

If that wasn’t annoying enough, it gets worse. Aside from forgetting social events and such, my recollection of useful skills is fading. This, also, could be considered normal; if you don’t practice something, you’re naturally going to lose it over time. Still, I’m worried that I’m losing critical life skills. For example, anything above basic math has escaped me. I took years of algebra, trigonometry, pre-cal, and calculus…all gone now. I may not need calculus for my job now, but who knows what the future may hold?

My biggest concern is that I think the process is accelerating faster than normal. It seems like more and more stuff is dropping out of my brain pan with each passing month. People have to remind me of stuff I used to talk about a lot, and I feel like a complete idiot as a result. Cripes, if I’m having this much fun now, imagine what it’ll be like once senility hits in a few decades.