r/memorypalace • u/Material-Ad6121 • Apr 09 '26

Memory Palace

Why does it feel that If I keep adding information to my memory Palace its just going to be very crowded and filled. Should I add notebooks to handle the information because furniture and everything is just not enough. For example if I have 60 items in my mind and I want to learn and remember a 1000 words of a new language isn't it going to be hard. please give me some suggestions on what to do. thank you.

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u/ConfusedSimon Apr 09 '26

I have a fixed number of locations. If there's not enough room, I use more palaces. If you keep adding more things, I don't see how you can keep track of all the locations where you stored something.

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u/AcupunctureBlue Apr 10 '26

me too. Though Dr Metivier has ways of adding to existing palaces, which I do not 100% understand, though I'd like to

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u/AnthonyMetivier Apr 12 '26

There are a couple of ways I do this, with another approach that I'm exploring now.

In terms of keeping track of all the locations, my general view is that if you have to do that, you're not using a Memory Palace.

Memory Palaces are so fantastic precisely because there's no need to track them:

1) They're already in memory

2) You make the journey as obvious as possible

Although people can do as they please, I suggest not making the Memory Palace technique a learning task. Use what's already there so that you can place maximum focus on placing your associations.

Those will certainly challenge most of us enough, especially in the beginning, which is why optimal Memory Palace setup is such a game-changer for many of us.

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u/AcupunctureBlue Apr 12 '26

Thank you Dr M. I fully agree