Attaching

Attaching is linking a set of things with another set of things then using this linking to remember information written in one set by encoding given information into the second set. We take a unique second set that is easy to remember. Now once we have remembered this linking of two sets, we can apply it to remember any new information. Keep in mind attaching and mind location system once learned can be applied to remember any new information.

Attaching also known as pegging has been described in detail by Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas in The Memory Book (1974) [Source (1)]. You can read Linking in chapter “Methods and Tools” for a detailed explanation. Number rhyming Pegging is also given in chapter “Mastering Life Skills”. In that chapter, we have pegged numbers with rhyming words like 0 with the hero, one with a gun etc. Now to remember 10 we will imagine a hero shooting with a gun.

Other than number rhyming we can use this method to link numbers with sounds of consonants, and then create words out of these alphabets using vowels. Keep in mind that when decoding the word we ignore vowels as they were used only to form a proper word. This system is also given in detail by Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas in The Memory Book (1974). [Source (1)]

0    s, x

1    t,d

2    n

3    m

4    r

5    l

6    sh, ch, j

7    c, k, g

8    f, v

9    p, b

DIG  - 17 (D 1 and G 7 while vowel I is added to create a word)

PUB – 99 (P 9 and B 9)

GREAT -471 (G 7, R 4 and T 1)