Appointments
Memorizing appointments means making a picturable equivalent for the appointment (e.g., doctor) and associating in some ridiculous way with your peg for the day and time of the appontment.
Day/time pegs are mostly stolen from your number pegs. Most people treat Monday as the first day of the business week, so treat it as "one," Tuesday as "two," and so on. Then think of the hour as the second digit of a two digit number. So, Monday at 4 is "14." Tuesday at 9 is "29." If your doctor's appointment is at 4 on Tuesday, associate the doctor to "toro" and you will remember the day and time of the appointment by thinking of the doctor.
What about 10, 11, and 12 o'clock?
For ten, use zero. So Wednesday at 10 is "30," or "Mose."
For 11 and 12, treat them as "non-standard one and two." That is, make a peg words for them that are not your peg words for 1 and 2.
If your peg word for Monday at 2 is "tone" (12), then let your peg word for Monday at 12 be "thane" or "teen" or "ton" or "tuna" or anything that fits the pattern but isn't your basic peg word for 12.
If your peg word for Friday at 1 is "lota" (51), then let your peg word for Friday at 11 be "late," "light," "lute," or another word that fits the pattern but isn't your basic peg word for 51.
What about a.m. and p.m.? Not really necessary, since you'll know anyway. But if you feel you must, remember that you don't need markers for both a.m. and p.m. One or the other will do. For example, work one or more peas into your association for p.m. appointments, and you're covered. No peas in the association? Must be an a.m. appointiment.
What if the appointment isn't on the hour? Again, probably unnecessary (you'll remember naturally if the day and hours are recalled). But if you feel you must, put a quarter in the picture if the appointment is in the second quarter of the hour (between minutes 15 and 29). Put a half grapefruit into the picture if the appointment is in the third quarter of the hour (between minutes 30 and 44). Put three quarters of a pie into the picture of the appointment is between minutes 45 and 59. That's close enough. Worst case, you're fifteen minutes early.
What about appointments within the first fifteen minutes after the hour? Well, if there's no quarter, half grapefruit, or pie in the picture, the appointment must be in the first quarter of the hour!
(This principle of "close enough" applies to memorizing birthdays and anniversaries as well. If you associate the persons and the event to the month, and put a quarter in the picture for 9-16, a half grapefruit for 17-24, and (three-fourths of) a pie for 25-31, you'll either trigger your recollection of the exact date, or you'll be close enough to send a card or gift in timely fashion.)
Day/time pegs are mostly stolen from your number pegs. Most people treat Monday as the first day of the business week, so treat it as "one," Tuesday as "two," and so on. Then think of the hour as the second digit of a two digit number. So, Monday at 4 is "14." Tuesday at 9 is "29." If your doctor's appointment is at 4 on Tuesday, associate the doctor to "toro" and you will remember the day and time of the appointment by thinking of the doctor.
What about 10, 11, and 12 o'clock?
For ten, use zero. So Wednesday at 10 is "30," or "Mose."
For 11 and 12, treat them as "non-standard one and two." That is, make a peg words for them that are not your peg words for 1 and 2.
If your peg word for Monday at 2 is "tone" (12), then let your peg word for Monday at 12 be "thane" or "teen" or "ton" or "tuna" or anything that fits the pattern but isn't your basic peg word for 12.
If your peg word for Friday at 1 is "lota" (51), then let your peg word for Friday at 11 be "late," "light," "lute," or another word that fits the pattern but isn't your basic peg word for 51.
What about a.m. and p.m.? Not really necessary, since you'll know anyway. But if you feel you must, remember that you don't need markers for both a.m. and p.m. One or the other will do. For example, work one or more peas into your association for p.m. appointments, and you're covered. No peas in the association? Must be an a.m. appointiment.
What if the appointment isn't on the hour? Again, probably unnecessary (you'll remember naturally if the day and hours are recalled). But if you feel you must, put a quarter in the picture if the appointment is in the second quarter of the hour (between minutes 15 and 29). Put a half grapefruit into the picture if the appointment is in the third quarter of the hour (between minutes 30 and 44). Put three quarters of a pie into the picture of the appointment is between minutes 45 and 59. That's close enough. Worst case, you're fifteen minutes early.
What about appointments within the first fifteen minutes after the hour? Well, if there's no quarter, half grapefruit, or pie in the picture, the appointment must be in the first quarter of the hour!
(This principle of "close enough" applies to memorizing birthdays and anniversaries as well. If you associate the persons and the event to the month, and put a quarter in the picture for 9-16, a half grapefruit for 17-24, and (three-fourths of) a pie for 25-31, you'll either trigger your recollection of the exact date, or you'll be close enough to send a card or gift in timely fashion.)
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