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The Day You Chose To Begin Your Story…

Once upon a time, beyond the farthest seas and the edges of the known world, in the very heart of the Roundwood Forest, where emerald leaves whispered in the breeze and silver streams danced over polished stones, there lay a place unlike any other. There, the sky was so deep a blue it seemed like a great lake turned upside down, and the air carried soft melodies from lands unseen. The scent of flowers mingled with fresh morning dew, and no two paths were ever the same from one day to the next. Shadows drifted beneath the trees as though they, too, were telling stories, while dawn bathed the world in gold and evenings wrapped it in hues of violet and flame. Birds sang as if the earth itself had found a voice, moss lay softer than velvet beneath wandering feet, and ancient memories slept among the fallen leaves. Spring never truly left this place, and even the wind seemed to remember every tale ever told. Deep below, roots clung to time itself, unseen shapes passed silently through the canopy, and secrets waited patiently for the moment they would rise again… … and how much longer will you keep waiting to begin your own story?

Ingredients of the Mind

Like plants need water, soil and sunshine, our mind also needs fuel. You might say, a mind is just a mind, it needs whatever it gets. But like any plant, different minds need different nurturing. However, there are of course common ingredients that most mind needs to be healthy. Let’s see some examples. Oxygen Breathing is so automatic, we often forget it even exists. But fortunately, it’s always there and it’s our biggest ally, we just have to embrace it. Breathing connects us with our mind. It helps us cool down, release the tension in our body and clears our mind from constant buzzing. Breathing is so perfect and so powerful, yet so unexploited. Let’s take this exercise for example: Take a moment to get into a calm, relaxed position. Read this text slowly and pause when needed. When you are ready, take a slow, deep breath. Hold it for 4 seconds, then slowly breathe out. Inhale slowly and hold it for 4 seconds. Exhale slowly. Your mind is already clearer, and you might feel lighter. Repeat for two more times: Take a slow,, deep breath, hold it for 4 seconds, and breathe out slowly. Inhale slowly, hold it for 4 seconds and exhale slowly. Great! You might have just started, but you can already feel so much difference. Remember: If your mind is busy with thoughts and you can’t take it anymore, just breathe. It will be your greatest ally, forever. Soft Sunlight Plants need sunlight to grow, and our mind also need sunlight to thrive. It’s loving hug can calm us, fill us with warmth, relax us and improve our mood. It’s our infinite energy source. Let’s take an example how we can embrace it: Read this text and try it out afterward: Slowly close your eyes. Turn your head towards the sun, or if that’s not possible, just imagine its bright, warm, relaxing light caressing you. Let it fill you up with its warmth. Now, visualize its light slowly draining every tension from your body making your muscles relaxed and you calmer, lighter and more peaceful. Enjoy this state for the next few minutes. Nutrient Rich Soil Every living thing needs nutrients. Some more, some less. Plants get their food from the soil and they can be picky. Weeds can grow basically anywhere, while cacti need special well-draining, sand-mixed soil. Most plants want something different, but they all agree in one thing: they don’t like toxicity. Guess what behaves like plants? Yes, you guessed right: our mind. Our mind needs vitamins, minerals, amino acids, antioxidants and much more, varied in different ways. The best way to keep everything on track is to eat a variety of foods and mix them with vegetables, fruits, nuts and other healthy foods. We should avoid or at least minimize junk food, alcohol, drugs and smoking, because they can be toxic. After all, as the saying goes: a sound mind in a sound body.

Our forgetful mind

Forgetting is completely natural. It helps us to move on from traumas, bad events, pain and not least it helps us to forget irrelevant informations. We even have a saying for this: “Time heals all wounds.” It’s all about forgetting, yet, we still view it as a nasty effect of the brain. I once heard somewhere, that the only difference between a 6 and a 60 year old is, that the 6 years old won’t say repeatedly “I forgot it again.”. Apart from aging, I consider this true. Unlike a youngling, we are able to flush ourselves down into the cold depths of oblivion, which has a negative impact to our brain functions. This is something we should forget forever. Thus, we can see from a very long distance, that the very first problem is ourselves. We lift borders/walls in front of us. We listen to our very own inner doubts, but catch this: we don’t forget everything. We forget the informations we don’t need or at least the information that seems like we don’t need. Where are my seeds?! When we put down our keys somewhere, most of the time, we do this without noting. It has became an automatic, careless, meaningless process. Just like when we throw around seeds randomly in a garden, we can’t tell what will happen with them. It’s not even certain that they will reach the soil where they need to be, they could be fully lost. Of course, we can take a walk in the garden and try to find them, but it’s going to be like looking for a needle in a haystack. Like the information of the keys’ new position, the future of the seeds is also unpredictable. If the seeds were carefully placed, planted and tended, they could grow healthily. Similarly, if we carefully noted the keys’ place when we put them down, we could easily find them next time when we need them. In this case our memory is not faulty, we didn’t forget the keys’ location. Instead, our seeds were never planted to be remembered, so the keys location were never planted to be remembered. The sowing we need to take care of Just like the gardens, if we want our mind to thrive, we need to take care of it. If we neglect it, sooner or later the memories may perish, depending on their resilience and strength. Some memories are completely undemanding and can live longer without care, while others may require constant attention and won’t live a day without it. Sometimes just like perished plants, perished memories could have some residues too, which, if we restore skillfully, they can be completely healthy again. It’s like the moment when we smell, taste, touch, hear, see or feel something and a memory just comes to our mind on a snap. It’s up to us to strengthen these residues. The weed we want to get rid of Almost inevitable, at some point, we will have some weeds in the garden that we want to get rid of. So we grab the tools and remove them from the other plants. It can be hard if the root goes deep, but it can be fairly easy too. These weeds are not just ugly, if they get too strong and if we ignore them, they can kill the other wonderful plants. These situations can happen with memories too. We collect some that we would prefer to forget and we will do everything to make them disappear. Some of them could go easily, some of them could stay for a while. Some are so strong that can weaken others. That’s why we need to garden our mind. We don’t need those weeds, but we want to be amazed at what the others look like. The Watering Schedule You can’t understand this, right? Don’t worry, neither am I. Just as the different plants have different watering schedules, our memories also require regular maintenance to thrive. This schedule determines how often we have to repeat information to make it long lasting. For example, without repetition we tend to forget 50% of the information within the first hour, 70% by the first day and 90% by the end of the first month. So let’s get to take care of our memories to make these numbers become better and last longer.

Who am I Behind Mindgarden

Hi, I’m Gábor from Hungary. I’m not genius, professional, doctor or scientist. I’m just a really enthusiastic guy who would love to leave a small mark in our world. In the first place I tend to be a web developer, but thanks to a friend and nearly 7 years of experience in sales, I have a solid understanding of user experience. In my twenties I experimented with things like photography, UI & UX design, digital drawing, writing, memory training, psychology and web development. I loved them all and some of them still do. But I just couldn’t find my true calling. Empathy for Humanity For almost a decade I searched for “the” thing I should do for people. The “real thing”, if you understand what I mean. It’s not exactly an easy task to create something great from which people can learn, but I believe if we do it from our heart, it will turn out fine. COVID-19 I’m still not sure if it was a side effect of the virus or I just got lazy, but in 4 weeks I lost so many focus that I couldn’t even hold onto a thought for a minute. Sometimes I just lost the thread while I was speaking. For a few month that was my new standard. Everyone around me got upset and that was completely understandable. Without focus, we are nothing but meat and bones. Panic Attack The mind is especially close to my heart (okay, maybe it’s closer to my head, but never mind). It’s not a new invention, it’s something we’re born with. However most people don’t think of the mind like something that can be taught and developed. I do. A few years ago things came together and I had my very first panic attack. It was so intense and scary that I thought I was having a heart attack. That was the moment I decided I had to slow down, be in the moment and take control of my mind. If I may say so, I did it pretty successfully, but I needed techniques. The Techniques I’m just repeating myself when I say: Mind is not a new invention. We just need techniques to control it. My biggest help was always Headspace. With their guidance I learned to slow down, breathe and focus on the present. My second biggest help was the Memory Champions like Joshua Foer, Dominic O’Brien, Yänjaa Wintersoul, Nelson Dellis. They taught me (indirectly) methods and techniques to memorize and learn better, which led to even better focus. The fears and doubts Let me put it this way: I hear from people all the time that they are not creative, have a bad memory and can’t change themselves. My belief is that they don’t have to have such things. I’m so uncreative that I can’t even tell a joke normally, yet I managed to memorize Pi’s first 500 digits back and forth. I know my most important phone numbers and card numbers. I don’t even have to prove myself to anyone. I just memorized them because I think it was easier than looking for them every given time I needed them. Mindgarden In this spirit I’ve created the Mindgarden project to help people understand that memory is not limited by birth, age, brain or creativity. It’s all about using our initial, greatest strengths. It’s also a friendly place with unlimited possibilities, but most importantly: it’s a place for everyone. So who am I? I am a Mindgardener.

My memory is like a gold-fish’s!

Yeah I know, I know. Your memory is like a goldfish's and you think there's nothing you could do about it. But aren't you tired of feeding your brain with lies? Huh? 🤨 With the very same energy, you could simply start... using it... properly. You can't change what you already have, but you can change how you handle it. Memory is just a muscle. 💪 It's all about technique, mindset and practice. Everything else follows. And what do you gain by actually using your memory? 👇 🎯 Better focus 🧘‍♂️ A calmer mind 🧠 Getting smarter 🚀 More confidence It's not about memorizing things vs your phone can store anything anyway. It's all about you. 🌱

The Story Behind Mindgarden

In school, I always felt like the education wasn’t as good as it could be. Teachers didn’t teach us to learn; instead, they just shoved information down our throats. Although we had lessons on learning methods, they were all about common sense: don’t get distracted, focus, don’t multitask, listen to some non-distracting music, etc. These tips are great and can help you learn more efficiently, but we still just repeat every piece of information using brute force on our mind. We. Have. No. Technique. The Garden’s Soil After several books, articles, games, videos and experiments, I finally decided to create a project that can help people learn in a smarter way, like a real human. I won’t be showing you any different magic beyond what you can already get from Joshua Foer, Dominic O’Brien, Yänjaa Wintersoul, Nelson Dellis and the others. If you’ve already got the hang of their techniques and advice, you are already good to go. I learned a lot from them, but every time I tried to explain those techniques the way they did, I immediately ran into different fears and doubts. The fears and the doubts. Many people believe they can’t improve their memory or aren’t creative. They think they’re born with what they have and can’t change it. But here is the thing: We don’t have to improve our memory or be creative. The only thing we need to do is just embrace our very human abilities. Throughout human evolution we learned through experiences like sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch and emotions. We didn’t need to improve anything or be creative. We just had to live through things. And guess what? It still works this way! The stronger the experiences are, the faster and longer we preserve them in our mind. Mindgarden When we talk about the mind, there are lots of great analogies to choose from. I’ve chosen the garden, because I think it’s a great representation of the mind. The mind can be bare, rocky, simple, minimalist, weedy, well-organized, natural, full of with vegetables, flowers, statues, wildlife, and so much more! A garden can be abandoned or very well cared for. It can develop slowly or quickly evolve. Everyone can find something to love in the garden. Some people love to relax in it, while others find joy in tending to it. The possibilities are endless. It’s the same with our minds. How we take care of it makes all the difference or in other words: you reap what you sow. That’s how the idea of Mindgarden was born. It’s a place where I can explain how minds work in a way that’s easy to understand, so you can embrace and free yours.

What the fluff is PWA?

Have you ever downloaded an app from your phone's store? Of course you did! Well, good news. with Mindgarden, you don't even have to. Instead, you can simply add it to your Home Screen directly from your browser. Even from Chrome or Safari and it will behave just like a real app. So what you'll get? 📦 Almost zero storage usage No huge downloads. No updates eating your space. 🔔 Push notifications Turn them on and get friendly little nudges from Mindgarden! Reminders, motivation, gentle memory boosts and more! 📱 App-like experience Open it straight from your Home Screen, just like any native app. 🌎 Always up-to-date No app store updates. Always get the latest version, just by opening the application. Pretty fun, right? What are you waiting for? ＋ Add to Home Screen, now!

What is Mindgarden?

Mindgarden is a place inside our head where we can dig the ground, discover and enjoy the surroundings. It’s a warm and welcoming place where we can go whenever we need to. A friendly place where we can learn some handy techniques to help us understand ourselves better in a more memorisable way. Mindgarden can be whatever we want it to be! It can be a pure, simple, clean, focused space, or a detailed one with flowers, bushes, trees and bees. It can be full of life and action! It depends on what we want to do with it, it all depends on us! There is no exact recipe for Mindgardening, just advice. But maybe most importantly: our mind as our garden is fully ours. Nobody can take that away from us. “In the garden of life, every flower has its own story, just as we do.” The Mindgarden is a wonderful place to find joy, no matter who we are or what age we are. It’s a great place to master ourselves. “No two gardens are the same. In fact no two days are the same in one garden.” And that’s true for our minds too. We might perform better one day and worse on another. We might feel better on one day and worse on another. Every garden, just like every mind has its own pace, its own ups and downs. We can’t rush them. Once we already sow the seeds, the only thing we have to do is just take care of them and go with the flow. Every one of them will sprout in its own time. I’d be lying if I said that Mindgardening is easy. No Mindgardens are made by singing “Oh, how beautiful!” and sitting in the shade. But the fruits we grow are so sweet and the flowers we bloom are so fragrant. It’s worth every second! It’s never too late to get started! I know that the best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, but the second best time is now, so let’s get to take chances, make mistakes, get messy and be a Mindgardener too!

Just. Breathe.

It’s really important to breathe. Not only before training. But before every task that require focus. Breathing clears your mind. It prepares you to what comes next. So, do it often, make it count, make it conscious. It’a really easy. Just. Breathe.

A New Year's Beginning! 🚀

In January, Mindgarden turns 2 years old. And for us, these 2 years have been full of ideas, experiments, and milestones. In 2024, Mindgarden's core idea was born: While memory training has been around for centuries, there were surprisingly few modern projects truly exploring the concept of memory gardening. So we decided to plant something new. In 2025, after a lot of seeding, development and tinkering, Mindgarden really started to grow. We began building a place where you can: Follow Mindgarden through our blog. Track your progress on your personal profile. Create flashcards easily using a spaced repetition systems which reminds you when it's time to review. Play a number memory game that lets you memorize random numbers in an intuitive, new, scroll based way. ... and there's much more to come. We're incredibly excited about what the future holds. Stay with us and grow your memory along the way! 🌱 Happy New Year! 🥳

Happy New Year!

A new year. New seeds. New memories. New possibilities. Wishing you a Happy New Year full of growth, learning, and small everyday wins!

Welcome to Mindgarden!

Are you a mnemonist, a student, or simply someone who wants to grow a stronger, sharper memory? Then, you've just found your new favorite place. Here, you'll learn powerful mnemonic techniques, plant new knowledge in your mind, train your recall or just simply play with memory games. No pressure. No stress. Maybe a bit of stress. But that's just fine. As you use Mindgarden, you'll have more and more "Wait.. I actually remembered that?!" moments. So... ...let's get to grow your mind!

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