President's Report

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Have you ever tried to remember the name of a person, and you can visualize their face but can’t come up with the name?  Our memory functions as an archive of the past, and we usually can remember the things we use to perform our daily tasks, but it seems like some of the other information got selectively stored away and takes longer for us to recall. Have you ever forgotten where you parked your car in a large parking lot? This happened to me several times until my wife encouraged me to put an app on my cell phone. Once leaving a theme park during a driving rainstorm with thunder and lightning, I could not find the car. The family was soaked and very unhappy with me. Your key fob only works if you are near your car. Memory is a wonderful thing, and just because you might experience some forgetfulness, it does not mean you are losing your mind.

Have you ever entered the garage with a sense of purpose only to forget why you were going there? Or you are going from one room to another to get something, and once you get there, you can’t remember why you are there? Psychologists call this an event boundary or the doorway effect. The best way for me to figure this one out is to go back where I started. Then the answer usually comes to me. What is happening is that when you go into another space, your perception of your environment changes. Have you gone into the kitchen to get your glasses. and once you are in the kitchen, you have forgotten why you are there? Experts tell us that your brain has become distracted by entering into a new boundary with fresh sights and sounds. What helps is to repeat your purpose of going from one place to another.

All this makes me wonder if some of you might be dealing with some selective recall and/or event boundary issues. I write this because in early January the Tuscawilla Homeowners Association sent out information to each Tuscawilla home to remind them that it was time to pay their annual dues of just $40. Your Association needs these funds to operate. I am sure some of you were going to pay them and, on the way to get your check book you suffered from some sort of  boundary event or a memory lapse. As you read this just keep repeating to yourself that I am on my way to pay my dues either by check or PayPal. Thank you for remembering!  We need your support.

Please come and enjoy our Family Fun Day this Sunday, April 6. It is free to members, and if you are not a member, you can join there.  The Homeowners Association exists to keep Tuscawilla a wonderful place to live. We need each one of you to do what you can to keep this one of Seminole County’s premiere planned communities. 

Dr. Kurt Miericke

THOA President

Publisher, Tuscawilla Today

Email: THOAws20@gmail.com