Hey guys, Ron White, two time USA Memory Champion. In this video, I'm going to show you how to
memorize the calendar for any year. Now I'm going to use 2022 as an example, but I want you to know
that you could use this for any year. So, if you're watching this four years down the road,
you can use it for 2026. I'll also say that using this technique, I just memorized the entire
calendar for 2022 in 45 seconds. Okay. Now it's going to take you longer than 45 seconds to watch
this video because I'm going to have to teach you the system and the process but once you learn the
system, you could memorize any calendar year in 45 seconds, literally. And what I mean by that is
if somebody said, "Hey, what are you doing June 11th?" You could say, "oh, well that's a Saturday"
or, "Hey, what are you doing June 29th?" "Oh, well that's a Wednesday." And you'll what day any day
of the year falls on using this system. It's really cool and here's all you have to
do. All you have to do is memorize 12 pictures. If you can memorize 12 pictures, you can memorize the
entire year. I'm going to give you the pictures and let's memorize these as we go. I want you
to imagine for the month of January, a new baby, because it's a new year, so. You got a new baby.
And this new baby is petting a duck, it's holding a duck and it's petting a duck and quack, quack,
quack, you got a little baby and a little baby duck and they're playing with each other. So,
January new baby and a duck. February, I want you to think of Cupid shooting an arrow,
right? Cupid shooting an arrow and he gets tired of shooting arrow, so he boom. He pulls out his
gun and he starts shooting his gun. Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. Let's go back and review January,
petting a duck, a new baby. February, believe it or not this is helping you memorize the calendar.
February, Cupid. He shoots his arrow. Then he shoots his gun, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop.
March, I want you to imagine soldiers marching. What does soldiers marching have? They have guns.
Go back and review. January, you have the baby for the new year, the new baby petting a duck.
February Cupid shooting in an arrow and then he is shooting a gun. March, what do soldiers carry?
They carry guns. April, I want you to think of a pill like you're taking some medicine,
a pill, and you're taking this pill on top of a pyramid. You're sitting on top of the pyramid,
taking your pill. You climb all the way to top of the pyramid and you take a pill. A pill,
April at the top of a pyramid. May. May I think of flowers. So, I want you to think because flowers
bloom in May where I live. I want you to see field covered with flowers and you go and you look at
those flowers and the stems are all pencils. They're all pencils, straight lines. Flowers and
the stems are all pencils. Go back and review. April, a pill. Where were you taking the pill?
On top of a pyramid. Go back and review March. Marching soldiers, what do soldiers have? Guns.
Go back and review February, he got tired of shooting his arrows and he shot a gun.
Go back and review January, the new baby. What was he petting? He was petting a duck
Now let's review May, the one we just did. The stems were all made out of what? Pencils.
Believe it or not we are memorizing the 2022 calendar. You'll see how in just
a second. Don't go anywhere. You're going to have the entire calendar memorized and
you're going to be amazed. June, where I live we got some bugs called June bugs. So,
I think of a June bug and on this back of the June bug, he has a star on the back of his shell.
So, I look at there and there's a June bug with a star on the back of it.
July. For July, I think of firecrackers, the 4th of July. So, I'm thinking of fireworks
going off and these fireworks are going off on top of a pyramid. So, imagine you're looking at
a pyramid and above the pyramid, fireworks are shooting off. July, fireworks, pyramid.
August, I think of a gust of wind. So, you see a gust of wind and blowing in the wind is dice. You
know like you play dice in a game, you throw dice, you throw dice and they're blowing in the wind.
September, I want you to think of kids in school in September and
these kids are walking into school and as they walk into school, these kids are walking into
school in September and they're carrying boxes. They got boxes. All these kids have boxes.
For October, I want you to think of a duck. Imagine that duck is eaten a pumpkin because what
happens on Halloween? Or what happens in October? Halloween. I think of a pumpkin to help me think
of October. So, I see a pumpkin there and I think of a duck eating the pumpkin. November, I think
of and these are a lot of USA holidays. I get it. But you can do the same thing for you, whatever
you think of for November, you could think of a different picture. I think of Thanksgiving,
that's a holiday here in the United States. So, I see a Turkey sitting on there and I get out my gun
and I start shooting that Turkey. It's already dead, but I start shooting that Turkey with my
gun. October, what was eating the pumpkin? A duck. September, what were the kids carrying to school?
A box. School starts in September pretty much here in the United States.
August, a gust of wind. What was blowing in the wind? Dice. July, what was on top of the pyramids?
Firecrackers. June, what was on the back of the June bug? A star. Now we are up to November again.
We had the gun. Last one December, I think of a Christmas tree and at the bottom of the Christmas
tree, a bunch of boxes and you go there and you unwrap your presents and you unwrap the
boxes. Now what did we do? We just memorized 12 pictures. What do these 12 pictures represent?
These 12 pictures represent the first Sunday of every month. Let's go through it here for
a second. January, a new baby petting a duck. My picture for the number two
is a duck. Why? A duck snack is kind of shaped like a number two.
Knowing this, I know the first Sunday in January in 2022 is January the second.
So, if somebody says let's get together on January the fifth, I would think, "okay,
January the fifth. I know the first Sunday is a second because the baby was putting a duck. So,
I do five minus two. I get three. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Ah, that's a Wednesday."
Let's do another one here for January. Hey, let's get together on January the 20th. January
the 20th, okay. Well if the first Sunday is the second, then we know the next one's the ninth.
Then we know next one's the 16th. Now we got 20 minus 16 is a four. So, January the 20th must be
a Thursday because the answer was four. If the answer is one it's a Monday, two is a Tuesday,
three is a Wednesday, four is a Thursday, five is a Friday, six is a Saturday, and of course seven
would be Sunday, but you're not going to do that. You would just go to the next Sunday. So, now you
got all of January memorized and you actually you have the whole year. And let me explain it.
February the sixth, how do we memorize the first Sunday is the sixth in February? Because what was
Cupid shooting? A gun. My picture for the number six is a six shooter because there's six bullets
and a six shooter. So, February the sixth is the first Sunday in February. If you can
remember the first Sunday you've got the rest of the month memorized. By the way, I'm going to put
my pictures for numbers down in the description of this video. I'm also going to put my pictures for
the months down below in the description of this video and also in my memory course if you want
to get my memory course. It's really cool. It's called Black Belt Memory. February the sixth, you
got a sixth shooter, a sixth gun. So, now somebody says, "Hey, let's get together on Valentine's day,
February the 14th." You think, okay. So, the sixth is a Sunday. So, the next Sunday will be
the 13th. So, Valentine's day is a Monday this year. Kind of cool. Now let's do March. March,
what was the soldiers carrying? Guns. So, what's the first Sunday in March? March the sixth.
"Hey, let's get together on March the 15th." Okay. Well if the first Sunday's the sixth, the next
Sunday's the 13th. Now you got 15 minus 13. It's a two. So, March the 15th must be a two Tuesday
in 2022. Kind of cool. April, you were taking a pill on top of a pyramid. My picture for the
number three is always a pyramid because a pyramid or a triangle has three sides.
So, April the third is the first Sunday. "Hey, let's get together on April the 10th."
Oh, well if April the third is the first Sunday, April the 10th, that's a Sunday. Sure. Let's get
together. You memorized the whole calendar. May. May, what were the flowers all growing out of?
They were growing out of pencils. To me a pencil looks like a number one.
My picture for the number one is a pencil. So, I have May the first is the first Sunday.
June, on the back of the June bug we had a star. For me, my picture for the
number five is a star because there's five points on a star. You got a five star hotel,
five star restaurant, always think of star whenever I think of the number five. "Hey, let's
get together on June 11th." Okay. Well, I know the June 5th is the first Sunday, so I have 11. So,
I will subtract 11 from five and I'll get six. Ah, it must be a Saturday. June 11th is on a Saturday.
July, we had firecrackers and a pyramid. What do we say a pyramid represents? Three. The first
Sunday, remember we're memorizing the first Sunday of every month. The first Sunday in July is July
the third. "Hey, you want to do something for the 4th of July?" Sure. Well, July the third is
the first Sunday. So, that's a Monday this year. August, a gust of wind. What was blowing in the
wind? Dice.My picture for seven is dice. Why? Opposite sides of dice always add up to seven.
We have dice blowing in a gust of wind, seven is the first Sunday in August. September,
we used a school for that because school starts in September. A box has four points, a box has
four sides. A box represents the number four for me. So, September 4th is the first Sunday in
September in 2022. Now guys, here's the deal. If the first Sunday in September was a seven, then
you would see school kids playing dice at school. If the first Sunday in September was the third,
you would see dice, kids climbing up a pyramid. If it was September, the first was the first Sunday,
you would see kids riding with pencils to help you remember one, one is a pencil. Seven is
dice. Six is a gun. Five is a star. Four is a box. Three is a pyramid. Two is a duck.
So, seven... October, we had a pumpkin. What was eating the pumpkin? A duck quack, quack. October
the second is the first Sunday. November, what do we have? A turkey for Thanksgiving.
What was we doing with the Turkey? We were shooting it with a gun. November,
the sixth is the first Sunday. And December, we had a Christmas tree and boxes underneath
it. Four points, four sides, December the fourth is the first Sunday. So,
that means December the 11th is the next Sunday. December the 18th is the next Sunday. And this
year 2022 December the 25th will be on a Sunday. You just memorized the entire calendar and you
did it in the length of this video. But here's the deal, now that you have pictures for every month,
January is a new baby, March is soldiers marching. June is a June bug. July is a firecracker or
create your own. I don't care, do what works for you. But once you have a picture for every month,
all you need is pictures for one through seven. I gave you mine. Use yours if you want. If you want
to memorize the 2023 calendar now, just do the same thing. Look at the 2023 calendar, whatever
day that the first Sunday in January is on in 2023, pick from the number of one through seven,
attach it to the new baby and you got it. Now, there are other more complicated ways or
I shouldn't say complicated, more advanced ways to memorize a calendar where somebody could say 1864
June 11th, and you would be able to calculate what day... And that choosing math, being able to
calculate any date in the past or any date in the future, that's using math. This is more of just
a real basic and it only works for the current year or the year that you're applying this to.
But it's great. It's cool. Now, why would you want to do this? Why would you want to do this?
Maybe just fun, right? It's just a game. It's just exercise in your brain. It's just neat to know.
Most cell phones today have the calendar in them. It takes you 10 seconds to look at a calendar.
So, you're not necessarily saving yourself a lot of time, but it is kind of cool. I mean,
it's just a game you can play, its neat knowledge, and it's just a way to exercise your brain.
People often say "Ron, how can I get good at memory?" I say, "just give yourself a goal or
task or something fun to do with memory." And that's all this is, but if you want to memorize
the calendar for the current year, that's how I would do it. It's the easiest way to do it.
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