Muscle Memory and Mental Atrophy
It starts small. A pause before spelling rhythm. Letting the GPS run when you already know the way. That pause? It used to be fluency. Now it’s drift.
Post 3 of 5 in Muscle Memory
I used to know my best friend’s phone number. I used to know directions without a GPS. I used to write longhand before I typed anything.
Now? I pause before spelling “rhythm.”
It’s not that I’m getting dumber. It’s that I stopped needing to remember. I offloaded all the friction.
But the friction is what built fluency. That hesitation now? It used to be instinct. I used to know things because I had to hold them. Now, I just swipe or ask.
And when you stop needing to remember, you stop learning to.
