Making Memories Count
Like Duolingo, but for Making Memories Count. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
Free during early access · No credit card · iPhone & Android
Key ideas in Making Memories Count
- Small risks have no permanent negative consequences
- Repeated exposure to minor stress desensitizes the fear response
- Small risks involve social or physical discomfort rather than life-altering danger
- Small wins build the self-trust needed for larger decisions
- Growth starts with identifying safe discomfort
- Reflection on the safety of small risks reinforces the habit
- Understanding the 'courage muscle' metaphor for resilience
- The process of using small risks to prepare for a major life change
- Looking up or down at different planes (rooflines, pavement textures) reveals hidden patterns
- Slowing your physical pace forces the brain to process more sensory input
- Tourist-mode involves active curiosity and seeking out 'landmarks' in the mundane
- Autopilot prioritizes efficiency and destination over the journey
- Distinguishing between 'autopilot' habits and 'tourist-mode' thinking
- Adventure is a state of mind characterized by openness and novelty-seeking
- Applying specific observation techniques to break the habit of ignoring familiar surroundings
- Familiarity often breeds 'inattentional blindness' which can be consciously reversed
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Making Memories Count the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
What happens to your internal fear response when you regularly face minor, manageable stressors?
Get it right to open this lesson and 25 more in the app.
Where Making Memories Count takes you
Learn how to turn your daily activities into meaningful stories and lasting growth. Discover how to seek out new adventures and reflect on the moments that shape who you are.
- 1
Start Your Adventure Today
- Saying Yes to Small Risks
- Finding Wonder in Your Neighborhood
- The Art of Doing Things Alone
- Breaking Your Daily Routine
- 2
Turn Moments into Stories
- How to Spot a Great Memory
- Capturing the Feeling, Not Just the Photo
- Sharing Your Experiences with Others
- Learning from the Bad Days
- Keeping a Simple Memory Journal
- Why We Remember the First Time
- 3
Design Your Future Path
- Building Your Personal Bucket List
- Investing in Experiences Over Things
- How New Skills Change Your Brain
3 sections · 13 units · 26 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
Making Memories Count is taught in the The Professor style: clear, structured, thorough. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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