'Remedies' to encourage word retrieval?

[elleng]

[Ocelot II]

1. I just start going through the alphabet in my head.

That usually does it.

[elleng]

4. GOT it, without the alphabet: EMOLUMENTS!

 The Foreign Emoluments Clause (art. I, § 9, cl. 8):
“[N]o Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under
[the United States], shall, without the Consent of the
Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or
Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or
foreign State.”
 The Domestic Emoluments Clause (a.k.a. the
Presidential Emoluments Clause) (art. II, § 1, cl. 7):
“The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his
Services, a Compensation which shall neither be
encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he
shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within
that Period any other Emolument from the United
States, or any of them.”
 The Ineligibility Clause (art. I, § 6, cl. 2): “No Senator
or Representative shall, during the Time for which he
was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the
Authority of the United States, which shall have been
created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been
encreased during such time; and no Person holding any
Office under the United States, shall be a Member of
either House during his Continuance in Office.”
Purposes of the Emoluments Clauses

[lamp_shade]

11. That works for me 95% of the time although I might have to go through it twice. nt

[KarenS]

2. sometimes I just 'give up' and

start talking or thinking about something else,,,, then it pops into my head,,,,

My Dad says "Gettin' old ain't for sissies" He is so right on this.

[elleng]

3. A friend told me that the 'issue' remains in one's mind,

and the brain keeps working on it until resolved; seems to work.

[Rebl2]

6. That's

been my experience.

[elleng]

7. Hence I got it: EMOLUMENTS!!!

[rsdsharp]

9. My older brother does that to me. Not words, but people.

“Who was the woman that managed the produce department when we both worked in the meat department of the same store 50 years ago.” He knows I’ll continue to worry the problem until it comes to me — usually at 3 AM when I sit bolt upright in bed, shouting the name.

I told the SOB the next time he does it I’m going to call him whenever the answer comes to me.

[elleng]

10. LOVE it!

[rsdsharp]

12. Oh great! Now YOU'RE gonna call me!

[SheltieLover]

5. Some ideas

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11340846/

I prefer this one:

http://www.winwenger.com/welcomeim.htm

Fun stuff!

[slightlv]

8. When I was a kid

I used to hide under the bedcovers with a flashlight reading the Unabridged version of Funk and Wagnalls Dictionary. It was HUGE, and I loved it. So much so, I inherited it from my folks and still have it.

Anyway, I finally had to accept I was getting old when I first started running into the problem of not being able to pull a word out of my brain. I've had a lot of other things happen that reminded me I was getting old, but I don't think anything has hit me any harder than this. Words have always been my life; and now, to be so bereft of them when I want or need them at any given moment.