Our brains respond to new things ;- new ways of of doing old things. Without stimulation our brains start to reject things new, and our minds grow rusty! There are several things we can do to strengthen our minds. Here are five of them.
1. If you have the television habit and spend several hours per day glued to the boob tube (There's a good reason it's called a boob tube - don't be one!) turn it off and spend the time saved investigating something new.
2. Are you a reader? No? Become one. I am a life-long reader, but I tend to find a type of book I like (for example mystery) and stick to that type for a long time. I am trying to vary my reading by taking something new every time I to the library. This change in reading habits stimulates the brain by having it look at things in a new way.
3. How are your driving patterns? Do you always take the same route to get to the mall? Try a different way, even if it adds to your driving distance. The new pattern stimulates your mind to think in new ways - plus you might even see something new and interesting!
4. Try taking some new courses. Learning flower arranging, gardening skills,, or whatever without the pressure of getting a good mark can really start your brain thinking in new channels and developing new interests.
5. Make some changes. Break some patterns. Change your watch frome one wrist to the other. wear a different color of shoe lace. Put your gardening hat on backward. You will find that simple changes like these can be devilishly difficult to do because you are interupting a life-time habit, but they teach your brain to wake up and look at new possibilities!
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