23 – Young Brains

Links

• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/inspire-rewire/201402/pruning-myelination-and-the-remodeling-adolescent-brain
• https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_keep_your_brain_young_even_as_you_grow_old
• https://www.powerofpositivity.com/ways-to-keep-your-brain-young/
• https://thriveworks.com/blog/keeping-the-brain-young-as-you-age/
• https://www.everydayhealth.com/columns/zimney-health-and-medical-news-you-can-use/keeping-your-brain-active-10-tips-for-improving-your-brain/
• https://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/7-ways-to-keep-your-memory-sharp-at-any-age
• https://www.health.com/mind-body/17-ways-to-age-proof-your-brain

Summary

1. Ensure you do the basics; sleep well, get great nutrition and exercise to keep the brain healthy.
2. Ensure that when you learn things, you learn them at a good pace and that you can recall the information later. Practice what you learned, again, and again.
3. Stay away from negative stereotypes. If you keep telling yourself “This is because I'm getting old, I can't do the things I used to do.” you will start to believe that. Stop that right away!
4. Challenge yourself with complex brain activity. Anything from playing video games to puzzles, learning languages, learning, music, dancing, and any of these things that use multiple areas of your brain will help your brain stay young.
5. Ensure that you have a purpose in life and have goals, and complex activities. Meet up with friends, make new friends, and join groups or classes. Anything that you can do to stay connected with people and your purpose will help you a lot.

Challenge

• Find one thing that is a challenging puzzle for you, whether it's a crossword puzzle, or a game. Challenge your brain with complex activity every day for at least 10 minutes. Once you start getting good at that thing, make sure that you challenge yourself with harder and harder activities.