from Pierce J. Howard, PhD at the Center for Applied Cognitive Studies
Try this brain-fitness regimen...
- Sunday: Create something in an artistic medium that you’ve never tried (such as painting with watercolors or sculpting clay)... repair or clean something that you have neglected (such as reorganizing messy files).
- Monday: Switch left-pocket contents to the right pocket... contact a high school or college friend with whom you haven’t communicated since then (or for years).
- Tuesday: Write a love poem or note to your partner, child or friend... plant something (such as orchids) that you’ve never tried to grow before.
- Wednesday: Tackle a word or number game that you do not usually do... write a thank-you note to someone who has meant a great deal to you.
- Thursday: Listen closely to music by a composer whose work you’ve never listened to and identify what you like and don’t like about the piece... or begin learning a new language.
- Friday: Write a letter to an editor or blogger about an issue that you feel strongly about... begin constructing a model of an airplane, a house or another object that you’ve never built.
- Saturday: Learn the words to a poem or song and recite and/or perform the piece at least three times for yourself and/or others... learn to do something new in a computer software program you use regularly (such as organizing messages into folders in your e-mail program).
