10 Proven Ways to Keep your Mind Sharp at any Age

We live in a competitive world where everyone want to be ahead in the race, but the winner is the one who trains himself. Whether it is fitness or intelligence. For fit body you do excercise of your brain, Similarly you need to train your brain to remain intelligent at any age. 

Here are 10 proven ways which can help in training your mind and keep your brain sharp. 

10. Exercise/ Yoga

From childhood, we know that excercise or yoga helps us to stay fit, healthy and fresh. Doing excercise leads to a healthy body, healthy body effects the brain. A healthy body has a healthy mind and the healthy mind never distracts from his goal. Healthy minds have positive thoughts. 

9. Read a Book

Reading is beneficial on many levels. When you read, not only do you absorb the information contained in the book, but the act of reading itself builds connections within the brain that make it more versatile. Reading will bring you through new words which will increase your vocabulary skills. 

8. Eat Right

 Many foods, including nuts, fish and red wine, have been linked to a healthy brain. But concentrating on an all-around healthy diet may be the best nutritional strategy for keeping the brain sharp. Bra

7. Maintain Good Posture

Maintaining an upright, un-slouched posture improves circulation and blood-flow to the brain.Brain needs Good blood circulation to work properly. If it won't work  properly then it may hinder your whole body and probably intelligence too. 

6. Sleep Well

A good night’s sleep is vitally important to a healthy mind, especially memory. Get enough sleep and, if necessary, take naps. The Great Albert Einstein used to sleep 8-10 hours a day. Sleeps leads to dreams. Genius discovered most of his theories because of his dreams and of course, by the power of imagination. 

5. Paint, Draw or Doodle

Whether it’s a masterpiece or a mere doodle, simply making a picture is an excellent workout for the brain. Drawing helps in lightning your brains burden like aggression,  anxiety, sadness etc, which are the evil. It is Scientifically proven that drawing reveals the pain and anxiety, which helps you to keep your brain burden free. 

4. Listen to Music

Music affects the brain profoundly, and has been linked to improved cognition and memory functioning. We love some special songs because we are attached to it emotionally. Music helps in improving your memory and keep you creative. 

3. Learn Something New

Many colleges and senior centers offer engaging, low-cost lectures and classes for older adults. Whether you’re learning a new language or beefing up your computer skills, ongoing education is a surefire way to keep sharp. Instead of studying whole time, you should learn something new. This is will make you different from the crowd. 

2. Do Puzzles

When you challenge and stimulate yourself intellectually, you exercise your brain and increase your mental capacity. Crosswords are a popular choice, but puzzles of all kinds may be similarly helpful. It brings challenges, challenges leads to thinking. Thinking for answer is the best way gain more knowledge. Because If we are finding answer if something, we go through different books,  videos, articles and by doing this we unknowingly gains more and more knowledge. 

1. Writing 

Writing improves working memory and your ability to communicate. It matters not whether it’s an email to family, a private journal or the “Great American Novel.” Writing will help you in achieving your goals. My next blog will reveal this.

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