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Staying Mentally Active at Home

By Donna Stark

If you find yourself staying at home a little bit more than usual during these next few weeks and are looking for ideas to pass the time, why don't you give your brain some exercise? Mental fitness is just as important as physical fitness, and just like your early morning workouts, it can provide so many benefits to your overall well-being! So put your extra time to good use right now and start incorporating new habits into your daily life. Habits that will have long-lasting effects!

Staying Mentally Active

The goal of exercising your brain is to boost your mental capacity, improve your memory, and reduce the risk of cognitive decline. At its very core, mental exercise keeps your brain cells healthy and active. It is central to optimal health and wellness. Check out the suggestions below on how you can give your brain the workout it needs.

Play Games

Whether it's a deck of cards, a book of puzzles, or an app on your electronic device, challenging your brain with games that require logic, reasoning, speed, and memory is a great way to improve your mental health. You will get so many benefits by doing these games, even if it's just for 15 minutes a day.

Become a Storyteller

Here's your reason to sit down and share all of your past adventures. Telling stories is an excellent way to strengthen memory, rationalize events, reflect on what is important, and boost creativity. It's also one of the easiest ways to connect with those around us.

Read

After you have shared enough of your own stories, how about falling into a new one by reading a book? Books have a magical way of transporting us to different times and places, and in doing so, provide our brains with a decent amount of exercise. So, whether you are reading a historically accurate novel or chuckling over a cartoon about aliens, you can count on your brain getting plenty of benefits from!

Learn a New Hobby

Learning a new hobby puts multiple areas of your brain to work. From memory to concentration to logic and reasoning, so many skills can be strengthened when you try something new. So go ahead and climb out of your box. Learn how to bake, set up your canvas and paints, or watch some videos on how to foxtrot. You will definitely be giving your brain the challenge of a lifetime! 

So Many Options

More than likely, you won't be able to try every option out there, so choose the few that pique your interest the most and get started today! By working on these new habits every day, your brain will be ready for anything!

To learn more about your health, wellness, and fitness, see your local chiropractor at The Joint Chiropractic in Hillsboro, Ore. 

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