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Like my last post on exercising your brain by learning a new language, here’s another worthwhile endeavor to exercise your brain: Do something different every day. Every time you do something different your brain takes note. It’s given new stimuli, it has new things to think about, and see and do. As many studies show, your mind is a “use it or lose it” proposition. (see, Mental Exercise Nearly Halves Risk of Dementia, for example). That is, your mind will inexorably decline as you age (just as your muscles will) if you don’t continue to stimulate it. This is one of the reasons that I decided to . . . → Read More: Keep your brain active: Learn a new language! From “Slaughterhouse-Five” (Kurt Vonnegut): “When a Tralfamadorian sees a corpse, all he thinks is that the dead person is in a bad condition in that particular moment, but that same person is just fine in plenty of other moments. Now, when I myself hear that somebody is dead, I simply shrug and say what the Tralfamadorians say . . . → Read More: So it goes Working with your breath is an important way to affect your mental state. It’s easy too, since you always have your breath with you. I have been using this highly effective technique since I read Dr. Andrew Weil’s, “8 Weeks to Optimum Health”. I recommend getting the book too, as it has a wide range . . . → Read More: Managing Stress With Your Breath When I started meditating it was often difficult to know when to end. I didn’t want to have to be worrying about the time. When I’d set an alarm of some sort it was often jarring and unpleasant. So I searched for a nicer way to signal the end of the meditation and found that the . . . → Read More: Meditation Timer I just finished a great book, “The Curse of Chalion”, that was not only a great read in the “speculative fiction” (fantasy) genre, but had a lot of bonus spiritual insights. The following quote is one of those. Cazaril’s attention was arrested by a pebble that lay on the pavement near his knee. It was . . . → Read More: The Intense Attention of Mindfulness We all do things because we’ve always done them that way. Or maybe because that’s the way our parents did it when we were growing up. Seth Godin, on his blog, posted about some things we do today that are relics of some reason that’s now obsolete. This reminds me of one of my favorite . . . → Read More: What’s Your Reason? Here’s testament to being able to find inspiration in unlikely places. I was listening to the Bob Edwards Show on a podcast (via Audible) and heard him talking with the author of a book called “Last Dance in Havana” The author read an excerpt of the book that struck me as a description of how the . . . → Read More: The Dance of the Universe Since sleep hacking is a popular topic, here are some updates: Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It’s a great tradition without religious overtones, with no obligations for presents. It’s just about family, friends, good food, and most importantly, about taking time to be thankful. But you have to remember to be thankful. And not just for the luxuries or even the normal parts of your . . . → Read More: Being Thankful |
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