7 Brain Exercises to Strengthen Your Mind
Your mind may be blurred and tired due to the excessive data flow brought by social media. Here are some solutions from a perception management expert.
Exercise 1
Try to memorize quotes from movies or TV shows you watch, or books you read if you’re reading, and use them in your conversations. Thus, the brain’s ability to store information and use the stored information will be preserved. For example, memorizing the nice words you hear from a TV show and repeating them between breaks will increase your charisma in conversations and will be a good exercise for your brain.
Exercise 2
Opt for a beautiful painting or a great tabletop view, or use a giant picture from your favorite team’s championship celebration. Then imagine yourself in that picture. For example, get inside the forest painting and imagine you are walking in the forest. Look at the picture of the sea beach and imagine that you are sunbathing on that beach. In this picture of your team’s celebrations, imagine yourself raising the championship trophy with the frenzied football players. Such delusions both give you pleasure and increase your abstract thinking skills. The stronger your abstract thinking, the stronger your intelligence.
Exercise 3
Think of your first day in elementary school or an important memory from the past. Try to relive that day in all its details (of course, let it be a good memory, don’t forget the day you fell and broke your head when you were little). What clothes were you wearing that day, who was around you? What were you talking about? Was there a sound or smell that stuck in your mind? The more details you try to remember, the more your brain will train.
Exercise 4
Open the phone book and try to remember the names of the people there one by one. First remember their faces, then try to remember exactly where you saw them last and what you did that day. (if there are unpleasant people, skip them in your guide). This work will be both enjoyable and may cause you to remember and search for friends you haven’t seen for a long time.
Exercise 5
Plan your weekend and annual leave carefully. The more detailed you plan, the more your brain works. For example, what time will you go to which cafe and what will you eat and drink there? After you leave there, which store will you go to and which products will you look at? If you plan even the simplest things in detail, your brain works better.
Exercise 6
If you cook your own meals at home, plan your weekly menu down to the last detail. If you’re eating out, plan that too. The more detailed your plan, the more your brain will work. Just thinking about the soups you drink every day will train your brain.
Exercise 7
Don’t keep your brain idle wherever you are. Count the stairs in your house. While you wait at the dentist, examine the details of the ornaments on the ceiling. Count the number of blonde women passing by while sitting in the cafe. Collect pebbles on the beach and sort them by color and size. In short, in any situation and place, do not leave your brain idle by constantly directing it to details. Remember, the functioning brain shines.