Brain Health

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Time publishes 17 Ways to Age-Proof Your Brain. They are, in addition to a healthy diet and exercise:

Take dance lessons

Play an instrument

Learn a foreign language

Play chess

Read more of less: “It’s better to read one or two good articles and think about them in a deeper sense rather than read 20.”

Change your font (it stretches the brain)

Single-task: “Multitasking hijacks your frontal lobe”

Write about your stress

Take up knitting

Find your purpose

Be social

Play a video game

Use your time efficiently

Write by hand

Take naps

Wash the dishes

Ramp it up: “You need to challenge yourself to the next level so you get the benefits”

Are two of these steps enough? I hope to make it to 90 by napping and playing videogames. Hey, that's three (finding my purpose)!