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Your brain is an organ and just like the heart and lungs – it requires oxygen and plenty of exercise in order to operate at top level. You may be too young to give into middle-aged worries like ‘ use it or lose it’ or even to start fretting about Alzheimer’s and other degenerative diseases – however, it’s still important that you focus on keeping your brain in shape.

By engaging regularly in the right types of activities, you can increase your memory, improve your problem-solving skills and boost your creativity. Here’s some advice on how to keep your mind active:

Quit smoking

If you happen to be a smoker, quitting is top of the ‘to-do’ list for better mental acuity. This is because smokers can add memory loss to the long list of health problems that come from smoking. Smokers may have twice the risk of living their last few days while suffering from Alzheimer’s disease as do people who have never smoked. Therefore, if the state and health of your mind are so important to you – stop smoking now — it is never too late. If you quit smoking now, you can still reduce your risk of memory loss later in life

Learn a language

Say ‘Ciao!’ to a new language. Learning a new tongue keeps your brain flexible and your mind sharp, helping to reduce the slowing of the thought processes that come with ageing. Attend classes, listen to tapes or seek out friends with whom you can converse in your new chosen language. Instead of watching the same television programs you always do, take in a foreign language movie with subtitles and immerse yourself in your new experience.

Play games

Thanks to an ageing baby-boom generation, there are now plenty of mentally stimulating games. Brainteasers and puzzles are good exercises for the brain. At sites like at sites like Free Printable Sudoku you’ll find the best sudoku puzzles. Always have a crossword book in your purse or briefcase and scribble in it while you commute, while you wait for an appointment or when you relax on your coffee break. You are bound to improve your cognitive skills and creative thinking as well as your word power and vocabulary. Try also games that force you to strategize – for example, chess, bridge and solitaire.

Learn a new skill

A long-term goal like learning to play a musical instrument stimulates your brain on many levels over an extended period. A skill like learning to dance is great for the brain because it combines music and movement. Make everyday activities harder You can stimulate your brain just by mixing up your daily routine. If you are right handed, switch! Brush your teeth with your left hand! Shower with your eyes closed — anything that will force you to use more of your senses.

Read

Whether it is a website, a novel or a newspaper, keeping your mind engaged in intellectual activity and expanding your vocabulary are two important ways to keep your brain thinking and working. As an added exercise, repeat facts you want to remember a few times in your head and try to recall them again later.

Socialize

Your brain is the ultimate party animal and loves social activity. Look for clubs or other social activities that will mean you are surrounded by people and interacting. New surroundings, new topics of conversation and other multi-sensory activities force the brain to literally form new connections, thus increasing memory capacity.

Your brain is an organ and just like the heart and lungs, it requires oxygen and exercise in order to operate at an optimum level. You may be too young to give into middle-aged worries like ‘ use it or lose it’ or even to start fretting about Alzheimer’s and other degenerative diseases – however, it’s still important that you focus on keeping your brain in shape.

By regularly engaging in the right types of activities, you can increase your memory, improve your problem-solving skills and boost your creativity. Here are some tips on how to keep your mind active:

Quit smoking

If you are a smoker, quitting is top of the ‘to-do’ list for better mental acuity. This is because smokers can add memory loss to the long list of health problems that come from smoking. Smokers may have twice the risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease as do people who have never smoked. Therefore, if the state of your mind is so important to you – stop smoking now — it is never too late. If you quit smoking now, you can still reduce your risk of memory loss later in life

Learn a language

Say ‘Ciao!’ to a whole new language. Learning to speak Spanish or Mandarin will keep your brain flexible and your mind sharp, helping to reduce the slowing of the thought processes that come with ageing. Attend lessons, listen to tapes from your library (a place you should be spending a lot of time in by the way!) or seek out friends with whom you can converse in your new chosen language. Instead of watching the same television programs you always do, take in a foreign language movie with subtitles and immerse yourself in your new experience.

Play games

Thanks to an ageing baby-boom generation, there are now plenty of mentally stimulating games. Brainteasers and puzzles are good exercises for the brain. At sites like at sites like Free Printable Sudoku you’ll find the best printable sudoku puzzle. Always have a crossword book in your briefcase or purse and work on it while you commute, while you wait for an appointment or when you relax on your coffee break. You will improve your cognitive skills and creative thinking as well as your word power and vocabulary. Try also games that force you to strategize – for example, chess, bridge and solitaire.

Learn a new skill

A long-term goal like learning to play a musical instrument stimulates your brain on many levels over an extended period. A skill like learning to dance is great for the brain because it combines music and movement. Change things ! Make some of your everyday activities harder You can stimulate your brain just by mixing up your daily routine. If you are right handed, brush your teeth with your left hand, shower with your eyes closed — anything that will force you to use more of your senses.

Read

Whether it is a website, a novel or a newspaper, keeping your mind engaged in intellectual activity and expanding your vocabulary are two important ways to keep your brain thinking and working. As an extra exercise, repeat facts to yourself that you want to remember a few times – and try to recall them again later.

Socialize

Your brain is the ultimate party animal and loves social activity. Seek out clubs or other social activities that will surround you with people and have you interacting. New scenery, new topics of conversation and other multi-sensory activities force the brain to literally form new connections, thus increasing memory capacity.

Agel Business

You’ve probably come across many offers to earn well from the convenience of you home by working as a network marketer. Almost all MLM companies promise an exciting lifestyle as a reward to reps. The truth often differs and we get to know this only be experience. Let’s now learn about Agel and find out more about the income opportunity it offers.

•    Agel – The Company
Founded by Glen Johnson in 2005 in Utah, this company has developed a range of products that pack various nutritive elements in a suspended gel to provide many different benefits. Agel has used this technology to build their assortment of products from four to ten in a period of five years. There are products to aid in weight loss, boost energy levels, improve cardiac health and help maintain smooth and attractive skin.

•    Agel – The Marketing Network
The income plan offered by agel is tempting with lots of perquisites.However, reps in the Agel business feel the company hasn’t allotted as much importance to promoting and selling its products as it has to recruiting new reps and getting sales done through them.As a distributor for this company, you stand to earn more by recruiting people than by selling products.

•    Why should you join Agel?
Agel Enterprise has got a winning product formula that’s attractive and cool.The business caters to high demand products such as weight loss, fitness and skin care. Some products are halal and kosher certified; so this company is accepted in many countries.The company has the advantage of good leadership and offers training and materials to reps to make them sell. Their promotional DVD is very effective in helping reps sell Agel products.

•    Off-putting Issues
Quite a few boxes of Agel’s products are needed to achieve the products’ benefits effectively. This may not be cost effective. One of the main disadvantages of being an Agel Distributor is, you get almost no money out of selling products. In spite of having excellent guidance, Agel, like other MLM companies teaches reps how to sell; they won’t tell you how to gain customers.

•    Get The Best Out Of Your Agel Business
To get the best of your Agel enterprise, think out of the box and concentrate on what your MLM tutor doesn’t teach.The best way to achieve this is setting up a virtual arena for your business.Most people search the net to get information on products and read reviews, especially customer-oriented products such as those that deal with weight management, skin care and fitness. All you have to do is, market your product online. You just have to know how to tap the infinite potential of the internet to make your profits reach the sky!

Building a Swing Slide Playset

As parents we are constantly reminded that it is our responsibility to get our offspring to be active, to get exercise and not to lie around eating fast food while playing computer games. Many parents will probably agree that tearing their children away from their televisions and computer games can be tougher than pulling teeth.

Last year I invested a significant amount of hard earned cash in a few pieces of outdoor play equipment, chosen by my two youngsters. They always enjoy a visit to the park where they can run around, swing on the swings, slide on the slides and climb the climbing frames. Unfortunately our nearest park is about 3 miles away so these visits are not as frequent as they or I would like. So I bit the bullet and shelled out quite a bit of money on a wooden swing slide playset and a good quality wooden climbing frame for our garden.

Now I would like to report that my generosity has paid off and my children are now fit and active and can’t get enough of their new outdoor toys. But nothing could be further from the truth. Since I installed the equipment myself (which presented many headaches, took a lot of hammering and quite a bit of bad language) they have only played on it three times. Admittedly I didn’t get the equipment until the Autumn of 2008 and since then our weather has been atrocious.

At least that is the reason they give when I suggest they might enjoy a little outdoor fun. It’s too cold, they often say. Or they say ‘the swings are too wet to sit on’ when it’s been raining.

I’m hoping that, as we move into spring and the weather improves, they will naturally want to get out into the garden and get some much needed exercise on their new outdoor toys. I’m dreading another miserable, wet summer as this will result in my fat children just getting fatter instead of working off those layers of blubber with a little outdoor adventure. Nobody ever said that being parenting was easy.