Are you afraid of losing your memory as you grow older? Then worry no more because you only need to do one thing to prevent that from happening. What is this perfect strategy?

Yes, learn something new every day. It can be a new song, a new skill, a new craft, a new language phrase, a new word, a new game, a new anything, as long as it is something new.

Do you know what happens when we are learning something new? Our brain gets excited if it is learning something new and the more excited it is, the better is the blood flow, and the better is its function. 

However, our learning should not end there if we want to make sure that we will remember what we learned. The next step is to then consolidate our new knowledge. And how do we do that?

To consolidate the new knowledge, we have to repeat and use what we learned and form a mental image of it. For example, if we learned a new word like “dolente” which is a music directive that means “to perform slowly and with sorrow”, then we have to repeat the word aloud so we also hear it. Then, we use it in singing a song or imagine we are watching a musical wherein the star is singing a passage “dolente”. If we do this, we will never forget this new word ever again and every time we watch an opera or a musical we can identify that the star is doing a “dolente” when he/she sings slow and with sorrow.

If we learn something new every day, we are exercising our brain. Our brain needs as much exercise as our body, maybe even more. So solving a new puzzle or memorizing a new poem or learning a new way of throwing a bowling ball are activities that excite our excite our brain. An excited brain is a healthy brain - that means no Alzheimer’s!  

If you want to exercise your brain, below are some websites that offer various brain activities that can really improve and activate your brain.

http://brainmetrix.com/

http://www.lumosity.com/

http://www.braingle.com/

http://www.increasebrainpower.com/brainexercises.html