Three Ways To Improve Your Memory

By Ian Yang

Experiencing memory loss can be a devastating experience. Not only is it frustrating to not have your mind working as it used to, but also it can be quite embarrassing. The good thing is the brain is basically just like a muscle. If you don't exercise it, it becomes weak. If you give it a little workout each day it will become strong. Here are three ways to give your memory a boost.

Perhaps one of the more well known games that can both help improve your memory and prevent you from losing it in the first place is crossword puzzles. Perhaps the most famous crossword puzzle is that found in the New York Times newspaper each day. If you are not familiar with crossword puzzles and then stay away from the one in the New York Times. It's notoriously difficult. Go to your local bookstore and pick up a beginner or intermediate book of crossword puzzles. Completing just one of these each day is all it takes to give your mind a daily workout it needs.

Another effective strategy to improve your memory is learning a new language. Learning a new language really gives the brain a total workout. It is not important which language you learn. The key is to choose a language that you are interested in. You want to make sure that you will be able to maintain interest over the long term. Do not think that you have to actually develop the ability to speak fluently in the language, although that would be an added bonus. The result is not as important as the daily process of studying. Of course, you want to make enough progress so that you remain interested.

So now you are getting a good idea of some of the fun ways that you can keep your brain in shape. Who would have guessed that exercising the brain could be so fun it certainly isn't like jogging 5 miles or lifting weights. Here is another fun way to maintain the sharpness of that new role between your ears. Ever attempt to complete a sudoku puzzle before? It's a numbers game played on a 9 x 9 grid. The goal is to have the numbers one through nine at appearing only once in each column and each row. Play one game of sudoku and you will be hooked.

Now that you get the idea of what it takes to improve your memory and keep your brain in shape then you can start looking around for other kinds of puzzles that interest you. Another good one is jigsaw puzzles. And, there are dozens and dozens of other puzzles debt will be just as effective. Go to the bookstore and skim through a puzzle book. Since any puzzle will do, all you need to do is pick one you like. - 31955

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