Kim Cubitt

It’s natural for your brain to change as you grow older, but you can protect your cognitive fitness at any age. Your lifestyle plays a major role in how well you think, learn, and remember. You may sometimes take your brain for granted, but your quality of life depends on it. Try these suggestions for showing your brain some love.

There’s no doubt that life can be brutal at times. Even if you’ve been blessed to this point, there’s little chance of making it to the end of your life without suffering a significant setback at some point.
People are tested when faced with great challenges. Are you confident that you can answer that challenge?

It’s not easy to be unhappy all of the time. You have to really work at it by developing and maintaining habits that prevent happiness and encourage unhappiness. Just as certain habits will fill your bank account or keep your waistline under control, there are several habits that will ensure that you’re unhappy. See how many of these habits you’re currently guilty of applying to your own life.

There are a lot of words in the English language that you don’t know. Unabridged dictionaries contain over 400,000 words. Imagine how much you’d impress your friends if you knew a few more words. Not
only that, but with a larger vocabulary, your exact meanings of whatever you’re talking about will be clearer. Your feelings and opinions will be better understood. Learning new words isn’t easy, especially if you don’t see or hear them regularly. But you can successfully increase your vocabulary if you choose. Read on to learn more.

Momentum makes it easier to create change. It’s much harder to find the first client than to find the 10th. If you have to lose 50 pounds, the second 10 are easier to lose than the first 10. It’s just hard to get started when you’re trying to change something in your life. It’s easier to keep a boulder rolling than it is to get it started.

Do you spend all of your free time reading and gathering information? Are you a self-help junkie that never seems to make any meaningful progress in your life? Are you trying to take your life to the next level by using the power of your mind alone? How is that working for you? Nothing changes until your behavior changes. Sure, you might feel better about your life after all of your mental gymnastics, but is anything actually happening in your life from all of these intellectual efforts? Take action and watch your life change before your eyes!

Do you ever feel lazy? Are you ever accused of being lazy? Today is the day you can learn about laziness and how to address it. Everyone knows what it’s like to feel lazy. Even the most successful people have lazy days. The occasional lazy day isn’t an issue. But, when you’re constantly feeling lazy, you might need to take steps. Life is too short to waste. You’re not making the most of your time if you’re being lazy on a regular basis.

If you’re having trouble concentrating, you have plenty of company. Strengthening your concentration requires training your mind much like you train your body. Enrich your personal and professional life by making it easier to absorb and retain information. Find out more about mental habits and lifestyle changes that will help you stay on task. 

Having self-awareness means that you have knowledge of yourself. You understand your habits, likes, dislikes, the way you view the world, and your needs. You know what you want in life and have an understanding of your emotional responses. Having self-awareness doesn’t solve your challenges in life, but it gives you an accurate starting point and allows you to develop a game plan for solutions. Self-awareness takes time to develop, but the benefits are well worth the effort.