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Consecrated2God -> Keeping your mind sharp (9/27/2008 9:27:28 AM)

One thing I've heard in the past is that being a mom can make you somewhat scatter brained, and I've heard women talk about ways to stay mentally sharp so their minds don't turn into mush. I haven't really worried about it, but lately I've noticed that I've been making a lot of typos here on forums. I don't know if that means my mind is turning to mush or if I've just become lazy at proof-reading, but it's somewhat embarrasing, especially since I consider English to be one of my stronger points.

What do you all think? Do you do anything extra to stay sharp? Is this an issue for you? Share your experiencies and insights! [:)]



Georgia-Peach -> RE: Keeping your mind sharp (9/27/2008 2:54:59 PM)

I always say that since becoming a mommy and stay home that I feel as though my brain has turned to mush. Something I do to give my brain a bit of a work out is play Sudoku. I absolutely love it! I also play card games on hubby's IPhone which also makes me think.



Sideways -> RE: Keeping your mind sharp (9/27/2008 3:05:33 PM)

I absolutely feel that way, I just hated to admit it.

I mean, I used to be a design engineer; I stretched myself mentally on a regular basis. Now, an hour at the park is mentally stimulating. [&o]

Actually, though, physical exercise is a really good thing for staying sharp, and reading as much as I can work it in (really, really need to devote more time to reading).

But Lisa, you HS. That's gotta keep the old noggin fired up. [:)]



Consecrated2God -> RE: Keeping your mind sharp (9/27/2008 4:00:35 PM)

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But Lisa, you HS. That's gotta keep the old noggin fired up.


I think it does to a point, but I think it did more with my old curriculum than with my new boxed curriculum. There's less work on my part now.

I thought I was doing okay, I really did. I read a lot, I watch Jeopardy and get answers right some of the time, [8D] and I try and stay up on what's happening in the world. I've just made some really dumb typos lately, and sometimes certain things in life puzzle me and I give up before I get them figured out. Like today I was setting up a badminton net and the instructions confused me to no end. It's like I don't have the patience or the brain power to puzzle through some of these things like I used to, or I think I'm thinking straight and I find out I was way off. Maybe I just need to slow down.



manda59 -> RE: Keeping your mind sharp (9/27/2008 5:56:28 PM)

I like doing crosswords, especially the cryptic crossword in the Daily Telegraph (I'm in the UK, so that's a Brit newspaper). Cryptic clues stretch your mind even more as they involve anagrams and a certain different way of thinking.



HisCovenant -> RE: Keeping your mind sharp (9/27/2008 5:59:11 PM)

I'm not a Momma, but have found that I am slipping at the ripe old age of 34. [:D]

Dh and I learned to play Cribbage a few months ago and had to consult the instructions that came with the game plus three websites before we understood. Can all those instructions be so incomplete or was it us? Nutty!!!! [8|]

I do lots of puzzles and have taken up learning several sports to stay sharp. I also read a lot.

I've heard that learning something new is good for sharpening up the brain, like learning a foreign language or playing an instrument. I've also heard that word or puzzle games are good, too. Maybe you can learn Greek and Hebrew and help you dh prepare his sermons. [sm=aside.gif]



manda59 -> RE: Keeping your mind sharp (9/27/2008 6:02:01 PM)

My dh and I also like to play Scrabble together. [:)]



Consecrated2God -> RE: Keeping your mind sharp (9/27/2008 6:26:13 PM)

I do enjoy word games. I've always done well on them. Scrabble is one of my favorite games and I always win against my husband. [:)] I haven't done a crossword puzzle in a long time--maybe I should get a book of them. I love the English language--in high school I had to do an essay on the topic of my choice and I chose the history of the English language for my subject. I had tossed around the idea of going to school and majoring in English but I'm not sure I love it enough to major in it. Lol!

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I'm not a Momma, but have found that I am slipping at the ripe old age of 34.

Dh and I learned to play Cribbage a few months ago and had to consult the instructions that came with the game plus three websites before we understood. Can all those instructions be so incomplete or was it us? Nutty!!!!


I can so relate! [:D] Maybe I'm just getting older. I'll be thirty in November. Does that when it start? [:D]



Consecrated2God -> RE: Keeping your mind sharp (9/27/2008 6:26:58 PM)

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Does that when it start?


See what I mean? My grammar has been terrible lately!



HisCovenant -> RE: Keeping your mind sharp (9/27/2008 11:29:33 PM)

I probably started at 32. Maybe I really started at 30 and didn't really notice it for a few years. You know, if you are clueless, you're clueless... and, apparently, I am! [8D]



sunshine4God -> RE: Keeping your mind sharp (9/28/2008 12:16:56 AM)

I love crossword puzzles,can solve the wheel of fortune answers quicker than the people on the show,and love jigsaw puzzles as well.I don't know if that means my mind is sharp but I am definately gifted with words.



NotDoneYet -> RE: Keeping your mind sharp (9/28/2008 1:58:55 AM)

I suffered from "brain-rot" when I stayed home full time...I ended up going back to work just for the mental stimulation...

Now, I have a career that is seriously brain-bending at times...so when I come home I'm brain-dead almost...but, it's ok...

NDY



isaacsmom -> RE: Keeping your mind sharp (9/28/2008 8:50:10 PM)

I read when my brain starts to feel "mushy". [:D] When I REALLY need some brain exercise I lay on my bed with Greek NT and a notebook and go to town writing out the English translation, LOL.



PrincessDonna -> RE: Keeping your mind sharp (9/28/2008 9:31:02 PM)

I do puzzles when my brain gets mushy. The books of variety puzzles. But I confess I sometimes have to cheat to get started with them, or when I get stuck. So maybe it's not keeping my brain unmushy anyway.[&o]

I have thought of finding some cheap used Algebra books to do for fun. Yes, I said for fun. I loved algebra in school.[:D]

I really, really, really have trouble just sitting down and reading. I've noticed that since Levi was born. I only ever had ONE little one before then and my brain just feels too divided, overworked, or something to focus on reading. I used to love to read.[&:]



uponeagleswings -> RE: Keeping your mind sharp (9/28/2008 11:04:06 PM)

I tend to pick up new projects or try to learn a new skill. I like to sew and sometimes I'll think of something I want and then either try to work out how to make it or go hunting for a pattern.
I love to read, but need to read more "mind bending" stuff instead of what my dad would call brain candy. DH and I like to play board games that require strategy- they're brain stretchers for me because he's better at strategy games than I am.



3cappuccinosmom -> RE: Keeping your mind sharp (9/29/2008 7:28:25 AM)

I read, and read, and read. And do a little writing. I listen to a variety of news sources and then talk the ears of anyone who will listen to me (My family is good for that!).

SAHM and homeschoolign is way more interesting than the jobs I had before I married, so that's not the problem. But having had children has definately made me more distractable and scatterbrained than I was before.

I like to go to the new books shelves in the library and pick up what looks interesting. This week it was a novel about Afghanistan, book about Guantanamo, a book on the self-importance problem among recent generations, a history of the 60's, and a book on childbirth. [:D]



Consecrated2God -> RE: Keeping your mind sharp (9/29/2008 8:02:12 AM)

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I love to read, but need to read more "mind bending" stuff instead of what my dad would call brain candy.


Yeah, me too. Mostly I read novels. Some of them are educational, and I don't read ones that are nothing but romance novels, but I like a good story more than anything else. I've read close to a hundred books in the last year (I've been keeping track on Facebook) but my husband would probably call most of them brain candy as well. He reads books like "The Five Disfunctions of a Team" and I read books like "Shoofly Pie". [:)]



HisCovenant -> RE: Keeping your mind sharp (9/29/2008 10:29:59 AM)

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ORIGINAL: PrincessDonna

I have thought of finding some cheap used Algebra books to do for fun. Yes, I said for fun. I loved algebra in school.[:D]

In lieu of puzzle books, my husband uses his old college calculus books for a brain challenge. [sm=eek.gif] And he thinks it's fun!



Consecrated2God -> RE: Keeping your mind sharp (9/29/2008 12:55:38 PM)

I've never thought Math was fun. [&:] Some of the RPG games I play on Facebook require a lot of math to understand the strategy. I told one player who was trying to explain it to me that math generally isn't something I do for entertainment. [8|]



HisCovenant -> RE: Keeping your mind sharp (9/29/2008 12:56:36 PM)

What's an RPG game? Is there some fun I'm missing out on?!? [8D]



Consecrated2God -> RE: Keeping your mind sharp (9/29/2008 1:16:51 PM)

Role Playing Games. I'll send you a Knighthood invite. There's a lot of them on Facebook, some of them are time consuming and complicated, others not so much.



HisCovenant -> RE: Keeping your mind sharp (9/29/2008 1:21:33 PM)

I thought you said CW, not FB... proof of my brain scramble. I'll check oput the Knighthood on FB.



Consecrated2God -> RE: Keeping your mind sharp (9/29/2008 1:23:23 PM)

Lol! [:D]

Speaking of brain scramble, last night my husband stayed up late watching a football game. I decided to go to bed early, and so I kissed him good night and said, "Have a good sleep". He said, "No, you're the one that needs to have a good sleep." [8D]



spitzu -> RE: Keeping your mind sharp (9/29/2008 3:11:48 PM)

My business stretches my brain on a regular basis, since I'm always pushing myself to learn new things.

I read that it's not doing things like puzzles that keep the brain sharp, it's pushing it to learn something new. So while crossword puzzles or sudoku or whatever it is can help your brain stay sharp while it's learning it, once you've done them so many times, it does nothing for brain mush. I thought that was an interesting article. My granny used to do crosswords and sudoku daily.



fluffmonkey -> RE: Keeping your mind sharp (9/30/2008 1:05:21 AM)

Reading, Puzzle games, I have brain age for my nitendo ds



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