Practical Brain Building

What if you’ve accumulated a whole wad of errands? (Perhaps, like me, you put things off in the heat.) And, of course, you want to do them as efficiently and effectively as possible. So you start to collect a list, adding to it as you think of even more things. Next comes sorting–putting everything in a logical (efficient) order, and maybe combining things. The final preparation is to think it all through, item by item, collecting what’s needed–the keys, the coupon, the shopping bags. Then off you go, enjoying all those (effective) completions. Meanwhile, all this prepping is giving you a quiet bonus. Making a list and checking it twice turns out to be an excellent way to build your brain. Imagination, especially with added movement, builds new neural pathways which means richer mental capacity. Rehearsing and adding details makes the benefit even bigger. And the final reward is that a well-planned project goes smoother, with greater capacity to handle whatever comes up along the way. Multitasking at its very finest!

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