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I try to eat healthy and have foods that promote good gut health. I practice mindfulness and try to do day-to-day chores mindfully. I am a work in progress.

I mixi up names and forget what I was saying. I open one cupboard instead of the fridge. For the time being, it's often amusing. My grandson faithfully answers no matter if I call him by my dog's name or his uncle's just like the rest of the family adapts to the new me.

Getting old is a privilege. I am entitled to forgetting. Some people are thankful I do...

I really don't do anything extra or special to work my brain as I age other than my normal everyday work and tasks...I do read regularly......I used to do crosswords....this thread has me thinking I should go back to doing something along those lines.....

"Mental stress can cause us not to be able to see the good things in life and lead to excessive rumination or worries which can result in serious health problems"

My question here is.....does the mental stress cause the excessive rumination and worries or does the excessive rumination and worries cause the mental stress?  Or maybe a little of both....I suffer from excessive rumination....was once told it was normal because I am a "critical thinker" and it was a good thing to a point.....but I feel like I'm way past that "critical thinking" point.....I feel that if I learned to control my excessive rumination, my mental stress would decrease tremendously....

I stay engaged with the world around me through online discussion on important, existential matters. I play stimulating games which require memory and strategy. I try to keep my stress under control with relaxation techniques.

@amiablePeace77

What activities are you currently doing to protect your brain health and keep your mind sharp?

Gratitude journaling, Positive affirmations, Writing down motivational quotes.

@amiablePeace77

What activities are you currently doing to protect your brain health and keep your mind sharp?

I learn new skills and knowledge and allow myself new beneficial experiences. By that I mean good ones, not bad ones like experiencing robbing or mugging someone. Along with learning, I also practice every skill I know and have learned to keep my brain/mind sharp. I also use my brain to be creative, to plan stuff, to write lyrics to my own songs, to come up with ideas, to create something, or anything else that involves creativity to keep myself as mentally sharp as possible too. I don’t worry about memory loss bc I find that I have good memory to the point where people are amazed by what I’ve remembered and think of me as a human encyclopedia bc of it lol.