Caught in the hullabaloo of our busy schedule, we neglect, big time, that we heavily owe one thing to our mind and that is – sharpness. Depriving the mind and eventually our body of the ample vigilance, we commit a serious crime, yet not registered in the books of law. Our brain, our thoughts, and our creativity – the performance of all these miraculous beauties are impeded due to the stalemate we keep our mind into. A healthy mind becomes the core ingredient of a healthy body and the batter of both bakes a mouthwatering treat for a perfect life. The aroma that spreads all around is that of optimism, satisfaction, and fulfillment. Practice makes one perfect. Similar goes for our mind. A practicing mind remains efficient, young and smart. Seven, of the many ways to sharpen one’s mind are discussed here, with the hope that each one of us will benefit from them in one way or another.
7 LET TRANQUILITY SURROUND YOU
If you think meditation is only for the yogis, monks, Sufis, and Buddhas – think again. As unique as it would sound, this not-so-common activity has the ability to work wonders. Studies prove that meditation, irrespective of its type, increases brain activity and restructures the mind. Meditation feeds on focus and focuses alone becomes the staple to an active and productive mind. Sitting there, calm and composed, maintaining a deep connection with the mother Earth, contemplating for once – on nothing at all, recharges your mind in a manner that will leave you in awe.Just like the viruses in a computer, the happenings of routine lives slow down our performance and meditation becomes the best antivirus available in the market.
6 YOUR BRAIN NEEDS A WORKOUT TOO
Use it or lose it! This statement fits like a key to a lock for our mind. Mastering needs practice and in the nuances of extremely viable practices; such as brain games, word puzzles, math problems, riddles, and crosswords; can be found the bases of a healthy and strong mind.It may have occurred to you that students ought to have a rather efficient and fast-working mind, generating ideas anew. Their young age must be given credit but the keenness and brilliance of their intellect deserve a greater attribution to the fact that they keep their minds on a roll. Deserting these activities leads to nothing but a grumpy, lazy and clumsy brain.
5 LEARN SOMETHING NEW
Age is no barrier to learning, time is never a measure for grasping. Will, arguably, on the other hand, is the protagonist. Learning is a process that opens up your world-view and arms you with the armor of insight and wisdom. Learning to play an instrument, cook a meal, speak a foreign language or gather the guts to try and do something adventurous- skydiving, bungee jumping, cliff diving – all affect positively in many ways the working of our mind. When monotony breaks, it gives birth to a fresh and enlightened thinking process and thus the experience of something new becomes the forebearer of a fresh and active mind.
4 PACK THAT BACKPACK
Being enveloped in the little cocoon of ours ceases our mind from developing and growing. Travelling, undoubtedly, opens up the clogged tunnels of our brain. Experiencing new cultures, fresh traditions, interacting with different people, seeing new systems and values in place – the amalgam of all this proves to be the ideal tonic for that unproductive and sluggish brain.So every time you plan to travel, remember, there is one more thing that will be renewed along with your passport – your mind.
3 DIVE INTO A WHOLE NEW WORLD
Each one of us can never fully experience every shade of life, so where we head to, is a library.One can never be certain of how much he can learn from that room, which has walls enclosing the secrets of states and their leaders, the agonies of wars and battles, the imagination of those who dared to imagine and the stories of those who dared to tell.A book is a treasure in the open- waiting to be explored and hunted- waiting to equip us with a profound, learned and yearning mind.
2 ACTIVE- IS ALL YOU NEED TO GET
A lazy body gives way to an idle and dull mind. Studies prove that a physically active person has higher brain activity. Brain, unlike the rest of our body, is good at its deceiving game. While, for many of us, our body may signal our physical dormancy by creating layers of fats, our mind, on the contrary, hides the layers of indolence, barrenness, and lethargy that we create due to our insensibility, or moreover our irresponsibility. It is only until later, that we realize that it isn’t just our body which has suffered but our mind too. The human self doesn’t demand much; a thirty-minute walk, exercise or cycling etc is all that is needed but the more, the better.
1 GET RID OF THOSE NEGATIVE VIBES
What you are from within is reflected outside; well, in most cases it is. What we feel, assume or presume affects greatly our thinking and thereby our personality. Optimism will sharpen one’s mind and pessimism, well, would just prove counterproductive. Keeping a positive and enthusiastic approach will eventually construct a mind that is free of stagnation and is ever in sway and control.Negativity will kill the joy, creativity, and pleasantness in you and will lower your overall energy and contaminate your mind, wit, and intellect.