What do you do to keep your mind active? - Page 2

shell garden · ‎04-28-2015

@Barbara-QVC and @Melvin-QVC....thank you SO MUCH for playing along. Yep, it's slight alright, lol.

Hope you two have a wonderful night ahead. If we all find more puzzles to play, please join in. I know sometimes we need to help make it a little more fun for all around here, lol.

shell garden · ‎04-28-2015

@Mz iMac wrote:
@shell garden

You're welcome.

On my comp, the lions are showing up left to right 3,2,1.

LOL, ROTF......that is why I thought I had the wrong number at first.....You did Great.

shell garden · ‎04-28-2015

@chickenbutt wrote:
The first one.

ETA - oh, oops! It's the one on the left which I just noticed is numbered 3. Sorry about that. I tend to go from left to right and didn't even notice the numbers went the other way.

@chickenbutt....OMG, LOL...I DID THE SAME THING!!!

It's like 2 puzzles in 1, lol.

ECBG · ‎01-08-2011

I problem solve as part of customer service for a national company.

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

shell garden wrote:
chickenbutt wrote:
The first one.

ETA - oh, oops! It's the one on the left which I just noticed is numbered 3. Sorry about that. I tend to go from left to right and didn't even notice the numbers went the other way.
@chickenbutt....OMG, LOL...I DID THE SAME THING!!!

It's like 2 puzzles in 1, lol.

Ha! Talk about trying to keep the brain active!

I can say it now, because it is no longer true but I used to be very smart. Now - oh geez, no more memory - like AT ALL. I get confused all the time. I do stupid stuff every day.

I can't even express how frustrating this has been for me. I'm not all THAT old for crying out loud. But I seem to be losing it.

One little thing that I do is play solitaire on the computer. That makes me focus, and focus on all the areas, in addition to doing so quickly because the faster you win a game the more points you get.

I do a lot of stuff for the express purpose of generating focus. I also get these things where it's like the data in my brain just disappears for short (mostly) periods.

Like I've walked up to one of the doors in my house and had absolutely no idea what I needed to do to make it open. One day I couldn't figure out how to use the safety (hand op) can opener that I've used for 10 years. That one lasted all day. Poor puppy didn't get the pumpkin in his breakfast that day.

Sometimes I cannot relate to my surroundings but it usually only lasts a handful of seconds. I just stand there and wait until it comes back.

I think exercises to make one focus, calculate, and just generally think about things are very valuable. This is a place that nobody ever envisions finding themselves!

shell garden · ‎04-28-2015

WHOA...I had puzzle number 2, but had to delete it cause it had the answer at the bottom, lol. I will try to find another.

shell garden · ‎04-28-2015

@chickenbutt wrote:
@shell garden wrote:
@chickenbutt wrote:
The first one.

ETA - oh, oops! It's the one on the left which I just noticed is numbered 3. Sorry about that. I tend to go from left to right and didn't even notice the numbers went the other way.
@chickenbutt....OMG, LOL...I DID THE SAME THING!!!

It's like 2 puzzles in 1, lol.

Ha! Talk about trying to keep the brain active!

I can say it now, because it is no longer true but I used to be very smart. Now - oh geez, no more memory - like AT ALL. I get confused all the time. I do stupid stuff every day.

I can't even express how frustrating this has been for me. I'm not all THAT old for crying out loud. But I seem to be losing it.

One little thing that I do is play solitaire on the computer. That makes me focus, and focus on all the areas, in addition to doing so quickly because the faster you win a game the more points you get.

I do a lot of stuff for the express purpose of generating focus. I also get these things where it's like the data in my brain just disappears for short (mostly) periods.

Like I've walked up to one of the doors in my house and had absolutely no idea what I needed to do to make it open. One day I couldn't figure out how to use the safety (hand op) can opener that I've used for 10 years. That one lasted all day. Poor puppy didn't get the pumpkin in his breakfast that day.

Sometimes I cannot relate to my surroundings but it usually only lasts a handful of seconds. I just stand there and wait until it comes back.

I think exercises to make one focus, calculate, and just generally think about things are very valuable. This is a place that nobody ever envisions finding themselves!

@chickenbutt....I think you are smart and just fine. We all tend to have those "senior pauses" as I like to call them, lol. Solitare sounds like fun....you keep going girl.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

To stay alert I listen to classical music, read, pay the bills, do the banking, figure out which insurance to take, learn all the new things on the computer and phone, go out with friends and talk, try to stay interested and alert to what is going on, make grocery lists and take inventory of what we need, decide what to cook, get the oil changed in the car, pray and read the Bible (my form of meditation) and try to get enough sleep and a good balanced diet, figure out what I need to get rid of or throw away, and keep up with things that require using the brain and problem solving.

I really think it is these things that keep your brain going. Puzzles are fun to do, but they don't require you to be creative--and I think that's what really keeps the brain alert.

IlliniGirl88 · ‎06-20-2010

@shell garden - I love puzzles (I got the one you posted correct), I do jigsaw puzzles, play board games, like to cross stitch, and play the piano. All of those activities keep my mind active.

shell garden · ‎04-28-2015

@Sooner wrote:
To stay alert I listen to classical music, read, pay the bills, do the banking, figure out which insurance to take, learn all the new things on the computer and phone, go out with friends and talk, try to stay interested and alert to what is going on, make grocery lists and take inventory of what we need, decide what to cook, get the oil changed in the car, pray and read the Bible (my form of meditation) and try to get enough sleep and a good balanced diet, figure out what I need to get rid of or throw away, and keep up with things that require using the brain and problem solving.

I really think it is these things that keep your brain going. Puzzles are fun to do, but they don't require you to be creative--and I think that's what really keeps the brain alert.

@Sooner...good for you for staying extremely active. No, just puzzles won't do it, but they are fun too.