Try new foods. Why not you walk into a Japanese restaurant
to eat cooked rice and a slice of raw fish or a Vietnamese one to taste a piece of a snake or
a reptile? Or experience the pungent spicy curry in an Indian place. Get away
from the rut of eating the same food you have been eating all the time. Let
there be challenges to your brain. Try wearing a Japanese Kimono, an Indian dhoti and a Nehru
shirt, sari and blouse, or a unique African traditional dress. Let your brain
adjust to the queer feeling and live with it.Take another route (other than the one you go every day) to
your house, go to different churches, night clubs, restaurants, supermarkets
and different tourist destinations.
Choose a different seat at the dining table, eat with
fingers without fork, use left hand to brush, iron, and write (the last one requires
practice) and try a new set of casual ware at home. While at home, walk closing your eyes (let your brain adjust
to the no-sight situation) and try walking backward. Give more and more
opportunities for your brain to become active and use its untested powers. Maintain a memory diary and record in it the people you met
today in the order of meeting. Or, record whatever you did sequentially
(especially if your memory is weak). Try to recall the names of those you met last
week at the supermarket or at the church or at the wedding reception. Recall the
places you visited and even saw during your last trip abroad. Bring to your
mind every detail on the sides of the roads you have travelled. As Harvey Ullman observed, ‘Anyone who stops learning is
becoming old’. They are staying at a fixed point
of time. They do not experience anything new; they feel the advancement of age
and the approaching death. They idle away their time waiting for the inevitable
to happen. They do not pursue a new goal; they deteriorate by stagnation. There is only one master key that can unlock
your future and lift you up from the morass of drudgery: dreams, goals and the
desire to achieve them. Find dreams worth chasing and go after them. If it can captivate your heart, your focus
will be sharpened and you will attain a new momentum in the hot pursuit.
Choose a different seat at the dining table, eat with
fingers without fork, use left hand to brush, iron, and write (the last one requires
practice) and try a new set of casual ware at home. While at home, walk closing your eyes (let your brain adjust
to the no-sight situation) and try walking backward. Give more and more
opportunities for your brain to become active and use its untested powers. Maintain a memory diary and record in it the people you met
today in the order of meeting. Or, record whatever you did sequentially
(especially if your memory is weak). Try to recall the names of those you met last
week at the supermarket or at the church or at the wedding reception. Recall the
places you visited and even saw during your last trip abroad. Bring to your
mind every detail on the sides of the roads you have travelled. As Harvey Ullman observed, ‘Anyone who stops learning is
becoming old’. They are staying at a fixed point
of time. They do not experience anything new; they feel the advancement of age
and the approaching death. They idle away their time waiting for the inevitable
to happen. They do not pursue a new goal; they deteriorate by stagnation. There is only one master key that can unlock
your future and lift you up from the morass of drudgery: dreams, goals and the
desire to achieve them. Find dreams worth chasing and go after them. If it can captivate your heart, your focus
will be sharpened and you will attain a new momentum in the hot pursuit. 
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