Keep Your Brain Happy

As you know our brains are very complex, and to keep them working properly requires exercising the brain. Kurt Simonsen, on Associated Content, post a brief article about, "Seven Ways to Stay Mentally Fit." He mentions keeping your brain on edge, and mix things up occasionally.

He also mentions challenging your brain in one way or another. Brain games like those provided on Lumosity.com are a great way to challenge your brain. There are numerous websites and software available to help challenge your brain.

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Waste Not Want Not

Linda Kynyon wrote an article on Associated Content about the concepts of not wasting anything. Our society today is filled with so many things that just don't last, so what can we do about it? Linda's mom used to tell her,"Use It Up, Wear It Out, Make It Do or Do Without." These days people like to just throw things away and buy them again.

How many times have you bought a new computer? How often do you replace your cell phone? Linda makes some good points to think about in her article, "Should You Use What You Have or Buy More?"

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Associated Content - The Sniper Squirrel

Have you ever just had a day where everything seemed to keep going wrong? No matter how positive you tried to be things just kept crashing around you? This article on Associated Content is actually a short story based around that idea. Sometimes people try to stay positive, but the day just seems to take over.




It's in those situations that you really have to persevere and keep going. Life isn't perfect and life isn't fair. You have to be able to continue on after life throws more at you than you think you can handle.

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Finding value in leftover candy

Kelly Herdrich from Yahoo's Associated Content site posted a great article about increasing the value of something that would normally just be thrown away. Her article entitled, "Creative ideas for leftover Halloween candy," provides a few unique ideas for how you can use the candy you would normally throw away and turn them into something more or something useful even. Kelly does a good job of showing how something of value can have even more value, if you keep an open mind.

The article mentions using leftover candy for cooking, artwork, and even generosity. Re-give halloween candy? Read the article to get the details!

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