This is how you make yourself smarter
Besides yogi, professional hiker and top chef, I would also like to become a bit smarter during this quarantine. So that when I can go outside again, other people think: well well, that girl has learned a lot during this quarantine. One can wish for something, you might think.
To put it bluntly, people see intelligence as the ability to retain information. Hmm, maybe I need to think a bit more about what I think of that, because it's really fun to know a lot, but I value interpretation and explanation of things more than being able to immediately recall in which year William of Orange died. That aside, there are ways to train your mind and come out smarter from the intelligent lockdown. It's not called an intelligent lockdown for nothing, right?
Smart friends make you smarter
I have a friend with whom I always come away smarter than I was on the way there. Actually, I also think we should meet up more often, which sounds even more logical now. Smart friends give smart tips, which make you smarter again. Let's see if we can Zoom tonight.
Read as if it's your last day
Don't drown yourself in Netflix evenings, but alternate with a book. By activating the language area in your brain, something happens in your mind that has a beneficial effect on your intelligence. And you also become very relaxed from it.
Wiki yes
Research things you don't know, where the worldwide web is of course the breeding ground for information. But it also pays off to learn a new language, as it taps into parts of your brain that may make you even smarter. Maybe I should start that Greek course after all.
Goodbye with those to-dos
This feels a bit double for me, because I find checking off to-do lists almost as satisfying as white chocolate. But I do belong to the type that writes things on to-do lists that I've already done, so maybe I'm already on my way. What turns out? Seeing what you accomplished in a day brings happiness and self-confidence, which you need to become smarter. Which actually comes down to a checked-off checklist, right?
Take a break
Exactly what you need, because this quarantine actually makes you automatically smarter, which is a silver lining in a bad situation.
More music
I walk accompanied by French chansons, cook to the rhythm of Bueno Vista Social Club and dine with the best of North Sea Jazz.
Train your brain
And an oldie, but we still bring it up: brain gymnastics. You have millions of sites on the internet where you can really tackle things to dust off and activate all functions.
Source: Radio2.be
