subject: Improve Your Memory Effortlessly with Memory Improvement Games and Activities [print this page] Improve Your Memory Effortlessly with Memory Improvement Games and Activities
Finding creative activities to exercise your memory can be fun. The more you challenge your brain with daily games and exercises the sharper it will become. One of the simplest ways to improve your memory and have fun doing it is by playing games.
You will not have to make any drastic changes in your lifestyle or behavior to begin to have fun and improve your memory. For example: if you're an avid TV watcher, add a few games shows to your TV schedule and participate in trying to answer the questions during the game show. Another memory improvement game you can do while watching TV is pay more attention to the commercials. After watching a commercial try to recall different interesting facts about the commercial. As you well know that commercial will be on again very shortly and you can see if you recalled those important facts correctly.
Do you enjoy reading a newspaper every day? You can improve your memory by doing the puzzles that seem to be in every newspaper. Simply reading is a terrific brain exercise. Experts seem to agree that by reading aloud you can improve your concentration and retain more information.
If you spend a lot of time in your car you can purchase CDs and tapes and virtually turn your car into a rolling University. Try learning a new language, turn all that driving time into productive time. We are living in an age where you can turn what used to be wasted time into a wonderful educational experience.
Another simple way to improve your memory is just begin to pay more attention to what you're doing at that particular moment in time. So often we are distracted and are not paying enough attention to what we are doing. One of the reasons we forget facts so easily is because we were too distracted, and didn't retain the information properly in the first place. By concentrating on what you're currently doing will force your brain to store information in your long term memory.
Every chance you get you should be trying to improve your memory. The more you exercise your brain the more effortless it will become to remember important things. Playing memory games, enjoying different activities that stimulate your mind will become interesting and fun. When you go to a restaurant make it a game, Try to remember your server's name. After looking at the menu, order from memory with the menu closed.
