Learn Something New Every Day
If you learn something new every day, maybe you won’t get old.
Or at least you won’t lose your faculties. I read that a long time ago. No, on second thought, I remember that I saw it on TV.
What I saw was a program that told the story of a group of nuns who kept active through their 90s and had very low rates of Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
These low rates led to the theory that people who stay physically and mentally active – these nuns gardened and learned new skills, including playing the piano well into their 90s – can stave off mental decline.
The Internet being what it is, I just googled the study and found a link to it from NPR at the University of Minnesota, so you can take a look for yourself, but there seems to be a link between constantly learning and staving off Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
So…
This morning, before I got to work, I spent a bit of time surfing and discovered the Moby Awards for book trailers. I then discovered Dennis Cass, who won for Best Performance by an Author, and who wants me to be ‘more awesome.’
How can I fault anyone for wanting me to be more awesome?
A great way to start the day – by laughing. Check out his performance on YouTube.
And, yes, I realize that I’m like the 68,000th person to check out his video, but what the heck? Better the 68,000th than never having discovered it at all.
So back to work…
Back to staving off mental decline.