- Try to do as much with your non-dominant
hand, as possible: button, zip, stir, hold a cup, brush your teeth.
- Test your recall. Make lists: to-do for
the day, grocery list then writes it down. Review. Set aside for few hours.
Rewrite the list from memory a few hours later. The more you do the less you
will miss.
- Do math in your head. Figure out math
problems in your head. Extra credit, if you do this while walking.
- Create word pictures. Visualize the
spelling of a word in your head. Then try and think of 3 more words begin and
end with the same to letters.
- Draw a map from memory. After you arrive
home from visiting g new place draw from new location to home. Repeat for all new destinations.
- Challenge your taste buds. Whenever you
eat, try to identify induvial ingredients in meal like herbs and spices.
- Refine hand-eye coordination. Look for a
hobby that involves fine-motor skills, wood-work, knitting, drawing, assembling
puzzles.
- Take a cooking class. Cooking uses most
of senses of smell, touch, sight, and taste, all working different parts of
your brain.