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A Smarter Brain :10 daily

habits to adopt to make
your brain smart
! January 23, 2020 " 7 Min Read

A smarter brain helps you to get a lot of

compliments from everyone. Being called

smart gives you a completely different

pride. However, when you are living a

monotonous life it’s easy for your mind to

start getting dull. But, you don’t have to

bring big changes or go on big adventures

to keep your brain smart. You can always

begin by starting small. Here, in this

article, we have gathered ten daily habits

that will make you smarter.

1)  Start by reading a

newspaper
Smarter brain

Read Newspapers
Source: Kidengage

Big changes happen when you take a step

forward towards a smaller change.

Reading has a lot to do with how smart

your brain remains. You might have

noticed how people who read are a little

smarter than those who don’t read.

However, you don’t have to read big bulky

books to get smarter.

You can start by reading something as

simple as a newspaper. The newspaper

keeps you updated with all the things

that are happening around. It gives you

the knowledge and knowing eventually

makes you smarter. Also, reading

newspaper will help you get comfortable

to start reading books. So, subscribe to a

newspaper and start reading them.

2) Keep a journal
A lot of people believe that journaling is

tiresome work. I won’t deny it but once

you get the hang of it journaling becomes

therapeutic. Writing your thoughts into

paper will help you to internalize what

you are feeling. Also, when you are

journaling you give your ideas a written

form.

We usually don’t remember what we

always think but writing it in a journal

will help you keep those ideas safe from

forgetting. Taking a few minutes away

from your day to pen your thoughts into a

paper will help you recollect your

thoughts about the experience you had.

And, like a wise person once said, ‘You

learn from experience.’ Journaling gives a

boost to that learning and helps your

brain become smarter.

3) Feed your curiosity with

knowledge
Growing up we asked a lot of questions.

All the answers to why, how, when,

where, what questions gave us knowledge

about whatever things we were curious

about. But once we start reaching a more

matured age we often don’t ask as many

questions as before.

Even if we are curious about anything we

don’t make any effort to feed that

curiosity and that what turns our mind

dull. Don’t hesitate and ask as many

questions as you want. Feed your

curiosity and it will help to keep your

brain active. Therefore, it will end up

making your brain smarter than before.

4) Travel more, Become wise

If you do not have traveling plans already

for this 2020, keep it on your list. Nothing

teaches you more than experience.

Travelling will help you gather the

experiences that you need to learn about

life. While spending time at home sounds

like a nice idea, it does not teach you a lot

after you cross a certain age. I mean how

much can you just learn from the same

place every time.

That’s why to make your brain smarter

you need to travel more. Travelling will

give your brain the much-needed break

from its monotonous routine. A new

place to explore, new dishes to taste, new

cultures to experience and a whole new

perspective to look at the world will help

your brain to become smarter. So, travel

more and travel as much as you can.

5) Get out of your comfort

zone

Getting out of
comfort zone.
Source: Rap
jumping

The comfort zone is a dangerous zone to

be at. When you are comfortable at

something or someplace it becomes your

haven. You will hardly want to take risks

and experience anything new. The

monotonous life you live will become

your new normal and you will never get

to explore your further potential.

This can make your brain dull. So, time

and again get out of your comfort zone

and experience something new. Read that

book that you wouldn’t read otherwise,

wear that dress that hugs your body like a

second thing, do anything that gives you

discomfort and you will come out of it

feeling accomplished. One more

accomplishment that you will get is a

smarter brain.

6) Surround yourself with

smart people
When it comes to brain your mindset also

matters on how smart you will become.

And the people that you surround

yourself with have a lot to do with how

your mindset becomes. So, be smart and

surround yourself with people who are

smarter than you.

Every conversation that you strike with

them will be full of wisdom and

knowledge. You will get to learn a lot

from every conversation. Thus, make

friends and socialize with people who are

smarter even if it may result in you being

dumbest out of all. Eventually, it will just

help your brain become smarter.

7) Be mindful
In this world of social media, it has

become so much easier to absorb all the

negativity that’s out there. Be wise and

become mindful of what you are feeding

your brain. Remember nothing positive

can come out of a negative brain. So, keep

yourself in check. Make sure that you are

associating more with things that uplift

you rather than those that don’t.

A positive brain will teach you a lot of

positive things. It will give you inner as

well as outer peace. And nothing helps

your brain better to absorb new things, as

well as peacefulness, does. So, make your

brain smarter and be mindful of what are

you feeding your brain.

8) Push yourself to become

more productive
Remember being productive and being

busy are two very different things. You

can be productive and busy, but you can

also be busy and not productive at all.

The choice is yours. Would you choose

the former or the latter? The result that

you want is determined by what you do to

achieve it.

So, if you want a smarter brain, you will

have to work for it. Instead of spending

your day watching Netflix movies, you

can watch Netflix documentaries. Instead

of playing normal games, you can play

mind games. In the end, it’s the smarter

decisions that make your brain smart.

9) Act on your ideas

Ideas do not mean anything if you don’t

act on it. A lot of people get a lot of ideas

but what makes some smarter is the fact

that they work on their ideas. Don’t

abandon any ideas that you have no

matter how tacky it seems in your head.

Write them down and research how you

can make it better.

Share it with other people that you

consider smart. Seek out to experts. Do

whatever it is that’s necessary for you to

excel in the ideas that you create. Acting

on your ideas gives you experience,

experience gives you the knowledge and

in the end, knowledge gives you a smarter

brain.

10) Believe in yourself

Believe in yourself
Source: Success
unlimited mantra

All the habits that are mentioned above

will not be possible as long as you don’t

believe in yourself. Like a quote that says,

‘You are what you believe yourself to be.’

Don’t give up just because these habits

seem intimidating.

Every expert was once a beginner and

until and unless you start your journey

you will never reach your destination. So,

start your journey to a smarter brain by

believing in yourself that you can make it

smarter. The biggest change begins with a

smaller one.

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