Learning languages

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What do you do to keep your mind active?

2:51

Well, I... I like to study languages

2:57

and that's very good for the brain

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because you've got to remember all kinds of things and what order

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they're said in and what happens to the words and that kind of thing.

3:07

And I like reading.

3:08

You have to use your brain to read, to follow a story.

3:13

But I don't do puzzles and crosswords and sudoku

3:17

and all of those things that other people do. Maybe I should.

3:20

Yeah, I... I do jigsaw puzzles, although I haven't done that much recently.

3:28

I also... I think exercise is quite good for your brain.

3:32

Is that true?

3:34

It gets you out of the house, you get some fresh air.

3:36

I feel like that's quite good for your brain.

3:39

What kind of things, Georgie,

3:41

make your brain less effective?

3:43

Well, my brain, as I said at the beginning, works better in the morning.

3:48

In the afternoon, my brain starts not working very well,

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so I tend to do less important tasks in the afternoon.

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I also think that, before I go to sleep,

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if I use my phone too much, too much screen time, I sleep worse.

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And then I wake up feeling a lot less functional in my brain.

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What about you?