Mental stimulation discussion

Today was the first day since the week end that we met for coffee. We all have classes or activities going on and we have found even in busy times, it's important to meet at least for a visit and some socialization. This morning we began talking about ways to keep ourselves mentally fit and decrease the cognitive decline which occurs from Age 29-and up..."Seahorse" mentioned that talking to people and learning some different points of view made a tremendous difference in his way of thinking. "Unshelved" added that he belongs to a book club that meets monthly and it is a place where he feels comfortable, discussing the book of the month with his book club friends. "Aurora" says she loves to go the theatre-both movies or live theatre. "Rainbow" and "Alveus both said that they enjoy taking classes and spacing the education a little such starting off very lightly and then working into it. One of our dear friends mentioned learning important information by using a familiar tune to recall about the information that they wanted to remember. Someone in the group said that they get lazy when they meet a person and hear their their name. Hippo interjected and said that "if you really wish to remember the name you will be able to remember by tricks that you develop, such as repeating the name, perhaps elaborating a little". If any of you out there have a different way to remember names, let us know in the comment box at the end of the blog.