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  • 12 Brain-Stimulating Activities for You

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    Obviously, we鈥檙e all living different realities in this Nigeria.

    While everyone and their daddy are looking for ways to earn more, someone came on to contemplate leaving a 鈧�700k job for a 鈧�500k one because it wasn鈥檛 tasking enough.

    Have they seen the state of the economy?

    If like them, you鈥檙e looking for things to do to task your brain and get it up and running, we鈥檝e made a list for you.

    Have sex

    Think about it, your brain isn鈥檛 off when you鈥檙e engaging in coitus. It鈥檚 actually an active participant figuring out what feels right and what makes you want to punch your partner in the throat.

    Build your vocabulary

    Channel your inner and go back to learning new words. You can pick up a dictionary, download an app, or sit under Patrick Obahiagboh鈥檚 tutelage, as long as your vocabulary makes people think you鈥檙e an AI every time you speak.

    Learn a new language

    Listen to your family members speak your native language and actively try to learn it, or download Duolingo and learn how to speak a foreign language. All the listening and translating you鈥檒l be doing will be enough work for your brain.

    Argue on Genevieve鈥檚 internet

    There鈥檚 nothing more stimulating than arguing with random ass strangers on Elon Musk鈥檚 internet. The people you argue with might not be the brightest, but best believe all that back and forth will get your brain juices flowing,

    Join a debate club

    After all that arguing on the internet, it鈥檚 time to take your skills to the real world and join a debate club so you can argue with like-minded people.

    Play sudoku

    We don鈥檛 think there鈥檚 a game that鈥檒l put your brain to work better than sudoku. If you鈥檙e looking for a game to challenge your brain and improve cognitive function, try sudoku.

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    Cheat on your partner

    We鈥檙e not trying to tear apart what your love has put together. We鈥檙e just saying all the hiding, lying, and sneaking around you鈥檒l do when you cheat on the love of your life will give your brain a boner and have it working in overdrive.

    Take a course

    There are free courses all over the internet that you can take to learn more and put your brain to use. If you don鈥檛 want to take one of the online courses,  intern under a Nigerian politician and learn how greed truly works.

    Complete a jigsaw puzzle

    According to a , puzzles activate many cognitive functions and protect against the effects of brain aging. What we鈥檙e trying to say is, walk into a shop, buy a jigsaw puzzle, and complete it if you really want to stimulate your brain.

    Play cards

    Solitaire, poker, you can even take out your Whot cards and play jackpot or school. All the tension and overthinking from these games will put your brain in overdrive.

    Dance

    Dancing isn鈥檛 a mindless activity. Remembering all the steps and trying to recreate them is all hard work. It’s hard work that you need your brain for, so take a dance class or go to the club. Your brain will thank you for it.

    Play chess

    Put on your Tunde Onakoya fila, get a chessboard, and start playing. Thinking about the next moves and remembering the names of all the pieces and how they move will definitely put your brain to work.

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