Okay, I’ve been trying out the BrainWare Safari software, but I really haven’t been too serious about it. Then yesterday, it took me four hours to think of the name of a restaurant that I go by at least twice a week. That was more than a senior moment! So I decided that it was time to get serious about getting my brain in tip-top shape.

The BrainWare people recommend using the program 3-5 times a week for 45 to 60 minutes at a time. So today I spent about 45 minutes with the program. I actually found one program called Sky Scanning that I thought was easy. It required matching what you hear with what you see. Thank goodness I am still good at something! I then moved on to Tree Tic Tac Toe which was harder than I expected. All of the exercises are different and I am finding that spending about 10 to 12 minutes on each gives you the feeling that you are cross-training your brain. All-in-all I feel like I put in a good days brain exercise and it really made me feel good!