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You may be saving for your retirement, learning how to make your money work for you, studying the different systems that will help you secure enough cash to maintain your lifestyle and even travel and have some fun after you turn 65 or so. Think about this, though. If your brain is not growing its own reserve, how will you enjoy what you have created?

Can you reach a balance between the time you spend sitting - computing, reading, watching TV, eating, driving – and the amount of exercise you’re getting on a daily basis? I’m not sure I can, that’s part of why I’m asking.

But without some kind of balance, productivity is sure to slip. Exercise is imperative to maintain brain health as we age. Combine the intense learning curves of technology with a solid exercise program, and you have a formula for building brain reserves.

It is never to late to begin building your brain’s reserve, or, as it is known in scientific circles, your cognitive reserve. If you are in your fifties or sixties, consider how you can expand your circle of associates and friends in the context of physical activity. An activity that has a physical component to it, is mentally stimulating, and has you interacting with other people has the highest value for building a reserve of brain cells.

The abyss called Alzheimer’s Disease has a bridge across it. The bridge is your brain reserve. You want to build that reserve strong and long, so it spans all the years of your life.

How’s your balance?

--Suzanna