Alertness

@amiablePeace77 way to go doing bollywood dance! I did a little bit when I took some Zumba classes.

I find reminders are great so I definitely like a calendar. Remembering names is more difficult because I see lots of people in exercise class and never know if I will see them again. But I try to make associations that make sense and help me or at least make an effort to match their face with a name.

Exercise helps my brain function so many mornings I have exercise classes.

I started an exercise class, sponsored by the college I work for. It seems to be helping in a number of ways.

This year I was attempting to play one of those match images card games for kids and I was terrible. Part of it was that the images were new to me, but part was age. So far that is the biggest difference Ive seen other than forgetting a name. However, Ive never been good at names . So far I just continue to learn new things in tech/code, and I may go after a Masters. Ive lost one parent to dementia and will eventually lose the other to a similar form. Have already done DNA testing, which actually was a relief. Im after a quality life more than a long one and feel good about that.

i am on another track than most folks who are continuing on a spectrum of aging; i am still recovering from substantial brain damage sustained 28 yrs ago. so i find that my memory is actually still improving~! not on it's own, of course, i have a dedicated rehabilitation regimine which i designed myself, for myself. a mainstay in this newest rehab program is the use of Hidden Object games on the computer. these reward me for remembering where i saw something or recognizing it from memory. i also use the Match Three game, Bejewelled 3, to help me hold more information at a time. i am quite pleased with these, as the recommended games for 'seniors' were too hard for me.

Some days I'm on it other days I'm really not. Not much to support the rough days unfortunately.

I'm finding I run into situations more often where I can't remember names, I'm not sure how much of this is just my memory and how much of it is situational - I'm more likely to see people multiple times with large breaks inbetween which is different than something like work or school or even a weekly activity where at minimum you see someone once a week, so the reminders come every week and then it 'locks in' instead of a month apart where it never sticks.

I like facebook, it gives the opportunity to see someone's name with their face in addition to hearing it, plus it's possible to check out people if part of a group or something before heading to an event. Unfortunately I don't have access to all the people where I need their names like this!