4 Ways to Level Up Your Brain

[@SelfHelpShelf]

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[@zenbrandon]

"The Internet tricks us into thinking we're smarter than we actually are," is one of the best takes I've heard in a while.

[@panqueque445]

The worst thing is that if you have "brain rot", the last thing you feel like doing is challenging it. Because "if I can barely focus on watching a movie, then learning something new would be impossible"

[@lismarcel]

Small steps 🙂 I've ADHD but it's got worse because I didn't have as many distractions when I was younger because they simply didn't exist at the time (I'm 44), but I've started to limit the number of short videos and watch more video essays, which has helped me go back to reading books

[@Killicon93]

@@lismarcel I installed Unhook which lets me hide elements on youtube. I've used it to hide the shorts, home page and the recommended feed and when I find my ADHD getting bad I hide my subscriptions page.

[@picketfenced5771]

PLEASE do a video on creative playfulness for brain stimulation!

[@BrezelCeviche]

A video on play would be wonderful!

[@picketfenced5771]

I LOVE how you compare knowledge to nourishment

[@folkrescue]

Yes, please do the how to play on a budget video!

[@feylights166]

I am slowly studying Japanese--knowing another language is like a superpower!

[@Lydia-Victoria]

Cinzia, please do make a video about keeping a journal.

[@donamariadubois2402]

Yes!!! Love it, I keep a journal and it helps ground myself

[@Eric.Taylor.1962]

Photography is a simple and cheap hobby because we all have phones. The principles of composition or working with light are the same regardless of what gear you have. And it's a great way to simply lose yourself and be creative for a few hours.

[@macsarcule]

Yes, please! Playful alone and on a budget! 🙂

[@ardethellis8930]

👍and already subscribed. Mind sharp and engaged as I aproach 70. Haven't had a TV since 1992. Plenty of hobbies and exercise. But, I am experiencing burnout and overwhelm from dealing with my partner's mental and physical issues related to aging. Learning how to take care of us both is definitely putting new wrinkles on my brain.

[@cursedmonkey1033]

Have you thought of talking about depression, and how when one is depressed you can often find it difficult to get into hobbies? Things you might depend on to get you through the day.

[@ccrider374]

Keep up the good work! I love your channels and content. Thank you for all your hard work.

[@SelfHelpShelf]

Much appreciated!

[@maggiescarlet]

This was great Cinzia, really needed this! I've been ill this week and my screen time has quadrupled 😭 probably not helping me to recover, so I'll try to feed my brain better...

[@shmidles7450]

Hey I'd love a video on how to be more playful on a budget 😬🤞🏻

[@RU81111]

That was an awesome vid! Definitely makes sense to me that if you wanna keep happy and healthy, ya gotta keep your brain thinking

[@ashe_]

Do you have any advice for someone who is actively trying to foster a new hobby but who's declining mental health is sucking away their energy to enjoy it?

[@angelab.6192]

Lovely video, really enjoyed it! ❤ I would love a video on play, too!

[@SelfHelpShelf]

Thank you so much!

[@winterburden]

Thanks for this exciting brain video Cinzia!

[@DanielleBissonnette]

I've been teaching myself how to play new instruments by watching KZbin videos. I have a small fiddle I picked up in Peru years ago, and I rarely ever play it. You're welcome to it. I just need to remember to put it in my luggage the next time I'm visiting the Uni of Edinburgh.

[@robynmcsharry9611]

I've just finished my MSc and am searching for jobs that challenge me, as frankly, I am in jobs I am overqualified for.

[@billyfudd818]

My hobby is making a eulogy for my mom which works on the street. Thanks for the insight.

[@mch12311969]

Nine, almost ten years ago, I finally had the opportunity to chance to start learning to play violin, which was a life long dream of mine. Despite being severely dyslexic, I seem to have an aptitude for learning languages, it is the motor skills and a complete lack of rythmn that is holding me back.

[@musicalbookdragon561]

Great video! I would love a video on how to be more playful when you're alone and on a budget!

[@octagonsky5159]

I love ur ytb, i am nerd like u.. i like to watch every videos u created❤❤❤

[@shivanshsaxena6548]

Your all videos are just mind blowing, awesome I do watch your videos regularly... Love from India 🇮🇳

[@julianc.6589]

one of my modern favs keep it up

[@lifewithhollyt]

I needed this.

[@mikemahaffey9121]

Very good video Miss Cinzia. Very important as well.

[@TerryOCarroll]

learning to play an instrument has the same benefits as learning a language, according to neuroscientists. And the benefits of language learning are large.

[@CarlySharec86]

I love this video. As I'm nearing 40, brain health has been top of mind for me (pun intended, I suppose).

[@richter0139]

Thank you Cinzia I apprecaite all your perspective, you have taught me a lot and I would like a video on play :)

[@Casiopea_azul]

Absolutely! Do the playing video! :D

[@TheSilveryew]

Yes please, if we could have a video about playing games etc. that you can do yourself that would be great ^_^

[@susanday3478]

I think i might learn to sing-that doesnt cost any money.

[@tibbers]

I need the video on playing pls!

[@RU81111]

New vid New Vibe! I'm hooked

[@jean040465]

I'm here for the potential solo play video🙋🏻‍♀️❤

[@WWS322]

I don't want to learn a new language, my voices insult me in English, I don't need insults in another language. I think you're really great, and I suspect a lot of people like your channel! I wonder though how you see yourself? I think my mind is kept young by reading music for guitar. A really great musician can sit down at almost any piece of sheet music and play it. A musician who is intermediate has to take time most of the time to figure out a piece of music like a puzzle. I'm the latter.

[@sabahatnaheed1435]

great video. thsnk you : )

[@marisellopez6022]

WHERE R YOUR GLASSES FROM?

[@SelfHelpShelf]

Specsavers

[@dookyy]

Thank you for the video 🥰 have you read "the war of art" by Steven Pressfield? I would love to hear your thoughts on it! I connect a lot as a painter with the concept of Resistance. ☺️

[@jeffmunkynutz1568]

😃 You're runnin about 300 mph. I thought id accidently clicked the speed up thingo button but no, thats you....hehe I'll shh now.......😂

[@artawhirler]

You said you have trouble learning languages; but didn't you have to learn Latin and Greek when you were studying Classics?

[@SelfHelpShelf]

I only had to learn Latin -- and I did incredibly badly in final year exams

[@williamkauffman5745]

🙏

[@koston_varjo3536]

YouTiber: "Would you like me to make a video..." Audience: "Yes, yes yesyesyes" (inspired by Edna Mode) also, Question: What is required to consider oneself "bilingual"? I'm in that weird position where I grew up speaking German (and it's still a much used language as I still live in the German speaking part of Switzerland) but I only ever think and even dream in English.

[@gingersal8052]

It's a complex concept, traditionally it meant speaking another language almost as fluently as your mother tongue, but now it's more seen as your ability to communicate in another language, in spite of grammar or lexical mistakes. I consider myself trilingual but I still make many mistakes in my two target languages, especially when I'm tired.

[@halley8105]

I'm trying to learn Greek... It's so hard 😭

[@Heothbremel]

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[@kanrasama]

First!

[@lawrencelord9777]

1:54 immense Admiration?

[@lawrencelord9777]

Never heard of “apiration”

[@maggiescarlet]

Sounds like she said admiration to me, probably just the audio