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I've set a task, in my old age, to memorize the list of the 254 counties in Texas. I've always been addicted to maps, and to the poetry of geographical names. At ten, I could name the 48 states in 60 seconds, and in coll ege I learned the lists of several states' counties. States with under 30 counties can be memorized in an hour, 75 in a day, 100 is doable, but I never challenged myself with Texas
The nice thing about counties is that the list remains the same for decades, there is no nitpicking about what counts, and it's romantic to think about the history and geography. And, in your old age, your memory needs all the practice it can get, to remain fresh. So try your own state -- you're familiar already with quite a few of them.
A few tips.
To find a neat uncluttered list can be found by googling /(state) counties alphalists/. But it's also nice tioWikisearch /(state) counties/ and see who they were named after and when.
It helps me to learn how many start with each letter --- 5 A's, 3 B's, 6 C's -- which helps fill in gaps when you miss a few.
I have better things to do with my time than spend a day memorizing something I will never need. If I want to do something to kill time and simultaneously improve my cognitive skills, I'll play a scrabble app against the computer or do sudoku, or read a challenging book, or learn a new skill (hopefully one that will prove useful). But hey, you do you. My personal favorite is watching Jeopardy and trying to answer all the questions before the contestants do.
I do crossword puzzles which can be a challenge with short term memory loss. Trying to memorize a list of counties or anything else is a ship that has sailed a long time ago.
Living here in Germany, I have been using German for almost all daily communication including listening to radio or reading books / news. I also speak Spanish fluently, and often watch Netflix films or series in their original Spanish language version. Using more than one language challenges and exercises the brain in a good way IMO. It is also useful, because the languages let you be a part of other countries and cultures.
With so much 2 factor authentication deployed, I memorize the numbers texted to me for authentication. It's a cheap, practical way to keep your mind sharp.
My personal favorite is watching Jeopardy and trying to answer all the questions before the contestants do.
We cheat a bit, and pause it for a few seconds to give our "Senior Minds" a chance to come up with the answer.
Our problem is often forgetting the category. I wish they would display it at the bottom of the screen. It would save us from coming up with embarrassing (but usually funny) answers that are clearly wrong, based on the category (eg answering "Brazil" to a question about a country in Africa).
Living here in Germany, I have been using German for almost all daily communication including listening to radio or reading books / news. I also speak Spanish fluently, and often watch Netflix films or series in their original Spanish language version. Using more than one language challenges and exercises the brain in a good way IMO. It is also useful, because the languages let you be a part of other countries and cultures.
Same here. Living in a foreign country has enough built-in challenging thought processes. Lots of Spanish Netflix here.
We got our dryer fixed yesterday without a word of English being spoken.
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