Don't let this happen to you. Our brain should be exercised daily, don't be afraid to use it. It's like that container of Play-Dough, you use it once, close it up, put it in the back of your closet and months later when you want to use it, you find that it is all dried up. Periodically we need to step out of the daily routine of work and home and use our gray matter in a new way. I set a goal to learn something new every day. I've been doing this for years and I'm still not "full". Push yourself to learn something new each day, it can be as simple as learning how to use a new formula in Excel, how to write a blog (today's lesson) or how to repair your big screen TV (I counted that one as an entire week's worth of learning). It doesn't have to be a life altering event, I promise it won't hurt. When you add it up, 365 days a year over the course of your life, think of how many things you can learn. Try expanding your scope of understanding at work, ie. do you know what happens to that document you hand off to co-worker? Understanding the process a step or two before or after it leaves your desk may help the process run smoother.

Exercising your brain can be fun too. Test yourself with these.

1. Complete this sequence: T W T F __ __

2. This sequence of four words, "triangle, glove, clock, bicycle," corresponds to this sequence of numbers "3, 5, 12, 2." ? True or False

3. Which one of the letters does not belong in the following series: D - F - H - J - K - N - P - R

Answers can be found at Blog: "Full Brain Answers"