Learn a New Skill – Improve Long-Term Memory

Studies show that the intensity involved in learning a new skill can change the brain structurally. If you’re devoted to yoga, try a spinning class instead. Sign up for those French lessons you’ve been threatening to take for the past 10 years. In addition to the obvious payoffs of learning the skill itself, you’ll also serve your mental health and possibly improve your long-term memory (Whole Living magazine July 2012).