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Education does not have to stop when you reach a certain age. Education is a process that enriches the lives of those who engage the practice. Education is all about mental stimulation. During the process of learning, your brain’s gray matter neurons are making new connections. Various formalized program models are designed to meet the interests of older learners. You too can become one of many lifelong learners.
As we age, our brains are more easily distracted. How often do you walk into a room only to forget why you went there in the first place? Frequently, you start one task—such as cooking. You then remember another task—such as the need to call and check on your neighbor. After talking to your neighbor you forget what you were previously tasked with and begin focusing your energy on something entirely new or different. Hopefully the original task (cooking) wasn’t something crucial like leaving an unattended pot of boiling water that is now scorched and smoking up the house. The problem is that very often our brains fall back into a default mode of mind wandering, daydreaming, and non-attentiveness to the present moment. |
Another example is the common ‘tip-of-the-tongue’ moments which occur more frequently with aging. You know something, but when you go to answer, you suddenly find yourself unable to recall the answer. You know it—it’s right there—but not. Part of the problem is that your neural connections (which receive, process and transmit information), have weaken through disuse, bio-physiological aging, and lack of adequate mental stimulation.
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