10 MindTweaks Suitable For Cold & Flu Season

Earlier this week, I was fighting off the flu.

“Don’t worry about posting” sez Me. “You’ll feel better soon.”

I was wrong. I don’t feel better. I’m sniffly, coughy, feverish, and most of all, whiney. Deep thoughts and disciplined writing are not really options at the moment. So here are 10 less-taxing ways to get your mind in order, suitable for cold and flu-season.

Ahem.

10. Set Lumosity’s difficulty levels down two four notches, then congratulate yourself on how well you did.

9. Remember all those classic movies that somehow slipped through the cracks of your cultural education? Maybe you’ve never seen Hitchcock’s original versions of Psycho or The Birds. Maybe you can quote Casablanca, but you’ve seen the whole thing. Download them on Netflix for free. Stare blankly. Be enriched.

8. Keep up with your healthy brain habits like drinking water and taking vitamins. The same habits will help you get over your cold.

7. Read the books you’ve had set aside for a month. (So far I’ve made it through two of them.)

6. Explore the flakier brainwave entrainment sessions available for MindStereo — see if you can induce a fever-assisted hallucination! OOOoohhh pretty colors!

5. Watch all umpteen episodes of Penn & Teller’s BullSh*t, also available for free download on Netflix. Guaranteed to satisfy the skeptic in you.

4. Balance all that healthy skepticism by indulging in your family folk medicine cures. Chicken soup, dirty socks around the neck, and enough vitamin C to turn you into a Florida Orange grove.

3. Experiment with new varieties of green tea. And honey, lots of honey. (Honey is good for the brain, right? Bees are smart, right?)

2. Try to remember if you posted this list last time you were sick. Fail. Post it anyway.

1. Sleep. Lots of slee—zzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz