Mental exercise - (Feb/11/2008 )

What mental exercise should one follow to refresh his brain. Physical exercise helps a lot but while doing the physical exercise I am also thinkning about the lab.
How to refresh mind and keep lab things away from mind when you donot want to think about it.

puzzles like sudoku, crossword puzzles, fill-ins (my wife's favorite), word search.

read books that make you think (mysteries, science fiction, al gore)

some video and computer games (those with puzzles to solve, quests)

You may try do more "right-sided" mental exercise. Like playing music, reading (novel, not scientific litterature ), theatre, improvisation, etc.

I strongly believe one should not always stay in a left-sided field of exercise. Creativity sometimes helps a lot in science, as it allows to think of solutions you would never think of otherwise!

definetly books.....different kind of books.
Also going out with friends that aren't related with lab helps a lot.

PLAYSTATION!!!

(or similar gaming thingy)

kill the monsters - it'll wake anyone up

dom

Cook

play chess, write stories and read.

Tai-chi or chi-kung

Reading

So, if I'm reading correctly, the idea is to have a life outside the lab, like regular people...