The brain is part of your body: a fact so obvious everyone ignores it. Even though it’s about the brain, so you’d think it’d be flattered enough to remember. The simple fact is that deep down everyone believes they’re superhuman. You might not leap tall buildings in a single bound, but you believe your brain has an infinite energy source and can keep going forever.
Billions of people believe that the “them” in their brain is some kind of ethereal energy being independent of the meat-puppet it parades around the world. People will spend hours genuinely believing they’re sad or stupid instead of hungry or tired. They think their decisions are only affected by logic and desire, not sugar levels or sleep patterns. The fact is your most recent meal has more influence over your decision-making ability than hours of meditation.
Even your smartphone stops working if you don’t charge it. And your brain doesn’t even have a battery. The brain is an organ, like your heart or lungs, and we all know they’ll thump and wheeze if you try to run without keeping them fit. The brain is the same. It won’t work well if you don’t practice. And it won’t work well if it isn’t kept in shape.
Mistreat your body and your brain will suffer. You will get less intelligent. You will not think clearly. Skipping sleep to study, sucking down energy drinks instead of eating, you might think you’re saving extra hours, but you’re also increasing the chance you’ll waste all those hours on some stupid mistake. Waking up and realizing you wasted a whole night struggling with an impossible problem because you misread the question is a terrible feeling. I speak from exhausted experience. An hour of fresh brain will always outperform an entire day of burnout.
The brain is a machine. It works better with care, maintenance, and giving it time off instead of trying to turbo-boost it twenty-four hours a day. Look after your brain and you’ll improve both your mood and your marks.
Billions of people believe that the “them” in their brain is some kind of ethereal energy being independent of the meat-puppet it parades around the world. People will spend hours genuinely believing they’re sad or stupid instead of hungry or tired. They think their decisions are only affected by logic and desire, not sugar levels or sleep patterns. The fact is your most recent meal has more influence over your decision-making ability than hours of meditation.
Even your smartphone stops working if you don’t charge it. And your brain doesn’t even have a battery.
Even your smartphone stops working if you don’t charge it. And your brain doesn’t even have a battery. The brain is an organ, like your heart or lungs, and we all know they’ll thump and wheeze if you try to run without keeping them fit. The brain is the same. It won’t work well if you don’t practice. And it won’t work well if it isn’t kept in shape.
Mistreat your body and your brain will suffer. You will get less intelligent. You will not think clearly. Skipping sleep to study, sucking down energy drinks instead of eating, you might think you’re saving extra hours, but you’re also increasing the chance you’ll waste all those hours on some stupid mistake. Waking up and realizing you wasted a whole night struggling with an impossible problem because you misread the question is a terrible feeling. I speak from exhausted experience. An hour of fresh brain will always outperform an entire day of burnout.
The brain is a machine. It works better with care, maintenance, and giving it time off instead of trying to turbo-boost it twenty-four hours a day. Look after your brain and you’ll improve both your mood and your marks.
