Think of how much time you spend on your phone. Sure, you make some calls, text some friends, and maybe check your email, but have you ever tracked the actual time you spend on it? The average person in the United States spends approximately 2.5 hours on their mobile phones every day. That comes out to 17.5 hours every week. It’s essentially a part-time job. Much of that time is spent on mindless tasks like scrolling through social media feeds. This can even be detrimental to your mental health as social media can be toxic and depressing. That said, there are some ways that you can use your phone for good. In fact, using your phone responsibly can provide several benefits that will keep your brain sharp and won’t affect your mood. Here are some of those beneficial activities. 

Playing Quick Games

There is nothing wrong with playing a quick game of spider solitaire or another online game or app. Pick up your phone while you are on a break at work, or need some quiet time at home. Playing for a few minutes here and there will not only give you a break from the world around you, but it can also help your brain, too. 

Those who play video games, including card games, tend to be better at certain psychological functions. Games can make you better at making decisions, give you better memory, and even improve your mood. The important thing is not to let your games end up like social media, where you are playing for no reason and are not necessarily even paying attention. Games can also help you with your problems solving and planning skills. 

Podcasts

There are more and more podcasts popping up all the time, and with good reason. Podcasts are a great way to pass the time, and they can be educational. Name a subject, and there is bound to be at least one, and probably many more, podcasts devoted to it. You can pick up useful facts, understand complex ideas, and fill your mind with new points of view. 

Not only that, but instead of scrolling your phone mindlessly, you can do other things while listening to podcasts. Grab a sponge and catch up on your dishes, or tackle that pile of laundry you've been putting off. Not only will the content of your podcast fill your mind, but taking care of chores that have been weighing on you will make you feel good, and take some pressure off. Your brain will thank you, and your mind will thank you too. 

Quizzes

What better way is there to sharpen your brain than to test your knowledge and fill in any gaps that you might have? There are many online quiz sites that you can spend a few minutes on every day. Quizzes help you with your memory, as well as your knowledge. You will learn to be better at recall and reaction, especially when you are playing timed games. For the answers you don’t know, you can always check them at the end, which will increase your knowledge and help you with future quizzes. No matter what type of quiz you like, you can find one online. That includes general knowledge quizzes, name that song quizzes, picture games, and lyric-guessing games, just to scratch the surface. 

Learn a New Language

One of the most amazing things about the digital world is that almost the entirety of human knowledge is online. There is almost nothing you can’t learn, and that includes languages. Whether you want to do it for personal growth, or you are going traveling, learning a language has never been simpler. By using an online course, you can spend a short time every day growing your skills. Many sites can even provide you with audio demonstrations so that you can hear the proper pronunciations of words without needing to understand phonetic spelling. 

Brain Training

Mobile games are getting more and more sophisticated all the time. Just like there is a podcast for everything, there is a mobile app for everything, too. One of the most popular types of game is brain training. These are distinct from first-person shooters and games where you play as a bird that tries to avoid hazards. 

Brain training games do just what the name would suggest. They train and sharpen your brain. The games run the gamut from memory, to abstract thinking, to comparisons, to everything in between. They will even track your baseline and tell you how your brain has improved over time. Using these games can quite literally make you smarter as you improve your memory, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. 

Make and Save Some Memories

One of the best things about mobile phones is how powerful their cameras have gotten over the years. Not only can the camera be used for selfies, but they can also take high-quality photos of anything, from friends to nature. Go out every day, and take a picture of something that interests you. This will activate the creative part of your brain and help you realize that the world is actually a beautiful place. 

Your mobile phone is an incredible machine that can do amazing things. However, too many people use it for unhealthy things, like constantly scrolling social media or streaming YouTube videos. However, there are several things that you can do with your phone to keep your brain sharp every day. 

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