New Year Eve

Today is the last day of 2014 and I cannot believe how fast time has flown by and how much I have changed in the past two years.  I am watching a Vietnamese music video that my mom bought and watched countless times a decade ago and I noticed how my thought process is much different than ten years earlier.  A decade ago, I would concentrate on how I feel about the song rather than the technical parts of the song such as the lyrics, instruments, vocal, etc.  I played the piano back then but as a teenager and being a girl with tons of hormones, my focus was definitely not on the importance of the video; believe me I wasn't dumb back then or anything, I mean I was very serious about school and strived to get good grades but it was a time in my life where the important things in life were not important. Go figure.

There has to be a reason behind this change and I believe I know the answer to it.

Researchers claimed the brain is plastic and it can be molded and improved over the years if the individual puts effort into it. With this, I myself is an evidence.  I still have a lot to work on as a person but I do feel the difference how I view life and many other aspects in life. My brain is much more open to new ideas and experiences.  I have a college degree but I would not give it all the credit to helping me grow; what helps me is my experiences in life.  My professional and personal experiences have shaped me to be a better person and pushed me to be a person I need to be.  So yes, the brain does grow no matter how old a person is. The key is to actively work at doing activities that would help the brain grows.