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If you have been doing crosswords for a long time now, you might have noticed that it takes a certain amount of brain activity to process and solve all the clues and finish filling up all the white boxes on the puzzle grid. So the question of does crosswords keep the mind healthy has been one of the more frequent ones being linked to crosswords.

Studies have been conducted on how certain activities enhance or influence the brain. Now it is common knowledge that the brain becomes dull when left unused, which may not be the best term to use but the simplest one to help drive the point. It is also a known fact that most elderly people who have kept their minds and body active are livelier and healthier compared to those who did not but belong to the same age.

Of course, crossword puzzles are not the only thing that can keep the mind active. Others involve mathematics other than word play. But crosswords apply to most people since not all are mathematical geniuses or have the stomach to tackle numbers, fractions, and equations. So, most people prefer tackling crossword puzzles instead. Now as people, especially the elderly, practice crossword puzzle solving everyday, they will eventually become good at it. The feeling of satisfaction and sense of accomplishment can also help the emotional and psychological well-being of the elderly.

People are not robots. They act a certain way not because it was something that other people want for themselves but because of a reason and not just for anything. Some people will say that they are doing something because they want to. Well, why do they want to? It’s because of something. This something is a person’s motivation.

Like a car, a person will need some sort of gas that will rev it up to move. The gas is that one thing that will drive a car. The same goes with people. Motivation is the single driving factor that makes people get up and go. It is that one thing that will make them do things that they should be doing.

There are different kinds of motivation for different people. People want different things for their lives and thus, they do things for different reasons. Some people are motivated by their need for security. This can be in the form of material possessions or security with their state in life. For some people having money in their bank account will make them secure while there are people who need to have a steady job in order to do that. Some people however are motivated by the need for recognition or achievement while there are some who are already content with having a network of people supporting them.