"What do you think would look better: pink or green?" The bubblegum hue won. A scientist from the Swiss public university ETH Zurich nodded, pulling out a bottle of pink dye to release from the top of the Rhone Glacier in the Swiss Alps. Turning the rivulet flowing down a melting glacier into a bright-pink stream was the least scientific test carried out this day.
This month's executive function skill is working memory. Executive function skills are brain-based skills that help us "get things done" easily-or not-depending on our particular brain. Working memory is the ability to retain pertinent information in your mind while engaging in daily activities (Mutti-Driscoll, 2024). Indicators that working memory may be challenging for you include walking into a different room and forgetting why you went there, or picking up your phone and not remembering what you were doing when you did so.
The late James Doty, a neurosurgeon and professor at Stanford University, wrote in his 2024 book "Mind Magic" about how meditation paired with repetition of messages can change a person's subconscious. This could look like closing your eyes before bed to relax, meditating and visualizing an intention like earning a new job title or mastering piano. Afterward, write the intention on a piece of paper and keep it nearby, reading it often.