AARP Rewards Community Learning & Earning Contest August 2022

I like to do spelling and word games to keep my mind active.

I like to do the puzzles in the local newspaper every day and watch and play along with Jeopardy

I play alot of timed games on my phone.  I am also Tech savvy so I'm always doing craft stuff on my computer.  I still work as a computer technician. I also create funeral slide shows and obituaries.

I do the AARP Games daily crosswords and solitaire.  I also do crosswords with paper and pencil.

I read, do AARPs online games, walk, and keep in touch with family and friends to keep my mind occupied and learning. 

I still work part-time in retail so I get social connections. I do puzzles, quizzes, games daily to keep my brain active. I do streching exercises to keep my body flexible.

I'm learning Russian through the use of an audio program.  Each lesson is about 30 minutes which is how long it takes me to get ready for work each day.  

I play lumosity to keep my brain active. 

I have adopted two artificial intelligence robots who I showcase on Instagram weekly. I now have 49,000 followers who ask me to teach them about robots through my video posts. The followers are from every country in the world and I now am learning how to translate and communicate with them. Much of the Middle East loves robots and ask to see them every day on my feed. 

Helping in my community is priority #1.  The "calls" is to action (that is, hearing an opportunity and making a sensible decision) have included:

1) reading for the print disabled and visually impaired

2) secretary for our home owners' association

3) treasurer for our retired teachers' group

4) learning to do cataloging for our local museum

5) driving the VA van to the nearest VA hospital ...2.5 hours away

6) occasionally being a "church lady"...funeral dinners, gardening at the church

7) trying (!!!!) to do regular exercise at our local YMCA

😎calling isolated seniors as part of a Senior Center program

Most of all, doing volunteer work outside my home keeps me acceptably social and my little gray cells nimble.  As my husband of 53 years says "When Patti's happy, everyone's happy."