Just for fun, check out Newsweek’s “31 Ways to Get Smarter in 2012.” You can find the complete list of 31 brain-building pointers (I probably would have cut the list down to 20 … but at least there’s something for everyone) at The Daily Beast here.
Some of them (#5: Toss your smartphone; #8: Go to a Literary Festival) are quite worth adding to the New Year’s Resolution List.
For what it’s worth, here are my personal favorites: #18: See a Shakespeare Play; #24: Write by Hand and #27: Drink Coffee