Teenagers, like all people, need a challenge. If everything we did in life was easy, it would get pretty darn boring after awhile. Finding new tasks that challenge your brain is important. It helps your thinking skills and keeps you alert. Below is a list of ten healthy ways to push your mind to the extreme.

1. Take a class in a subject you do not know anything about.


2. Take a college course! Community colleges offer a wide range of fun classes on hobbies, music and other skills.


3. Collect something like stamps, bugs, rocks or coins.


4. Read books, magazines and any other printed material.


5. Join a school club.


6. Have an intellectual conversation or debate with your friends and classmates -- you'll be surprised by their different ideas and opinions.


7. Learn a new language.


8. Make friends with people completely different from you and learn about their lives.


9. Travel or study in a foreign country.


10. Talk to your grandparents, or someone older than you; you'll find that they have a lot to say.

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