Non workout day

I had a pretty intense run, 5-6 miles including some steep inclines, followed by a lifting session yesterday. I didn't feel mentally exhausted but I'm inclined to believe I can perform better today considering I'll be fuly rested and relaxed. Interested to see how today's session goes!

DVH
Intermed
every other - 743 new high
every third - 617  new high

Advance
every other - 639 close to yesterday on 1st round
every third - 429 close to y'day on 1st round

Solid. Will dominate the previous advanced high scores when I am able to give it two rounds. Today, time only allows for one.

1 hour of the wind harmonics concurrently with games and PTK.

Progress

1 hour concurrent brain harmonics again

15 minutes PTK

DVH
Intermediate
  Best Every Other # - 692
  Best Every Third # - 602

Advanced
  Best Every Other # - 649
  Best Every Third# - 438

Grind

DVH
Intermediate
  n/a. redoing numbers for consistency's sake
Advanced
  606 every other
  367 every third phew! can feel the brain burn on this one
 

Update!

Hopefully this will be the first full 5 day week of intelligence increasing activity I'll be able to book. 5 of 7 days is the suggested schedule for almost every activity so I am trying to stick to that as close as possible.  Travel has allowed me only to manage 4 days of activity the last couple of weeks but hopefully my progress has not been affected too badly. I wanted to get some numbers down now that will have some meaning and context for me going forward and allow me to track my progress.

The pseudo telekinesis isn't really quantifiable except by time committed. I've settled for 15 minutes per session for the first month, then adding 5 minutes per daily session each month that passes going forward. So 20 minutes per session next month.  The challenge for this activity is stopping your mind from wondering and staying on the task of concentrating on the coin and not allowing your mind to follow stream of consciousness. You've got to stay 'in the zone,' in order to stay focused and sharpen your concentration and reap rewards. I started this week today with about 9-10 minutes of focus on the coin before I even checked the clock. Not bad, I guess? Last week I was getting a little sidetracked at 5-7 minutes so I'll chalk that up on the progress side.

On the DVH activity, I previously began at the beginner diagram. I'm now beginning at the intermediate level and will attempt to quantify results by recording my addition sums for the 3 minute intervals. Trying to recall, (hehe) I think tonight I came in around 607 on every other number on the intermediate diagram. Around 565 for every third number on the intermediate. On the advanced level, adding just every other number, I am right at 540-550 for a three minute session.   Now that I know how I'll be moving through this exercise and the timing, I'll be sure to get to adding every third number on the advanced level. But, I've got two bars set there for now. So I will be attempting to build on those totals which means I'll moving faster through the numbers/symbols/colors and improving concentration and math abilities.

With the n-back game it actually took me a day or two to figure the damn thing out, but I've broken through to the 4-back level and usually max out there quickly. For the majority of each session I am at 2-3. So, plenty of room to improve there. Hopefully by next month I'll be more consistently on 3-4.

Happy brain flexing!

Getting Into Routine

Yesterday's intelligence increasing exercises were composed of brain harmonics combined with pseudo telekinesis, draw-visual-harness exercise (a challenge even at beginner level) and some two and three N-back exercises, all totalling about an hour.  I'll go through the same routine today. Hopefully things won't become monotonous but there are more advanced levels in draw visual harness and N-back. The N-back game especially quickly becomes very challening to concentration and memory. Again I don't expect to wake up and be able to build an atomic bomb. But specifically after two or three months, I am expecting increased math ability, listening ability, reading comprehension and speed, creativity, ability to sustain more complex arguments, increased ease of memorisation, increased ability to extract relevant information from sources, mental clarity and greater problem solving abilities.

Timeline and Schedule

Now that we've got the goal identified, raising my IQ from 137 to 152-157, it's necessary to set a timeline. I do this in order to create a sense of urgency to stay focused on the activities that will help meet the goal. If there's no time line then there's no pressure to occupy myself with activities that move me towards the goal. Also, if you're not diligent about consistently going through the exercises then your brain makes no physical progress making it impossible to improve. Based on what I've read, I think a reasonable timeline is 3-4 months. Let's say August 14th. Drilling down further, I've also outlined the specific activities and daily time I anticipate to be necessary to meet the goal. In total, I will spend about an hour a day on pseudo telekinesis while listening to brain harmonic audio and then alternately complete a session of n-back memory exercises or draw-visual-harness, a problem solving, logic and memory exercise. This will be done 5 out of the 7 days a week. If each activity can increase my IQ by 1-2 points a month then the goal will be hit. Less time than a part time job, not bad. I figure I end up watching at least an hour or so of television every day. So it's really no sacrifice.

Plunge

So I've taken the plunge! I decided to go ahead and make a nominal investment in some literary materials that promise to seriously increase my intelligence. I will be writing here in order to track my progress along the way. I've been puttering around the geniusintelligence.com web site all weekend and finally decided it's worthwhile and that the goals I have are possible to achieve. I also tried some of the free advice they offer on improving concentration ie pseudo telekinesis and a free online game challenging your memory and concentration at themindflow.com My goal is increase my IQ from above average ~140 into the genius level range 155-160. Hopefully by maximizing my intelligence I can harness the focus and concentration necessary to execute some type of breakthrough be it in writing, inventing or anything else I decide to put my energy and heart into.