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Where to Start Brain Training?

Looking to build your vocabulary? Want some prompts to put your new words to use? Or maybe you’re interested in starting your digital minimalism journey. No matter the case, this directory will help you get started.

What is Sharp-Wit’s purpose?

Sharp-Wit’s exists to combat two growing plagues: anti-intellectualism and digital reliance. If you feel sluggish and that you’re not as sharp as you used to be, you’re not alone. While studies have suggested that inflammation from the modern diet and lifestyle is a core culprit, it has a partner in crime.

The age of information has been a blessing and a curse. On one hand, information is nearly always at the tip of our fingers. On the other, we’re bombarded and overloaded with latest headlines, suspicious suggestions, and scams galore. Finding helpful, real, and concise information has become increasingly difficult, and people are starting to check out more and more. The first thing they scroll across, they take as the gospel. Why bother fact-checking this when ChatGPT says so? I can just get a summary from AI, and so on.

We’re here to help others who want to break out of the mind-numbing cesspool of garbage that has taken over the web and learn how to engage mindfully to better themselves.

What makes Sharp-Wits different from other “vocabulary builders”?

You don’t get a word-a-day from Sharp-Wits. We live by spaced repetition and connotation. Alongside each word or idiom, you’ll have example sentences and contextual clues. This provides depth to your understanding and helps us understand why we can’t use expire in place of die; even if it’s somewhat correct.

We also provide prompts to get the gears turning and help you create the very first sentence for your latest word. Each week you’ll also get fun brain games to test your skills and other helpful writing resources. Then, a monthly wrap-up with everything in one consolidated place.

My vocabulary is fine. I have trouble deciding if I should add a comma or not. How does Sharp-Wits help there?

Well, first off, we’re firmly camp oxford comma around here. Unless it’s going to cause more confusion, then we’ll begrudgingly leave it off. But, when in doubt, add the comma.

But, we provide beaucoups of resources to help. You’ll be reading, and crafting, complex-compound sentences in no time.

Okay. What does journaling and reading physical books have to do with vocabulary building?

Sharp-Wits is more than a vocabulary builder. We’re about reclaiming your full cognitive function. The best way? Fix your attention span and detox from dopamine. We’ve all sat down with the intention of scrolling for only a moment or two; which then turns into hours. Why does this happen? Dopamine.

Each scroll gives us another hit and our brain craves more fast-paced mind-numbing content. It’s why picking up your phone in between study sessions, or just taking a quick peek at your newest notification, ends terribly. That’s why we encourage hobbies that stop cycle and have other positive impacts.