#24 How to future-proof your mind (really easily) every day

Thinking ahead pays dividends, says science, in protecting the likes of memory and focus as you age—add these brain-boosting tweaks to your routine...

There’s a harrowing scream that penetrates the walls of my inner-city flat every so often. It’s a wail so loud that it feels like it’s in the next room, despite the source being in the neighbouring building, and often ends with the girlish voice in question calling out—as though in the middle of a tantrum—‘I want my mummy’. These words reverberate over and over and over, until she is consoled by a family member. The heartbreaking reality is that she’s not a child.