Shadow Footprints

Link: http://jobsadvice.guardian.co.uk/officehours/story/0,,1734504,00.html

One of the guys at work brought in a clipping from the Sunday Star Times. The article was written by Tim Hall of the Guardian.

Whether you cycle, walk or take the bus, varying your journey to work can boost your brainpower

Choosing how you get to work is about picking the lesser of several evils. Drive and face the soul-crushing queues of the M25. Take the train and face an hour up against someone whose body odour puts the "cattle" into "cattle-truck".

Most of us stick with our own brand of commuting hell because the alternatives do not seem much better. Now it seems there's another incentive to dropping old commuting habits and trying something new.

You may not get there any quicker, but recent evidence suggests varying the way you commute could help boost your intelligence by up to 40% in just one week.

I'm glad I choose to bike, especially after yesterday's nightmare journey.

If you already walk or cycle, taking a different route will give your neurons the desired workout. And since you have to get to work anyway, why not do it in a way that will make you that bit cleverer once you get there?

I chose a slightly different route this morning. Instead of bypassing the (small) hill in Kingsland I went that way. Railway tracks, more traffic, a hill, slow traffic. I feel much smarter already.