It is important to exercise my mind. That is why I joined a bridge club several years ago. I found reading helped too. I only went to grade 11, and then took business courses. When I went for a mature student contest, in my 60s my English was grade 13 plus. Now that I am older, things are slowing down. I told my son the other day that my brain only retained one thought at a time. He said, "Mom that is how it is suppose to be." I replied, "Well I was able to multi-task in the past, the more the better." Some days the brain doesn't even want to retain one thought.
Discipline is not something I do well these day, in the past it was organized chaos, yet even though my desk was messy, I could put my hand on what I needed. If I put things in order, they never stayed that way. It is better in recovery, but discipline is not one of my strong points. It is more like self-abuse if I do something wrong, so had to change that too. All I am asked to do is try. I do need my God guiding my day.