{"id":574,"date":"2024-04-22T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codez.me\/?p=574"},"modified":"2024-04-24T01:22:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T01:22:24","slug":"how-puzzling-can-help-you-get-your-edge-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codez.me\/index.php\/2024\/04\/22\/how-puzzling-can-help-you-get-your-edge-back\/","title":{"rendered":"How puzzling can help you get your edge back"},"content":{"rendered":"
I\u2019ve completed 17 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzles in the past 14 weeks. Mostly by myself.<\/p>\n
Over that same time, I also cut way back on booze, halved my phone screen time (okay, it\u2019s maybe 30% less), and gone on a dozen hikes. All without losing a single cardboard piece.<\/p>\n
I never really saw myself as a puzzler, but it\u2019s become a nice way to put aside the problems of the world and focus on something else for five or 10 minutes, or for a couple of hours. It helps with my sometimes short attention span, and puzzles are extremely satisfying to finish.<\/p>\n
And while 17 puzzles might sound like a lot, it\u2019s nothing when you consider that Northglenn\u2019s Erin Leidy had so many puzzles in her house at one point \u2013 \u201ca couple hundred at least,\u201d she says \u2013 that she had to start a business just to get rid of them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey take up so much room. And I didn\u2019t have any more room,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n