It's hard to shake the habit of thinking that spending time on any kind of puzzle is a waste, and grown ups ought to be more usefully occupied. On the rare occasion that a jigsaw puzzle comes my way I feel a sort of guilty pleasure in the sorting of corbers and edges, sky and trees. But it is true, that occupying your eyes, hands and brain with a puzzle of some sort, jigsaw, crossword, tangram or rubiks cube, does stop the anxieties and stresses of lufevtaking over ones thoughts and tensing ones muscles.
I like a puzzle - a wordsearch,an anagram, a riddle, or maybe a Wordle or Soduko as I sip a steaming cup of coffee. Jigsaws used tovbe the domain of children or 'old folks', and now I am retired I find myself slightly holding back on this activity, thinking of myself as not yet old!!
Usually my solo life is fine , melded in with pleasing myself , being self reliant and not needy . Suddenly I feel vulnerable and alone . Solitude is becoming too much and maybe this is a good sign in disguise . It is real progress and is associated with a traumatic event occurring in 2019 when I was burnt out . Before I was energetic extrovert then destroyed by overwork. Overtaken by Agrophobia , anxiety and socially opting out .
Is the puzzle found ? My missing part , the me once beaten down , now restored . Have I come back from the ashes as me the one wanting better and desiring to integrate my missing piece with what I am in my best of now ?
Questions explored . All my puzzling , my writing about absence as a hopeless case . It makes sense now . So glad of this prompt it has been really helpful . Thank you so much .
This is such an important share and I can really relate - I strongly feel the same at the moment. I think we have both gone through a process of death and rebirth and perhaps it's time for a new chapter with the best bits of both? Who knows, but it's great to explore and you did it beautifully here, great use of the prompt <3
It's hard to shake the habit of thinking that spending time on any kind of puzzle is a waste, and grown ups ought to be more usefully occupied. On the rare occasion that a jigsaw puzzle comes my way I feel a sort of guilty pleasure in the sorting of corbers and edges, sky and trees. But it is true, that occupying your eyes, hands and brain with a puzzle of some sort, jigsaw, crossword, tangram or rubiks cube, does stop the anxieties and stresses of lufevtaking over ones thoughts and tensing ones muscles.
I like a puzzle - a wordsearch,an anagram, a riddle, or maybe a Wordle or Soduko as I sip a steaming cup of coffee. Jigsaws used tovbe the domain of children or 'old folks', and now I am retired I find myself slightly holding back on this activity, thinking of myself as not yet old!!
I agree! I think we should bring back Puzzles for all! <3
Prompt vent 18
Puzzle
My mojo
Must be the missing piece
Gone astray
AWOL
It is truly alarming what can I do ?
It is a puzzle
when taken
for granted
Contentment smashed into smithereens .
I don’t like it one bit
My life is still intact
just components
To question
isolation and loneliness
Decisions to make
About being my best
Usually my solo life is fine , melded in with pleasing myself , being self reliant and not needy . Suddenly I feel vulnerable and alone . Solitude is becoming too much and maybe this is a good sign in disguise . It is real progress and is associated with a traumatic event occurring in 2019 when I was burnt out . Before I was energetic extrovert then destroyed by overwork. Overtaken by Agrophobia , anxiety and socially opting out .
Is the puzzle found ? My missing part , the me once beaten down , now restored . Have I come back from the ashes as me the one wanting better and desiring to integrate my missing piece with what I am in my best of now ?
Questions explored . All my puzzling , my writing about absence as a hopeless case . It makes sense now . So glad of this prompt it has been really helpful . Thank you so much .
This is such an important share and I can really relate - I strongly feel the same at the moment. I think we have both gone through a process of death and rebirth and perhaps it's time for a new chapter with the best bits of both? Who knows, but it's great to explore and you did it beautifully here, great use of the prompt <3
Thank you so much , it’s lovely when someone else can relate and understand .
PromptVent day 18
PUZZLE
Life is like a jigsaw puzzle
some pieces fit together easily
and know their place
Some pieces seem lost and can’t find where they belong
And some seem as though they’re from a completely
different game and wonder why they’re there at all