Thank you for the very worthwhile suggestion. I'm a Wordle fanatic and find that when a solution in my head is taking too long, just using a piece of paper to put down the letters and spaces I have is a tremendous help. I do my journaling with my camera. No subject escapes my lens. My images are uploaded to Google Photos and I have a Lenovo Smart Display screen on one of my kitchen counters that I watch first thing in morning as I prepare breakfast. Those images help me remember good times I might have otherwise forgotten.
Yes...these stress of these days can be and IS overwhelming so anything i can do to divert my attention from what's going on is very valuable. My husband prefers to have breakfast as he watches MSNBC's "dose of doom". I find Steve Hartman's videos about kindness very uplifting and would prefer to watch them! Discovered them on YouTube - another of my addictions. https://youtu.be/m4RssE5Mskg?si=eyhrOXEYI5IhSZ6g
Would also suggest for your readers who spend too much time sitting as their bodies deteriorating from misuse, to take a look at the exercises on this YouTube channel. I started with a 5 minute walking workout and am graduating to longer ones. Recommended it to my 89 year old sister and she's loving them: Channel is "yes2next".
Have to put a plug in for a YouTube Premium subscription. With it you can eliminate the ads that will start and interrupt your viewing. The selection of subjects on YouTube is enormous. When something around the house has to be fixed, we've found videos that have shown us the how-to. I love BBC's "Escape to the Country" real estate videos. Delightful escapes the not only show us incredible beautiful powerline-less country, but also make me appreciate my American home with built in STORAGE!
Love your posts, Deda. Puzzles DO have healing powers. Every day I do Wordle, Quordle, Octordle, the NYT mini crossword, Worldle (geography), Connections, Letter Boxed. Some days, I do miserably, but it keeps me from cursing at the news and lamenting how helpless I feel in these troubled times.
Thank you for this column! We each need to find something that brings us relief from the daily overload of stress-inducing news...the key is to find what works for each of us, and to allow ourselves to participate in that thing, guilt-free...before returning to the front!
Thank you for the very worthwhile suggestion. I'm a Wordle fanatic and find that when a solution in my head is taking too long, just using a piece of paper to put down the letters and spaces I have is a tremendous help. I do my journaling with my camera. No subject escapes my lens. My images are uploaded to Google Photos and I have a Lenovo Smart Display screen on one of my kitchen counters that I watch first thing in morning as I prepare breakfast. Those images help me remember good times I might have otherwise forgotten.
Yes...these stress of these days can be and IS overwhelming so anything i can do to divert my attention from what's going on is very valuable. My husband prefers to have breakfast as he watches MSNBC's "dose of doom". I find Steve Hartman's videos about kindness very uplifting and would prefer to watch them! Discovered them on YouTube - another of my addictions. https://youtu.be/m4RssE5Mskg?si=eyhrOXEYI5IhSZ6g
Would also suggest for your readers who spend too much time sitting as their bodies deteriorating from misuse, to take a look at the exercises on this YouTube channel. I started with a 5 minute walking workout and am graduating to longer ones. Recommended it to my 89 year old sister and she's loving them: Channel is "yes2next".
Have to put a plug in for a YouTube Premium subscription. With it you can eliminate the ads that will start and interrupt your viewing. The selection of subjects on YouTube is enormous. When something around the house has to be fixed, we've found videos that have shown us the how-to. I love BBC's "Escape to the Country" real estate videos. Delightful escapes the not only show us incredible beautiful powerline-less country, but also make me appreciate my American home with built in STORAGE!
Love your posts, Deda. Puzzles DO have healing powers. Every day I do Wordle, Quordle, Octordle, the NYT mini crossword, Worldle (geography), Connections, Letter Boxed. Some days, I do miserably, but it keeps me from cursing at the news and lamenting how helpless I feel in these troubled times.
Online links that bring a measure of peace to me:
upworthy.com
goodnewsnetwork.org
reasonstobecheerful.world
From the last link, here are 177 ways the world got better in 2023!!!!!!
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/the-year-in-cheer-2023/?utm_source=Reasons+to+be+Cheerful&utm_campaign=0387eb081d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_11_22_04_40_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_89fb038efe-0387eb081d-389830249
Thank you for this column! We each need to find something that brings us relief from the daily overload of stress-inducing news...the key is to find what works for each of us, and to allow ourselves to participate in that thing, guilt-free...before returning to the front!
Thank you Isabel and Deda as It's nice to know about others who enjoy puzzles.
My husband, Allen, and I work a crossword every day. We also work the NYT Connections Puzzle every day, and I do Wordle.
Our children and grandkids are all crossword and puzzle people!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!