GUEST BLOG / By the Staff of one of the leading U.S. puzzle makers Pomegranate.com--Did you know by working on a jigsaw puzzle you’ve done something fabulous for yourself?
When you work on a puzzle, you can expect amazing satisfaction and improvements to your mind, body, and relationships. It’s true! What do we mean by saying doing a puzzle (or two!) can improve almost every aspect of your life? Well …
→ It makes you smarter
Working on a challenging puzzle can increase your IQ level and productivity, help to exercise both sides of your brain, and improve your short-term memory. For example, a puzzle aficionado reports that she found a 1000 piece puzzle in a thrift store (a person who counts every piece before launching the solution process). The jigsaw puzzle was of the entire front page of the October 22, 1949 edition of the New York Times. In solving the puzzle, she discovered so much of what was happening in the world then and the extreme depth of the “Red Scare/Communist infiltration.” Reading every word of the front page of any newspaper has to make you smarter.
→ It decreases stress
The meditative act of doing a puzzle and taking time away from our busy schedules, screens, and technology is a natural de-stresser! Puzzles compress time. They make us focus and strategize and above all it zens us into being far more patient than we realize. It champions one day at a time thinking to reach a long range goal. Perfect to exercise and/or exorcize our compulsive natures.
→ It builds relationships By teaming up with friends and family to complete a puzzle you can expect to get to know each other better, improve your teamwork, and spend quality time with a common focus. 300-piece puzzles have larger pieces and are a mini-challenge to complete with relatives young and old. And it also allows for time to be with yourself. Recall the old line: “time flies when you’re having fun.”
→ It opens the door to art in your everyday life! Methodically assembling art piece-by-piece encourages you to dig into the details of your favorite art. By doing an art puzzle we can finally know the difference between Monet and Manet. Art=joy! Puzzles=art!
Text for this post came from an advertisement by Pomegranate.com with a few comments added [in italics] by PillartoPost.org
Happy puzzling!
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