I love games - board games, word games, logic puzzles.
My morning routine includes a myriad of games - Squaredle, Symble, Wordle, Spelling Bee, The Mini crossword, Connections, and (depending on the day of the week) the NYT crossword.
In the evening I often do the Zebra Puzzles. At night, I get into bed, turn on my going-to-sleep noise and play a couple Sudokus.
And yet, somehow, it’s still never enough. So last week I did a Google search for “logic games” and discovered a website filled with hundreds of games. Not all of them are my cup of tea, but so far I’ve found six games that are my newest obsession.
I’ve spent many dozens of hours playing these games in the past week (and no, I’m not going to give you the URL because I don’t want to be complicit in anybody else’s descent into the abyss!)
This is something that happens once in a while - maybe every few years - I get lost down a rabbit hole of mindless activity. But it’s only really satisfying if the mindlessness is also stimulating my brain. How does that even make sense?
And then yesterday I realized - perhaps it’s my brain’s way of making order out of chaos. I’ve noticed my anxiety levels jumping lately as the situation in the United States makes less and less sense. As I continue to work on my memoir and I have to keep opening (metaphorical) veins in order to put words on the page.
Living in the US right now mirrors my childhood when every day had the potential to turn into a crisis. Even in moments when the crisis wasn’t happening, I was tense from waiting for it to happen. Or I was exhausted from crisis recovery.
And even as a child, I escaped into words and logic puzzles and anything that would let me bring order to chaos.
Once again, my brain is craving order. These games seem to be the best way I can provide it right now.
Yours in chaos,
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