We have all been confronted with something we have dubbed as a "problem" that we feel we cannot deal with. Or at least we haven't found a way yet. Either that's what we're going to wear on an outing, or it's about relationships or life problems. We have the solution for you: buy a puzzle.
Step 1
Yes yes, we get it. You were surprised. Which puzzle? Youn are desperately looking for solutions here and you will leave your precious time for a puzzle? And yet! Since you don't already have the solution you're looking for, what do you have to lose?So get out there, even if it's on websites right now. There are ways. Look for the one that suits you best or the one that first appeared to you. Black and white or colorful? A landscape in a winter destination or something that will bring summer a little closer? An image full of romance or loneliness? The restriction is only one. At least 1500 pieces.
Step 2
So let's assume that this has reached your door and you have agreed to be left with your childhood for a while. After all, see it as a gift to yourself. Select the spot now where you will place the puzzle as long as you make it. Keep in mind that it must be somewhere convenient to deal with, but not too far away as you will leave it on the second day. Somewhere you can see it. Someone once turned it into a placemat as he made it. So settle with your puzzle. Get comfortable, get to know each other. Turn all 1500 (at least) pieces sou you can see them clearly and see what you have in front of you. But of course it will be the last time you see everything from the one side, only until you finish it of course! So start at the edges and aim to complete the outline. If you knew this, someone once had no idea where to start and had abandoned a plethora of puzzles. Now we all know. A small corner is enough to start, as long as you want and do it…
Step 3
Once the outline is complete, a first sense of relief will surely overwhelm you. We did something, we completed something, we found something. Immediately after, of course, one thinks of all this space that one has to build. Small pieces here and there that no one has an idea of where they should be placed. Somewhere there the difficulties begin. Deep breath. Some pieces stick together, something forms but does not stick with the rest anywhere. Still. Scattered pieces here and there and so the nerves are scattered. Time passes, but the puzzle looks the same. But nothing is the same. In frustration, one is convinced that some pieces are stuck together. But here it is! I'm sure, almost ... Somewhere in there, here's a good place to take a break and admit it.
You begin again the next day and suddenly everything looks clearer. You see progress and that gives you the strength to keep going and to have other pieces find their place. Until you get stuck again… Until recently there was a figure, a design. Now what happens when everything looks the samePieces, fall right and left, pieces are missing and you think the puzzle will never be complete. Maybe this thought will overwhelm you several times. And there's this piece you're looking for so much and guess what! It's nowhere.
Step 4
And there you step with your foot on a piece that had fallen down. And someone comes and finds one under the couch or behind the pillow. And you both work together on the same project. You sit down together and watch the progress, that goes in there, this goes overhere, lets help its other. And you need it, because who doesn't need a little help when times gets difficult?
And there magically the piece that you were looking for so much, is in front of you. You found it. It's as if it was there to smile at you for so long. You found it the moment you were really ready. And suddenly there are 20 pieces left and everything ties in with time so quickly and so harmoniously. And you know that you are tired from trying but it was worth it because your image is better than the cover. And if you had to go through all that again, you would. Because the missing pieces you couldn't find stubbornly brought you to the puzzle the next day, more prepared, with a clearer mind. If you hadn't been annoyed and tossed the pieces, there would be no help. But you did everything yourself. Simply because you made the decision to find your puzzle.