They have grown from a way to pass time on my commute to a tether of sanity and order I cling to in this increasingly unstable and unreasonable reality. do it in your phone if you want but it’s better with a good old fashioned pencil
whilst travelling on the train with a friend, i picked up a newspaper and flicked through to the back to try my hand (and brain) at a crossword. what followed was disgruntled noises and writhing in our seats, we struggled BIG time and were lost for words ! however, the gratification of solving a few clues was enough for me to buy a pocket crosswords collection book. i try to do one every day (preferably in the morning with breakfast) and i'm gradually getting better at them. it's improving my vocabulary and keeps the brain rot at bay! we can take a few life lessons away from crosswords, such as patience, not overthinking shit (when i think less, the answers come to me) and always double check the fineprint !
because doing them on a phone or computer is so unsatisfying. give me a pen and a 2-year old partially completed xword and a clipboard - it's the best way to do it! so immensely fulfilling to finish the whole thing on pen and paper. PEN AND PAPER!!! not as good as the OG newsprint but it's the next best thing.
I got into it a few weeks ago and I can’t stop. I feel like that & Sudoku are underrated af (still have to get into sudoku tho). Especially when you want to do smth without your phone in mind 🧍🏾
Not every idea is a good idea. But maybe a small part of it is, or maybe it can grow into one, or maybe it will lead to the next good idea, or maybe you just need to get all those lousy ideas out of the way so the good ones have room to breathe. Or maybe it just feels good to write and this fixation on good vs bad ideas is the thing that’s in the way.
