I love this, Elisa. It reminds me of my own "strange" goal of jigsaw puzzling more. I thought that was a stupid goal and often ignored it, but going thru your exercise it's more about returning to a time when I made time for myself to do non-work-related things and cleared my head. It's a form of self-care. Question for you, though: What does "squicky" mean? Is it a derivation of squishy?
I think puzzles and games are excellent tools for clearing your mind and having you focus intently on something other than work or a problem or whatever. I really enjoy games for that reason. Squicky is kind of icky+. I think it's probably a portmanteau of squeamish and icky.
I love this, Elisa. It reminds me of my own "strange" goal of jigsaw puzzling more. I thought that was a stupid goal and often ignored it, but going thru your exercise it's more about returning to a time when I made time for myself to do non-work-related things and cleared my head. It's a form of self-care. Question for you, though: What does "squicky" mean? Is it a derivation of squishy?
I think puzzles and games are excellent tools for clearing your mind and having you focus intently on something other than work or a problem or whatever. I really enjoy games for that reason. Squicky is kind of icky+. I think it's probably a portmanteau of squeamish and icky.
I learned so much from this piece ;)
LOL.