Hobbies that calm you down: Jigsaw puzzles

Jigsaw puzzles: those things that make up a giant picture by putting together many weirdly shaped small pieces in the correct way. By Puzzle_Krypt.jpg: Munsderivative work: Schlurcher (Puzzle_Krypt.jpg) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons You probably played them when you were a kid and most likely your parents helped you solve them (I know mine …

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Hobbies to calm you down: Origami

Photo credit to: Carlos ZGZ A lot of people say that a good way to relieve stress is to take up a hobby of some sort. The reason behind this is to take your mind off of everything else, not just the things that stress you out, but everything else. The idea is to put …

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Gaming to control stress

In this blog I talk a lot about different ways to help calm yourself down, relax and manage your stress. I even try out these techniques myself because it seems unfair to tell other people what to do to manage stress and relax but then not try them out yourself. To me that’s a bit …

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Riddle me this (Riddle Solving and the mind)

Riddle me this, riddle me that, name me a fish that is round and flat. A puffer fish Did you like my riddle? What’s that? No! Okay. Well my bad riddle aside, the reason why I mention them at all is because of the way they make you think so that you can deduce what …

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