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I have this habit of being really obsessed with a particular kind of puzzle or an amount of time

could be weeks, could be months and making a habit of religiously doing that one kind of puzzle every day,

and sort of folding it into my routine, you may have a puzzle that is similar to you,

or you might be like me, and change which puzzle that is similar to you or you might be like me and change which puzzle that is.

And it might be one that I do in the morning.

And I will say that I used to do puzzles in the morning as a way of waking me up, as a way of engaging my brain

for the day. I used to do that a lot more regularly, but I haven't done that in a while.

I don't really need much help getting up in the morning these days.

Not to say that it isn't difficult to wake up, but I suppose it's probably more the case that

I don't really have much free time when I'm awake.

You know, I'm looking after a little one as soon as I'm awake.

And that is pretty good at getting your brain engaged.

I don't so much need a puzzle for that.

More so nowadays.

I'm finding puzzles that help me fall asleep at night. I'll do a few puzzles before I go to bed. And that is either through the relaxing element of that puzzle.

For some reason, it will have a relaxing element.

Or it is the fact that it is so taxing on my brain.

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