We have an ongoing Community Puzzle table that has put together some neat ones. All throughout the year we have a puzzle set out on one of our tables upstairs so that anyone in the community can participate in putting it together. Take a look at some of the ones we've completed so far:
Puzzles are an underrated pastime activity. Yes, it is slow, sometimes tedious, but there is something you can glean from such a paced activity. Unlike the fast, flashy hobbies of today, puzzles require patience, perseverance, and concentration. It's a skill-building activity and one that has proven to result in other benefits aside from the obvious. When you participate in puzzling, you can: improve your memory, problem-solving, attention, spatial reasoning, and mood. It has also been associated with stress reduction and preventative brain health such as reducing the acceleration of mental aging. If you are concerned with dementia or other accelerated memory decline, puzzling can be the perfect way to work in some preventative care.
Putting together jigsaw puzzles isn't the only way you can improve your health. Doing crosswords or Sudoku can also have beneficial effects. Chess and Scrabble can improve problem-solving and critical thinking. Word searches and card games are also games that can help memory. There are so many options that are relatively cheap and easy to pick up with the intention of improving overall health. And here at the library you can participate in at least one of these activities with other people, so the added stimulation of companionable conversation might also serve a purpose.
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