Comments on: TBT Scorecard: Some progress on effortful fun

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 13:25:42 +0000

@Lisa – yep, I assume that puzzles stick better together the more pieces you have – more reinforcement!

By: Cb

Cb — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 09:01:32 +0000

I tend to start scribbling down notes for the following week on Wednesday or so, but sit down and do the proper plan (on one of those giant sticky notes which goes in my planner) on Friday. This is partially informed by my teaching schedule but also stuff that comes in unexpectedly which would derail my weekly plan. (ie. I received proofs of an article yesterday, don’t have time to tackle it this week, but can block out my diary for Monday to get them done)

By: Lisa of Lisa's Yarns

Lisa of Lisa's Yarns — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 20:41:25 +0000

In reply to Laura Vanderkam. I have a puzzle mat that sounds similar to Laura's. I just started to do another puzzle this month after not doing one for many months. I absolutely have to put the puzzle away each night because our toddler will mess with it! There is no where to put it that he wouldn't get into it. The mat actually works really well, but the more you have put together, the better it works. The first night I only had the border done and it kind of came apart in chunks. But overall, I would still highly recommend it, especially if you have tiny kids that will walk away with puzzle pieces!

By: Elisa

Elisa — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 19:48:37 +0000

I’m with you on shortening prep time. Sometimes it backfires but for stuff like packing and party prep, it works much better for me to have a deadline.

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 15:47:55 +0000

In reply to Elisabeth.

@Elisabeth – glad you like the breakdown! Some entries are always more interesting than others, but it does help keep me accountable…

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 15:46:58 +0000

In reply to Amy.

@Amy – I don’t know if they work yet! I bought whatever Amazon was recommending – it has an inflatable component and you wrap the black mat tightly around that. I actually haven’t tried it as that yet since we haven’t needed our dining room table! But I wanted to be sure I had that possibility, just in case…

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 15:43:08 +0000

Gah. Life was all over the place last week and I didn’t actively track too many things…but I did walk outside at least 1 km each day (I guess that’s technically more than 3x/week is a habit) and posted to the blog 5 times. I mostly got to bed by 10:30, but not always and one night was awake from 3:30 am on, but I was productive on work tasks.

I absolutely love when you break down your week this way (into the categories/rules from TBT)!

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 14:28:33 +0000

This is a totally trivial question but… What puzzle mat do you use and do you like it?? We have limited table space, but I’d love to work on puzzles more often and wondered if those mats really work.