I am trying something new this year. In the past years, I’ve used an advent calendar to count down to Christmas, and I enjoy the process. This year, I saw a commercial for a Christmas jigsaw puzzle where you get a certain number of pieces to place each day. That, I thought, would be a welcome new tradition. When I was younger, I loved puzzles, but when I started getting migraines, I stopped assembling jigsaw puzzles. I got migraines from bending forward and looking down at the jigsaw puzzle, so I had to take a lot of breaks, which prolonged the time I spent finishing the jigsaw puzzle, and I gave up on it.

I didn’t like the price tag on the Christmas jigsaw puzzle, so I figured I would buy another one and finish that instead. To my surprise, I found the same jigsaw puzzle for a third of the Christmas jigsaw puzzle price; I just had to divide the jigsaw puzzle myself. I bought it and have started assembling it. I don’t pay much attention to how many pieces I place daily; I just want to finish before Christmas Eve. I prefer finishing it on my last work day before Christmas.