ride along my jigsaw š§© contest trip
iām in Valladolid Spain (itās a couple hours outside Madrid), taking part of the world jigsaw puzzle championship here. my qualification round is at 2p CET today. we get 90 minutes to do as much of a 500 piece puzzle as possible, and the top 60 (out of about 300) advance.
iāve been posting snippets in the āstoriesā part on my Instagram, you can ride along: www.Instagram.com/aaronross383
I found about about the event two or three months ago, and while part of me thought āwho am I to competeā¦ā when I saw it was a simple sign up ā¦āwhy not?! yeah!ā
I do love jigsaw puzzles, and Iād lost track of that for around 40 years. (but I have LOVED esacape rooms for the past 10 yearsā¦ ohhhh I just realized there must be one in Valladolid I can do tonight ok gonna look that up)ā¦
i rediscovered jigsaw for myself last year while in Los Angeles. i was there for almost two months helping my teens (esp my son) son through a bunch of post-pandemic school, moving and other shit. I randomly saw and grabbed a 3000 piece one that I did over about a month.
PS:::: maybe ya think āwhew I wish I could take time off to do thatā¦ must be niceā¦ā well- why not? unless youāre a single parent or taking care of someone with intense needs, really - why not do something you wanna do for no other reason than ājust becauseā? some people around you will want you to justify it with some kind of ROI for them. āI just need to do thisā will be enough for people that CARE about you.
most people know of me because of sales and money. YES everybody wants to make more money, in more enjoyable ways - have- me too. and Iām closer to writing a series on money. sometimes the way there is indirect / non-obvious, such as following your āwhispersā and random interests that call to you. there will always be many rational reasons for you to avoid following youāre āirrationalā dreams and desires (like having a monstrous family), but thatās where the best stuff comes from!
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ps - I had two SMALL beers (8-10oz) last night with dinner and woke with a light hangover!? ā¦ yay 50. a snap from one of the insta stories this morning ā¦