I called an intervention…

… on myself

1 hour a day.

Nothing more.

I didn’t know I could become obsessed with something but I was wrong.

I know other people can – my elder daughter is quite the geek when it comes to Doctor Who.

And I know a number of people who have a slight obsession with Lego – you know who you are!

But my obsession: Word Search.

I know – I’m rather embarrassed to admit this.

Let me explain:

I have solitaire on my home phone and enjoy the downtime it provides.

So I decided to find a game for my work phone.

I love words and I’d seen ads for various word search games when playing Solitaire (I don’t pay for ad free!), so I downloaded one.

There are different puzzles – standard letter grids with a list of words to find, but also ones where they hide some of the words behind smiley faces, just giving you a topic as a hint.

One game I initially struggled with.

Find the synonym – they give you a word and you have to find a similar one in the grid.

And it became really addictive, trying to find the answers, and that’s when I realised I was playing it all the time

It’s a good brain game, improving my vocabulary, so I don’t want to stop entirely.

So I’ve cut my game time.

I’ll see how that goes.

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