Collected Item: “A Puzzling Distraction”
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A Puzzling Distraction
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Photograph of Puzzles from Lockdown, in Melbourne, Australia.
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HIST30060. Millions of people picked up hobbies during their respective lockdowns, mine happened to be puzzles. A few in this photo I had before lockdown, but most was bought in the lead up to, as well as during. I bought my first colour puzzle about a month before lockdown started, when I first discovered the board games store Mind Games in Melbourne's CBD, though I did not touch it until study at home began. These puzzles gave me something I could be good at, with only one still incomplete months after I first got it (in my defence, it changes colour). They allowed me to multitask, I would watch movies for university while I had a puzzle in front of me, I discovered so much music through my Spotify recommended playlists that have become solid favourites, I've caught up on podcasts that were usually relegated to my daily commute to university. They gave me something I could control, in a time of change and confusion, a welcome distraction from everything happening outside of my house.
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#Puzzles, #Lockdown, #Isolation, #Distraction, #Victoria, #Australia, #Comfort, #Control,
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Meg Bate
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2020-11-04