Finding My Way Back To Puzzling

[@christopherbigelow6688]

Welcome back to puzzling 🙂...as an illustrator of puzzles I am not anti-speed puzzling, but what motivates me is the idea of someone spending a lot of time with an image, so keep it slow and ENJOY!

[@thepuzzlingcanadian]

Thank you. Over the last several months I haven't had the opportunity to truly appreciate an image and I am now looking foward to doing that.

[@aprilhussong2756]

I'm glad you are recovering well and that puzzles can beback in the mix. Another exhibit for the argument that speed puzzling is a sport!

[@thepuzzlingcanadian]

Thank you. I ended up being referred to a Sports Medicine Speciaist, so I would say your right, it is a good argument that speed puzzling is a sport.

[@evelyntheriault3698]

I’m so glad you gave us this update. I look forward to whatever content you are able eventually to provide. Take good care of yourself!

[@thepuzzlingcanadian]

Thank you. I appreciate the encouragement.

[@Puzzles_and_Parks_with_Kyla]

It's great to see you back! This is such an important reminder to listen to our bodies and take the time to heal and take care of ourselves. I just finished Nobody Wants This last night!! Need a Season 2! Looking forward to the advent calendar exchange too!

[@thepuzzlingcanadian]

Thank you. It's good to be back. Hopefully it wouldn't take too long before we see Season 2. Sometimes these streaming services take so long for the next season to come out and I forget what happened in the previous season.

[@Puzzles_and_Parks_with_Kyla]

@ so true with Netflix! I usually have to either do a rewatch or look for a KZbin recap because it’s always so long between seasons LOL

[@Laura_Stanford]

I hope you feel better soon Sandra. Take care of yourself and enjoy your casual puzzling. I would love to see more of the puzzling challenges you do on Instagram. I think you can do a Bingo style of challenge every month depending on what season we are on. Those are so much fun.

[@thepuzzlingcanadian]

Thank you for the feedback. I will be incorporating more challenges for next year.

[@janspearman9310]

Welcome back! So glad you're feeling better and healing your injury. Love your videos!

[@thepuzzlingcanadian]

Thank you!

[@stacyssassystyles]

So glad to see you back and hope you can find a happy medium 🎉

[@thepuzzlingcanadian]

Thank you.

[@puzzlesbypam2442]

I haven’t been on KZbin much lately. I’m so sorry to hear you were injured. Man that’s some intense speed puzzling!

[@thepuzzlingcanadian]

Yes it was. Never thought that could happen from speed puzzling.

[@ThaGamingMisfit]

Happy that you're doing better ! I'm going through a similar injury, but it's more my back and shoulder radiating to my arm. Going though active recovery and the pain is going up and down with no obvious progression, but yes I know what you're going through as almost everything we do in daily life is with our dominant arm. We only realize this once we experience pain and discomfort, all I want from Christmas is a painless shoulder 😊I hope your recovery will continue as well as it is going for you now !

[@thepuzzlingcanadian]

So sorry that you are going through something similar. I agree with you. We don't really realize how good we had it until pain slows you down and changes your daily life. I hope you get your Christmas wish and start the new year pain free. Thanks for sharing.

[@cielvt]

Due to professional strains, ive developed carpal tunnel and tendonitis right arm/shoulder and now because of my left trying to comoensate, its becoming quite bad as well. All that to say, listen to yourself and take your time. As for puzzling, again, nothing wrong in a casual puzz. I do a solo 1000pcs over a week or two and enjoy it immensely! I still get a weekly speed comp in with friends , but tbh, some of the other regular teams and their attitudes are beginning to take a toll. So yeah, slow and enjoyable, is quite a nice change. Feel better!

[@thepuzzlingcanadian]

Thank you. Sorry to hear you are going through a similar scenario. It is not fun especially when it interferes with puzzling. I look foward to the change of pace and taking my time with puzzling. Thanks for sharing.

[@lavernehodge3320]

Glad you're back and doing better. You've been missed. Take your time to heal. Healing never seems to happen as fast as we would like so be patient.

[@thepuzzlingcanadian]

Thank you. It feels good to be back.

[@LadyKitsunetsuki]

Looking forward to casual puzzle content. Hope your arm recovers.

[@thepuzzlingcanadian]

Thank you. I'm looking foward to it also.

[@clarkkent7973]

Love casual puzzling. To be honest, I am tired of speed puzzling videos. Love the background that you selected for this video of many wonderful puzzles.

[@thepuzzlingcanadian]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the background. I like to change it up once in awhile for the videos.

[@PurrfectlyPuzzled]

I'm so happy to hear your hand/wrist is on the mend. It was so nice to see your face again on KZbin, you always have great content but I'd rather know you are taking care of yourself and giving yourself the time to heal completely. I'll keep an eye out for Thursday videos and enjoy some of your previous videos in the meantime. Take care and happy slow casual occasional puzzling!

[@thepuzzlingcanadian]

That's very kind of you. Thanks so much.

[@kellym4310]

Good for you for putting your heath first. Wishing you a speedy recovery. Nice video. 💕

[@thepuzzlingcanadian]

Thanks!

[@judygibson5386]

Thank you so much for your reminder that we need to pay attention to self-care! Glad you're feeling better!

[@thepuzzlingcanadian]

You're welcome. My brain still thinks I'm 30 but my body is telling me otherwise.

[@sandyspuzzlepieces]

I'm glad you're taking care of yourself, Sandra! It's nice that you felt well enough that you were able to do the Advent Calendar Exchange puzzle. I'll soon find out if it was my puzzle you were doing! 😂 I love to speed puzzle, but I do like to have a balance of speed practice and casual puzzling. That makes all parts of my puzzling soul happy. 🥰 Keep resting up!

[@thepuzzlingcanadian]

Thanks. It's great to be back to puzzling even if it's just a little bit each week.

[@pamelafranzen2771]

Glad that you are back to puzzling…you were missed. I have learned that it is important to include your nondominant hand consistently while puzzling to prevent strain. Our bodies work best in tandem!

[@thepuzzlingcanadian]

Yes, you are correct. I tried practicing with my left hand several months ago but my right hand always jumped in to finish the puzzle. Now that the right is injured I have no choice but to use the left predominantly. It has been a work in progress.

[@bonniewalker5225]

Welcome back.

[@thepuzzlingcanadian]

Thanks!

[@Maggie-tr2kd]

I hope you are fully recovered soon. Enjoy casual puzzling. Casual puzzling is sort of like fine dining whereas speed puzzling, for me, is like grabbing a fast-food meal.

[@thepuzzlingcanadian]

That's a great analogy!

[@Gail_Pr468]

Glad you letting your body heal. As for video ideas, I would love to hear your thoughts on how the last year or so has changed you as a puzzler. I know there are bits of comments on this in all the videos during this time - but - a video where you give an overall picture of how you have changed - for example - your taste in puzzles ( even casual ones ) - your puzzling skills - how you approach working a casual puzzle, now versus before - other changes in your puzzling skills and how this affects casual puzzling - basically - how your puzzling brain has changed !! But stay casual as long as you need !!!!!!!!

[@thepuzzlingcanadian]

Thank you for this idea. It is a great suggestion and I will incorporate it into a year end review video.

[@joeyotten2091]

Welcome back! I seriously just finished Nobody Wants This just before I opened up KZbin and found your video! It was cute. I am very interested in seeing your secret Santa advent calendar thing too! Are you going to be involved with the Winter Puzzle Olympics?

[@thepuzzlingcanadian]

Thanks! I really enjoyed Nobody Wants This. Can't wait for season 2. For this round I am not part of the volunteer team. I will most likely register for the Winter Olympics and might do a few puzzles if I'm feeling up to it. Just taking it at a slow pace.

[@sybilwinfield538]

Glad you are feeling better. It seems that there are many people who need to finish their puzzles in one sitting. There is nothing wrong with casual slow puzzling. Take care of yourself

[@thepuzzlingcanadian]

@@sybilwinfield538 thanks!

[@Lori-lf9gx]

I was wondering what happened cause you were quite regular with video posting before. I'm so sorry you were in pain! I'm glad to hear you are recovering well and continue to strengthen and take good care. As to ideas for future videos, I'd like to see you compare the different piece counts of a specific brand to see what differences there are between the piece counts. For example, a Galison 300, 500, 1000 are all very different in piece size, thickness, surface, feel, sturdiness, fit etc. But, pick any brand you want to do. Different brand review, but not small companies not accessible to most of us. I have never seen puzzle channel reviews of significant brands such as Dowdle, Aquarius, Educa, or Belvedere (part of Trefl co. but different) etc. You could do a poll in the community section and ask your viewers which brand we'd like to see next reviewed.

[@thepuzzlingcanadian]

This is a great suggestion. Thank you very much for taking the time to share that with me.

[@Lori-lf9gx]

@@thepuzzlingcanadian You're most welcome! I look forward to seeing it!