Tools for getting mentally fit
This past few weeks I've been challenging myself to lose a few kilos, get a little fitter and consume more wisely. It's a sort of advance New Year's resolution and maybe by getting ahead of time there is a chance of avoiding the over indulgence that seems to go hand to mouth with the festive season. Along with the physical challenges, I've been keen to exercise my brain more in a bid to get sharper on that front too. One of the ways I've been doing that is through word puzzles. We're keen fans of crosswords in our house and, although we sometimes share answers to clues, each of us likes to treat the crossword as a personal challenge. Respecting that individual approach we've even taken to photocopying the crossword so that we can each have a clean copy. Over the past weeks of this fitness regime I've begun to notice that the solutions are coming much more quickly and so I've started to keep a record of how long each puzzle has taken to com...