THE
GENIUS
SECTION
9 Pages to sharpen
Your MindJigsaw puzzles aren’t just fun.
They can also relieve anxiety, especially when
you put them together, well, together.
PIECE
OF MIND
By Caitlin AgnewW
hile out shopping
for Christmas pres-
ents in 2018, I bought
myself a jigsaw puz-
zle on a whim. It was
an unusual buy, one that I now recog-
nize as an attempt at dealing with that
particular stress many of us experience
during the holidays. Don’t get me
wrong—I love seeing my family. Butholiday get-togethers have a way of
putting any personal shortcomings at
center stage. This cheery pink puzzle
had everything I felt I needed to dis-
tract myself in one box. And at $20, the
price was right. Why not?
As soon as I started on my puzzle,
I knew I’d found exactly what I was
looking for. Instead of my usual late-
night Netflix binge, I was sorting its114 april 2020 Photograph by Joleen ZubekReader’s Digest