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Win a Piece & Quiet<br />
mindfulness pack<br />
For your chance to win a Piece &<br />
Quiet jigsaw puzzle, candle, and<br />
adult colouring book, simply send<br />
your answer to the following riddle<br />
to competitions@<strong>happiful</strong>.com:<br />
2. Time away from screens<br />
An article in the Independent<br />
investigated the time an adult<br />
will spend looking at screens<br />
in their lifetime, and it doesn’t<br />
make for good reading. They<br />
found that, on average, British<br />
adults were spending more<br />
than 13 hours a day looking<br />
at screens – that equates to<br />
more than 200 days a year.<br />
We are huge advocates for<br />
anything which helps to get<br />
this number down, and that<br />
gives us the opportunity to<br />
take the time to be present in<br />
the moment, and what better<br />
way to do that than with an<br />
artistic jigsaw puzzle?<br />
3. Increased cognitive ability<br />
Jigsaw puzzles are proven to<br />
exercise the mind, boosting<br />
cognition and visual-spatial<br />
reasoning, but they’ve also been<br />
shown to increase creativity and<br />
productivity. The science behind<br />
why jigsaws are so effective at<br />
kicking your brain into gear<br />
is that they engage both the<br />
left (analytical) and the right<br />
(creative) side of the brain.<br />
4. Reducing stress<br />
and anxiety<br />
Exercising both sides of the brain<br />
simultaneously has other benefits<br />
too. It allows brainwaves to move<br />
from a ‘beta’ state into an ‘alpha’<br />
What word gets shorter when<br />
you add two letters?<br />
Competition closes 16 September.<br />
UK and NI entries only. Good luck!<br />
state – the same state activated<br />
for dreaming, and where our<br />
subconscious comes into play –<br />
in other words, the mindful side.<br />
When times get tough, it’s<br />
remarkable what taking things<br />
back to basics can do for our<br />
mindset, and the rise in the<br />
popularity of jigsaw puzzles is the<br />
perfect example of this principle<br />
in action. So, whether you’re<br />
ready to dive into a 1,000-piece<br />
whopper, or want to start simple,<br />
it could be time to pick up the<br />
pieces of good wellbeing.<br />
<strong>happiful</strong>.com | September <strong>2021</strong> | 71
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