Month completed: November 2009

There is something quite nice, I find, about doing a jigsaw puzzle. I think it might be that in order to solve it most efficiently, you need to develop a process (i.e. start by finding the corner pieces, then the side pieces, then all the bits that are just sky and so on).

Being random in approach and having no process at all means the job will fail or take ten times as long.

A little like life perhaps.

The other thing I like about a jigsaw is seeing the finished product. Which is why for this goal, I decided to embark on a 540-piece 3D puzzle of the globe, because the finished product is a great piece to display.

And as I found, quite a challenge not just finding the right pieces, but also the act of putting them together.

Here’s some shots, of the start, the middle and the end of the puzzle.

Just getting started – wondering just where to start

This thing is starting to take some shape. If I stopped now it would make a cool, but very fragile, fruit bowl

I have conquered the world!

I really enjoyed this goal, and think I will buy another – in a toy store the other day I saw one called ‘Pooh Sticks‘ – I was tempted but held off. What a ridiculous name.