A Life In Boxes
The Art of Placing One Thing Where It Truly Belongs
Life is like a box ofโฆ
Sudoku.
You donโt solve it by looking at the full picture. You have to analyze one square at a time.
If this sounds generally helpful, but youโre like โMadison, thatโs cute and all, but I donโt know how to actually apply that to my life.โ Good news!
Itโs Sub Sunday, our paid post day.
Which means Iโm going to give you a very specific example of how to apply Sudokuโs game logic to anything in your life.
I actually just started replaying Sudoku again recently because I was craving gaming so much. I was on a work trip in Detroit just a few weeks into my new job, and didnโt have the ability to accomplish much at certain times like I normally would at home. I was sitting in the airport, waiting for a meeting to start, sitting in an Uber, and I was a bit too exhausted to focus on reading. SoโฆSudoku.
And how might thinking like Sudoku help you?
Have you ever been overwhelmed and donโt know where to start?
I have. Very recently in my move. All the time. Every day, actually. Imagine waking up and not even being sure where your toothpaste is. Thatโs what happens when you move right before starting a new job. (Iโm exaggerating. I put all my crucial bathroom items in one bag and knew where it was from the very first evening, but you know what I mean. I definitely struggled to find my coffee, and that was quite the ordeal).
Or have you ever asked yourself any of the following:
What do I even do first?
What actually matters today?
What can I put down without everything falling apart?
I solved these questions for myself this week. The last few weeks. The last few months. And Iโm going to tell you very specifically about how Sudoku helped me with these exact questions today.
You see, the best way to start any game of Sudoku is to identify the: