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Hope you're doing well! I miss you but puzzle funks can be so strong sometimes. I havent done one since October 🙈 I've been hooked on crochet

Just wondering how your doing?

Unfortunately taking a passion and making video content causes burnout a lot. I see RUclipsrs in different genres lose their passion. I’ve done puzzles off and on all my life and got back into it but the joy is already starting to wane. Puzzle quality isn’t what it used to be in even the longtime brands. I have too many other things I do or want to do to just make my life one hobby. Puzzling becoming speed contests is disturbing. Taking something fun and turning it into something competitive and stressful.

I’ve loved Springbok since the 70’s and have some of the earlier round puzzles from the 60’s. My fave is Prize Dogs. Another favorite from 1976 is a square one called Doodle Dads and Boogle Bugs which is a photo collage of fishing lures. I never cared for the octagonal puzzles. The quality today certainly isn’t like the vintage ones.

Great video!

I just finished the Yazz puzzle Cat & Books and completely agree with your review. In fact, I enjoyed this puzzle so much, I searched for this brand and found your review. This will not be my last Yazz brand puzzle I purchase! Thank you for your review.

Hi. How many puzzles do you complete in a year? Also, when you buy so many, do you still like each one as much when you finally get around to doing them? It was a very interesting video.

Happy New Year! Cheers and good thoughts for 2025😊

Happy New Year 🎉

Thinking of you off and on and hoping you are well. Hard to believe it is December! Hoping you are finding your way through the puzzle funk and beyond. Maybe you've found a new hobby. Just wanted to let you know you are missed! No matter what, may you find joy in the holiday season and whatever it is you chose to do!

Sure miss your videos, hope the funk is coming to an end!!!

puzzles are no longer available, for those wondering.

Thanks!

Hi Shannon, I just thought I would check in with you to see how things are going for you. I hope you and your family are well. Please accept my best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a relaxing holiday. 😺🎄

Hi, Shannon. Hope you’re enjoying your holidays!

November 27, 2024....I just wanted to send you well wishes and wish you a Happy Thanksgiving. Hang in there.🦃🧩🥧

I can relate. I have cycled in and out of a puzzle funk a good part of this year. Most of my funk has come from grief, death of beloved cat and father, post-surgery, or pain, fatigue, overwhelm. I usually let it rest a little while and read or pursue other hobbies but then I often start by switching to wooden puzzles or very small piece count puzzles. Wooden Puzzles are somehow a different animal for me, slower, more meditative and more of a treat. Doing several of these often will allow me to transition back into cardboard puzzles. Working puzzles that are under 500 pieces also has helped. They require less time, less concentration and provide more instant gratification. If you have any Advent calendar puzzles, try working one of those early. Maybe try working a puzzle with someone. I have also been known just to pull out three or four puzzles a night and simply sort out edge pieces and rebag them when in a funk. At least i have my hands in pieces and eventually one usually entices me to re-start. ❤

How big is your puzzle room? You have so many beautiful puzzles. How do you store and display them. How do you cut down, do you ever sell or give them away? Do a giveaway to get people to subscribe. Having a chance to win a puzzle I can’t afford would be fun. Just a suggestion. Show us your storage room please. 🎶

Wow. I don’t know how you afford so many puzzles. Love so many of them. I enjoy seeing so many brands that I haven’t seen. Beautiful puzzles. 💕

I turn to my stack of books waiting to read. Or I do a diamond painting. Don’t fret, you will come around, enjoy the break. ❤

The cubes puzzle looks like something you would see qbert jumping on

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Not much of a fan of Springbok puzzles. I put my money on other brands with better quality. Good review. 💕

Thinking of you and hoping all is well. Miss your wonderful videos!

Shannon. Summer is over and it is about to be Halloween. You need to come back, I miss you

Hi Shannon! Sorry to hear about the puzzle funk. It’s okay. You’ll get back to it when you feel like it. I really enjoy crochet, so that’s my guess what you are doing. Let me know if you want to get together for a walk sometime soon. A little sunshine and exercise always makes me feel better ❤

Shannon, I hope you are feeling like puzzling again. We miss you.

When is the next puzzle olympics?

So funny that you don't like the squishy feel of the puzzle pieces, because I love, love, love that squishy feel, and I can't stand the hard feeling of brands like Galison or Mudpuppy - yuck.

Just checking on you. Hope you are enjoying your puzzle break.

I once pried myself out a puzzle funk by selecting some of my lower count puzzles (mostly 300 piece and some 500 piece puzzles), drove over to a senior day recreation center, donated them, and stayed just long enough to meet some of the seniors and share some of my puzzle assembly tips. I found that by reaching out to others, I somehow recaptured my desire to puzzle. Something to keep in mind is that it is natural to take a break from an activity for a while and maybe that is all you need. Like others here, I would guess your new interest is diamond painting.

I'm not sure i can support a more expensive puzzle when they ise AI to generate their images. As they are putting less overhead into their puzzles by not licensing or commissioning artists.

Oh dear, you are not in a happy place at the moment are you. 😢 I think the term is known as burn out. I wonder if you have been buying too many and feel obliged to do them all? That would be putting too much pressure on yourself. Whatever your new hobby is I hope it is something completely different. Eventually you will get back to puzzles perhaps because you have seen an exciting image. May I suggest that you set yourself a target of only buying a set (small) number of puzzles each month? There is no obligation to buy vast quantities of puzzles to the extent that you never get through them all. Do smaller counts. I've done very low count puzzles just for fun, usually kids ones. I recently did a set of four 100 piece puzzles called Shopkins, Ravensburger brand, just for the sheer fun of doing so. Take your time, get out into the fresh air and return when you are ready. I know what it is like to be short, I'm 5' 1" myself. My apologies for rabbiting on rather. 🐇See you again when you are ready.

I would not buy the A&F precisely because of the artwork being more saturated, and would buy the pomegranate over it! Because the pomegranate one is closer and truer to the actual painting by Olga! She painted it to be a cool tone with blues and greys more prominent with a cold feeling to this artwork. I don’t like the tweaking a&f has done to warm up the artwork and saturate it unnecessarily. Thanks for the video anyways, very interesting

Diamond painting is your new hobby

How are you doing? I miss your posts but more importantly, I miss your fun personality.

Thinking of you Shannon. Love your content. Put on some clips on Raygun to cheer yourself up 😅

Im looking for a good challenge

Miss your content. Hope your puzzle mojo is coming back!

Hi there! What exactly do you mean by sorting the edge pieces...you mean the pieces that have exact the same form of shape?

Oh 😥, just tuned in to your video and read all of these lovely comments Shannon. Your videos have been fantastic and if that is it we want to say “thank you so much”. Your new hobbie is something musical (guessing!). If you get back into jigsaws we’d love a video but completely understand a break is needed. Warmest wishes from Melbourne Australia. Mark+Chris😄😎

I agree possibly diamond painting.

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I do not care for them past and now I tried older and they were have moldly smell . I pass them at thrift stores .

I am also in a bit of a puzzle funk! Haven't really felt like puzzling which is strange for me too! I've just been busy with other things, like work and life, but it's pretty rare when i don't totally want to puzzle. I don't know how to get out of it, but maybe find a cute, bright, small count puzzle to do while watching tv! Sometimes just puzzling for the fun of it helps. Hope you find some peace and happiness and some puzzle fun! 🥰🧩 On a side note, I remember waiting every 4 years for the olympics. Gymnastics has always been my favorite event as well! And ice skating!

Wow! This was an amazing video and it must have taken you forever to put it together. I love listening to your reasoning reasoning about the puzzles and it given me new ways to think about mine. I’m just on my tenth puzzle as an adult puzzler and I find it all very interesting.

I definitely have ups and downs with puzzling. My guess for your new hobby is diamond painting.

Thanks for the update. Nothing wrong with a break. Take the time to enjoy the rest of the Olympics. I plan to watch the opening ceremonies again! Try some smaller puzzles to get back into the groove. I took five days off and was afraid I’d lost my motivation and I’d have loads of unassembled puzzles representing money down the drain! I also think when you have an overwhelming amount of puzzles it’s hard to make a choice where to resume.

You have been missed. Hope you can get a nice break and come back, but if not ultimately you have to take care of yourself first. ❤

Hi. I had noticed your absence and was looking back on your prior posts so that I could comment and ask where you have been. Well, I never got around to doing that so I was very excited to see your new post. However, I was dismayed to hear that you are in a puzzle funk. You inspire me to try new brands (I love your brand review videos), and have cost me a bit of change in trying out new puzzles (certainly not a complaint). I’m not sure what your new hobby could be (color by number, diamond painting?), but would love to see you back with your extensive and informative videos. Perhaps, since you have been in a funk for 5 weeks and not purchased any new puzzles (good presumption?), you might want to use that ‘saved’ money that would have been spent and splurge on a new coveted puzzle that you have wanted for quite some time and couldn’t justify spending lots of money on. Now, you can go out, get that 1 special (slightly over budget) puzzle and start on assembling it. That might give you a lift of some sort. I can’t be the only one of your 1000+ subscribers who misses your content. Please come back to us!!!!