Alright, let me walk you through what I did today. It wasn’t much, but hey, gotta stick to the routine, right? Even a little bit counts.
Starting the day’s mental stretch
So, I grabbed my coffee, sat down in my usual spot. The plan was simple: just engage the brain for a few minutes before the real work started piling up. I decided to tackle the NYT Spelling Bee. It’s become a small daily ritual, you know? Keeps the gears from rusting completely.
Opened up the game. Looked at the letters they gave me today. Let’s see… what was it? Ah, yeah. Had a ‘T’ in the middle, then G, H, L, O, P, Y around it. First thought, as always, is “Okay, where are the easy four-letter words?” Knocked out a few quick ones. PLOT, HOLY, GLOP – yeah, glop, don’t judge, it counts. Found PLOY too. Felt okay, like warming up before a run.
Digging a little deeper
Then I started looking for longer stuff. Tried rearranging the letters in my head. Sometimes I write them down on a scrap piece of paper if I get really stuck, but today I just stared at the screen. Saw GHOST, then GHOSTLY. Nice one, felt a bit smug about that. Added TYPO. Then I hit a wall for a minute or two.
Just sipped my coffee, looking at that ‘T’ and the ‘Y’ and ‘P’. Kept thinking about words with ‘TH’ but the ‘H’ wasn’t playing nice with the other letters easily. I poked around, trying combinations. Found OLOGY, that felt good. Then I spotted the big one, the pangram. It usually takes me a while. Focused on the ‘PH’ sound, maybe? No… wait. How about TOPOLOGY? Bingo. Got it. That always feels like the main win for the day.
Wrapping it up
After finding the pangram, I usually relax a bit. I found a few more words here and there. Nothing spectacular. Didn’t get close to Queen Bee or whatever they call finding every single word. Never do, honestly. Who has time for that?
But I reached the “Genius” level. That’s my usual goal. Felt that little spark of satisfaction. Even a little bit of effort, just getting those mental connections firing, it makes a difference. It’s not world-changing, but it’s my little practice, my small daily check-in with my own brain.
So yeah, that was it. Closed the app. Finished my coffee. Ready to face the rest of the day. A small step, but it’s done.
