Puzzle tip, should you choose to accept it (😂), when you flip the pieces over, pull out the edge pieces since you have to touch each and every one of the pieces. Personally, I, too, love sewing and puzzles, they both involve putting smaller things together to make something that is bigger and more beautiful!😊
@@tagladyify I know many people who do this, as well! I just grab a handful of pieces out of the box and start from there. My last piece is often in the edge.
man I feel so called out about mentally scripting answers to questions that will never be asked while walking the dogs. I don't know for sure if I have any neurodiversity besides multiple flavors of dyslexia, but I relate hardcore to that
"Multiple flavors of dyslexia" - would that include dyscalculia, dysgraphia, or something else altogether? Asking out of a genuine desire to learn more. Also, if you don't want to answer you can just ignore the comment - I'll just assume you turned off notifications or something. That's what I did, so there's actually a good chance I won't see your reply even if you do reply 😂😂
Hi, as a fellow dyslexic we oftern have a mix of the traits, it's a bit like a guessing game with our own brain, when I was diagnosed back in 1969, it was limited in that you were labelled specific learning difficulties. Even though they knew it was dyslexia, @taytribe806
I had NO idea your videos were scripted, I thought you were just brilliantly at ease and good at being natural on camera. This is really helpful actually, I never have considered doing TH-cam videos because I thought I'd never be "good on camera" like that. Most of my adult career has been writing based and I rely on scripting so much, I'm constantly telling stories to nobody in my head!
The library at my university put out a puzzle table, which is just a table that has a puzzle on it that students can work on as they walk past. They change it out when it gets finished. It is such good enrichment for our enclosure, I love it, and I'm actually really surprised because so far I haven't heard of anyone stealing a piece as a prank
I got started sewing again because, while watching you and other sewists, I saw that sewing is like a puzzle! You put them together in the right order (most of the time) and you get clothes! Completely changed how I looked at sewing. Love a good puzzle, whether it's jigsaw or clothing!
When my neurodivergent husband has a work meeting. He needs to prepare answers to all the questions his coworker might have. Coming up with answers on the spot is hard for him, since any social encounter sucks soooo much of his energy.
Scripting keeps my mind on track. Even my grocery list is in the order of the most efficient route to take. I start talking and my mind wanders, then I wander (ramble). I can't talk and focus on a puzzle. I can listen and follow while you chat. I get helpful solutions from you. Enjoy your company while I'm doing this and you're doing that.
I like both your scripted and unscripted videos! As long as there's talking that moves along at a steady pace, I will put it on and listen while hand sewing or drawing or something. And I very much relate to automatically scripting things in your head! I start thinking about the intro for videos before I've even started sewing, and I've got at least half a dozen documents started for videos I haven't filmed a single stitch of yet. I usually write out the sewing steps one or two lines at a time, as I'm sewing & filming them, and then I might edit them in my head days later and come back to rewrite stuff next time I'm near the computer. Even though I'm just describing what I sewed, it takes a long time to write because I Must explain Every Single Detail as clearly as possible. I haven't done a puzzle in years, but that addictive feeling of "ooh I'll just put a few more pieces together" is 100% exactly how my 1830's patchwork dressing gown of 7k tiny triangles felt.
I borrowed this exact jigsaw from a friend and competed it while watching/listening to the BBC pride and prejudice series (6hrs). My friends were very surprised when I gave it back the next day 😅
The whole part about your brain constantly scripting and then filing things away for when the button is pressed... that explains my son's brain so well. He finds that people who understand a bit about how his brain works are more patient with his stories than those who don't. You may have given him the words to better explain his brain to others. He's not the sole neurodivergent member of our home but he is the one that this resonates with the most. Thank you for being open about how your brain works because it's helping us to understand our family.
I script life or I get stuck in "buffering mode", so automatically scripting for your channels make perfect sense. You made potato soup with me today which I found fitting
I love jigsaw puzzles, but, have not put any together for years. 3 kitties that won't keep their furry butts off of the table pretty much makes it impossible, lol
what helps with my cats is to put the boxes next to me on the table. that way they each have a box to sit in, which keeps them occupied and I can puzzle
For real. I have 5 cats, 1 of them is an 11 month old orange boy. When she said the puzzle would sit for weeks where it is, I instantly saw puzzle pieces everywhere, cats playing with them, and my orange boy running off with them. It was puzzle destruction.
Also, getting exciting that someone else has an experience that I can relate to. Is so, exciting. This is why it kind of hurts so much when someone interpret some this as egocentric when I'm literally so excited that someone else experience something I can relate to.
The other day I was talking to my husband about how some scripted videos feel so unnatural versus other scripted videos. I used your channel as an example of scripted videos that feel totally natural. I think it could be easy for a viewer to not realize you’re working off a script. I also found your discussion of being misunderstood interesting. My neurodivergent sister talks about how it almost makes her feel ill when she knows someone takes something differently than she meant. It didn’t occur to me how tough that would be to deal with if she ever became a TH-camr!
I can relate hard to "scripting answers to questions that may never be asked, including about situations I haven't even been in yet"! I also enjoy assembling jigsaw puzzles. Back in my teens, my parents got me this flannel 'puzzle mat' where you assemble the puzzle on it and can roll it up to put away when you need the table for other things without losing all your progress. Of course, I would then sometimes forget the puzzle for weeks at a time, because Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind can be very literal with my brain.
I totally understand scripting, it helps make sure you cover the details you need to cover, whether its sewing or stories. And yes please to more puzzling and unscripted videos as you can. We have a puzzle table at work, its really great for taking a few minutes break to let the back of the brain sort through stuff to come up with ideas or to work through how to tackle an issue and write it up.
I’ve watched more than one creator and been a little bit distracted by the thought running around in my head - “I wish they had used an editor”. I see (in my head) their script floating in the air and I’m itching to attack it with the red pencil. So thank you - for taking the time to read over the plan for what you’re going to say. Also - jigsaws and talking - rather you than me. I couldn’t keep a coherent thought in my head other than “edge piece, edge piece…”
The "start filming“ in the shower is so relatable 😅💖 I think it has a lot to do with the autism and that we often need to manually/actively process things or thoughts to be able to really process them and that happens throught the scripting or telling stories to yourself about yourself (same, but feels so cringe to say outloud 😂). Thank you for sharing! 💖
Even without a youtube channel, I constantly script myself. I don't interrupt but I have the prepared stories that lie in wait so I can tell them and prove I relate to the other person 😅
I didn't realize your videos were scripted, but only insofar as I had never actually thought about it either way. It makes sense, though. Your way of coming up with the introduction when you're excited about the project and using it later reminds me of how I sometimes think of a way to say something and work on it/practice it in my head a few times before using it in conversation.
Have you checked out Shannon Makes More (second channel for Shannon Makes)? She now has 2 videos that are titled something like "let's chat and clean together". I haven't *actually* watched them yet, but that's what I'm going to watch when I finish this video
I enjoyed this video so much! I can see a difference when comparing this video to others that you have done, and I appreciate the cohesiveness of your scripted videos…but it was nice to see you go “unscripted”. When you are good at something,… wait you just smelled your puzzle and I lost my train of thought, anyway, when you are good at something it just pours out of you naturally. That came across in this video, the skills you have gained over the years are something that you should feel free to lean into more if you want to. However you present yourself you always come across as genuine and in my opinion that is why so many of us love to watch whatever you choose to post. So many other things I would love to say, I relate to many things you said (puzzles and otherwise) but I will just leave it at that, great job, enjoyed this immensely!
Some advice about puzzles: when you are done, put the puzzle pieces in a zip lock bag so you don't lose the pieces. A new series: Puzzlin' with Charlie ❤
Yes, full plans conversations of the day, or even next week or some unknown point. A constant internal monologue, often a dialogue and sometimes more than one. I'm watching and listening to you in the kitchen tidying. Thinking to myslef all the thngs I must do, organise etc. Yet have a sort of clarity. If i write these down they overwhelm. I have been working on that part. It's not easy many of the tools and awareness of being neurodivergent were not around for me and were in their early stages for my children so we are all learning our own new paths through this maze. Thank you for being my body double for this task
I love having trays when I puzzle so when you are flipping all the pieces over you can pull out all the edge pieces and put them in one tray, and then sort the rest by color with each color getting their own tray.
The idea that people act different when a camera is on or are being watched actually has a name; The Hawthorne Effect. It gets discussed a lot when trying to research human behaviors.
My brain automatically tries to script what I'm going to say on a phone call because I hate them. But then I feel more awkward and try to avoid the "scripted" sentences. Neurodivergence is such a mixed bag!
The stories we tell is to show we empathize with the other person, but so many people don't get that is what you are doing, they think you are being a self centers A$$. Its really hard not to do that.
Yes. Happens to me, but I'm just trying to show how I empathise. Doesn't mean I'm not listening but that I heard, and I'm trying to show I understand by sharing my similar experience.
My mother in law gives me a puzzle every Christmas. 2023's gift was this puzzle. It had to get done while my toddler napped and put away in between times.
Dude! I have just been listening to all your videos on this channel to get me through work and JUST when I caught up you uploaded! I call that fate I think - thanks for keeping me company!
This entire video has made me feel less insane for the monologue that lives in my head.. I appreciate your videos on this channel so much, it's like I have a friend to say "hey, you're not crazy, I do this thing to!"
I didn’t know other people told themselves stories like this!!! I’ve heard people talk about scripting conversations but not in the same way I “write” things in my brain.
I had no idea your videos were scripted. Which is just to say that you come across so naturally and with such genuine authenticity that it never feels "scripted". I also felt that I could never be successful with TH-cam like most of my favorite creators because you all had such natural ease and charm on camera...and I would be all...."umms and ahhhs" all over the place. I feel like I could probably do at least a few notches better if I actually prepared what I was going to say. Lol 🤣🤦♀️ But seriously, Charlie, you are amazing! ❤
You did keep me company while i did my own embroidery, so thank you. I got sick right after a Knitting and Stitching Show in London, and so i took the recovery time to binge through the videos i had fallen behind on. I shall now try to be Core Audience instead of merely Steady Audience! My own cute doggo is finally getting used to seeing Link on the screen and not growling at him every time there's a puppy break 😅
Your doing the therapy and love I need to give myself. Know even the tiniest voice appreciates you being you no matter what. We have to stay on track in this hell and it’s hard.
Advent puzzles are a fun idea! You take a puzzle, divide the pieces into 24 little baggies, and open one bag a day in December. It's fun and stops you spending all day on it.
The "just one more piece" mind trap is real. I did a new puzzle recently and kept getting sucked in. So like you, when next I want to do a puzzle, I will make sure that there is not any major things happening.
I loved puzzles when i was a kid (still do, just don't do them, so guess i don't) but i was a "rummage around the box" puzzler rather than turning all the pieces over (although i would eventually turn them all over when the rummaging became too inefficient). I've only just realised i loved the sensation of the rummage on my fingers and the sound. I love when you discover random facts about yourself in your mid 40s that never occurred to you! Thanks internet!!
I try really really hard not to do this, but whoo boy do I have a strong inclination to do so all the time -.- I think maybe part of it is this sort of puppy need to show that "hey, hey I understand, I get it, I know where you're coming from", at least for me, but I doubt it comes across that way. Sometimes it is just that I'm stuck in my own head and not listening well enough though, and then I just feel guilty and selfish. All of which to say, 'hey, hey, I get it, I know what you mean, you're not alone, I do that too'~
I have the same problem. I’m relating to conversations and it just spills out of me. I trying to better than I get distracted on my inner talk for self control
Yes to more non scripted puzzle videos!! I actually ordered one whilst listening to you, your stories are always so entertaining and nice to listen to 💙
I really enjoyed that. Funny, this is the 2nd puzzle video I've seen today. Kate from The Last Homely House puts the frame together (doesn't everyone?) and then sorts the pieces by how many bumps they have, then when you're trying to fill a particular shaped hole, you know where to look. Interesting - I've never done that. She also uses her scraps of fabric for interesting things. A couple generations apart, you have good things in common - and baking! Let us not forget the fabulous baking! :D The unscripted chat was my favorite part though. Quite nice.
I have to stop myself from interrupting people with my similar stories because if I don't do it when I think of it, I'll forget what I was going to say. It's definitely one of my habits that I'm trying to break... I also am way less good with words when spoken, I like having the time to think about what words are just right to express something I want to communicate, and the fast pace of spoken conversation doesn't allow me that time. My brain even choosed the wrong words to songs I know well when I'm not paying full attention to what I'm singing, they rhyme and make sense within the sentence but can completely change the meaning... and sometimes this happens when speaking too and I'm immediately aware that brain grabbed wrong word and occasionally it's caused conflict because of the perceived tone.
The puzzle you're talking about sounds like Lost In A Jigsaw that was Zoo themed. I had that one as a kid and it was fun, but hard to put together. All the pieces are the same shape and size, so they interlink, but there's a subtle difference between the hedges and paths
I find myself talking back to people in my head, which I guess is more like talking to myself. No wonder I stay home so much. It gets too noisy in my head on top of whatever noise is actually going on wherever I happen to be. Yes, neurodivergent brain here. I love jigsaw puzzles. I have a couple tucked away for winter time entertainment. My local bird supplies store does a monthly jigsaw swap. I need to get over there.
I love puzzles!!!!!!! Jigsaw puzzles are my favorite but almost any puzzle will do. Sudoku, word search, standard puzzle with up to 5000 pieces; I love them all! I haven't had proper space to work on any in quite a few years though.
Love to hear how your brain works and all about your creative process... ❤ Ps just noticed your vase kind of matches the citrus pillows you made! Love it !!!!
I seriously love your channel. I see so much of myself when I listen to you speak about yourself and your life. It makes me feel so seen and a little less alone. I went to college for literature without much thought into what I would do with that, but I've also always loved writing. I started with poems, then lyrics, and then fiction. But when I got to college I quickly found out that I was not very good at it in an academic setting and I honestly have struggled to write for fun since then. After years of struggling, I found the world of technical writing. It was my "backstage" opportunity...the safe route. I think it's interesting to hear you talk about your brain scripting things out all the time because mine does the exact same thing and it will often repeat over and over until I feel like I'm going crazy. That's when I know I have to write it out or it will keep spinning in a wheel.
I love that you kept getting whiffs of England while doing the Jane Austen world puzzle. ❤️ Yes, I have seen that puzzle at Barnes & Noble in the US and now I really want to get it! Ok, but you have a Jane Austen corner! That is so fun! Of course you’re a puzzler - have you seen you puzzle through creating a new sewing pattern. The garments you design and sew look like puzzles to me.
You flipping without sorting at the same time was difficult for me to watch. We have sorting trays and I separate colors and edges as I flip. We’re a big puzzle family, so we have a gaming table that mainly holds puzzles, rather than games. So the current puzzle becomes unavailable on occasion for dinner. I do have several smaller puzzles for times that I need something to do but can’t start a big puzzle. One thing I will also mention, some puzzle artists don’t align with my core beliefs, like they are actively working against them. So I have chosen to skip those artists.
Thank you for seeming to truly appreciate being the video your audience does while they are doing doing. My nero-divertente brain 🧠 appreciates your understanding of it. 😊 Also it was so oddly satisfying seeing the puzzle spin to be undone. 😅
The idea of flipping the pieces over from the start was baffling to me. 😂 We always sorted first by putting the inside pieces in the bottom half of the box and the edges in the top half of the box without even paying attention to what was actually on them. (If I find corners, I set them aside.) Once all of the pieces have been separated, the edges get dumped, turned right-side up, and put together. Once that's done the inside gets sorted.
I annoy my mom's friend when I walk up to a puzzle that she and my mom and put together several pieces of a section they had been working on for 2 weeks.
I’m really enjoying you explaining your brain and I’m finding out I’m relating. I’m learning a lot about myself while listening to you 😊. Thank you for sharing ❤❤
28:11 my life, but I can only be loud when I’m struggling because it’s all I know. You are speaking directly to me and I DO understand you. But I neeeded to hear it this way.
Thanks for sharing this puzzle. I just purchased The World of Shakespeare puzzle based on watching you put this one together! LOL moment..."I have a poop bag in my pocket." 🤣
I relate to that whole "trigger word" so much, both in telling stories and in that my brain is like a word or frase triggered jukebox. When Charlie said "breaking the habit" that song by Linkin Park started playing in my head. Soon followed by "It's getting hot in here". 😅 And that is how I get stuck with a random song in my head for days.
Regarding being Misinterpreted, for me what I've noticed is that people try to suss out any subtext that I may be speaking with, but I don't speak with subtext and it's really hard for me to understand people who are speaking with subtext because my brain just doesn't work that way. Between my ADHD and my autism I really struggle with understanding people who are trying to beat around the bush or hint at things without using clear language. So one of the things I also really care about is trying to be very clear and accurate and communicate my ideas universally which also means I sometimes am redundant because I'm trying to say the same thing in a couple different ways, but then people still misunderstand because they're trying to apply their own subtext that they might say those things with. In most situations cannot just say I'm not speaking with some text and I need you to not assume that, firstly because I think people do it without any conscious thought, and also I know that most people are not doing it with malicious intent you know? Anyways I totally get what you're saying 😂
My husband's family is big into puzzles. They have a couple things they do: 1. Always write who worked on the puzzle and what the date was that it was completed inside the lid of the box. It's nice to go back and see how often it was completed and who helped. 2. A house rule that once you start the puzzle you're not allowed to look at the picture on the box again :D It definitely increases the challenge of completing it
Yes indeed. Puzzles are addicting. I also can't really leave them alone once I start one and I have caught myself doing the puzzle hunch while hunting for that "piece I must find!".🤪 My brain is constantly chattering to myself as well, but I have never been all that interested in writing down my thoughts or doing the journaling thing. Sometimes the scrips in my head get played out, but often the situation I was preparing for turns out differently than I imagined it would, and then I wonder if I wasted my time thinking about it. I do write down my design ideas and/or attempt to create the "thing" my brain is currently planning, because I'm excited about it and I need to try and make it real to stop it from swirling around in my head and keeping me awake at night. 💡I just remembered that I have written a few short stories, but nothing of novel proportions. It's pretty impressive that you were writing like that at such a young age.
This was very pleasant. I only felt the need to blurt out my share a couple of times! Fortunately I was able to stay on track crocheting a large poof - which is taking a looong time.
This video kept me company while i washed dishes and made dinner :D i wish i could puzzle more, but my kittens are still too young to be discouraged from "helping". (They are 19 months old, def considered cats, but they are still SO energetic, indy 500 races happen multiple times a day. When they are less inclined to run across things, i will attempt puzzling.)
My sister has a ton of puzzles, I've been trying to find something to do during my free time, you've inspired me to try puzzling again. Also, I so relate to not being able to stop my brain from scripting thing. In my case, I sometimes write fanfic about my favorite shows, putting guys in situations.
The back and forth shared storytelling as identifying is actually inherent to most ND folks. I love it. NOT doing it is essentially forced masking and assimilation. Research on masking indicates an increase to serious mental health issues, including anxiety and depression. My current inner monologue is the talk I've been invited to give to my youngest kids school board - to explain exactly why it's harmful to encourage NT communication/masking. It's literally okay to just be honest with others about how we communicate so we can all be ourselves. My friend group and all my immediate family and partner are ND. We make space for each other just fine without having to stiffle our personal way of identifiyng and communicating. Side note: I sew, puzzle, color, crochet etc because they are all ways of stimming with hands. You're a great body double when I'm crafting... but we could never do a puzzle together. If I dont organize by color and edge as I go, the ADHD beats the Autism in my brain - and the result is chaos puzzling 😂
When I lived in the UK, I lived down wind from a factory that made scented baggies for disposing used diapers. So to me, England smells like baby powder.
My husband and I script stuff all the time. Together! We plan what we will say to the doctor or his boss or our neighbors and what they probably will answer and how we can reply. Sometimes we plan a whole speech with reasons and replies but then the other side says "okay" after our first sentence and that is really weird. On the one hand it is good that we get what we want so fast. But on the other hand there is that long speech we had prepared and it wants to get out!
Thank you Charlie for your non scripted jigsaw video. I am a fan of jigsaw and use a folding board so it can go away under the sofa and be completed / added to when I want to. There are loads of these jigsaws and even a Christmas book lovers one. I know Amazon has them here in the UK. Luckily there is a puzzle shop in the next town, yes how many hours can be wasted ,I mean spent in there. I find jigsaws like slow stitching quiets my mind, so really useful if you don't want to think. You just hunt for the fish or even wheels😂😂
19:40-20:04 insert that meme of decaprio pointing] THAT! That right there! So the same! I am scripting and thinking out scenarios and how to react to them that may happen sometime later -or even never happen- all the time. It’s one of the constant many trains of thought in my mind. After my father-in-law had passed we found journals of him writing down scripting essentially rehearsing what to say or how to reply to conversations for maybe an upcoming family gathering and such. It looked to me more to anchor himself rather than randomly playing out “what if”s. But he’s wrote his responces over and over to ensure it was memorized and came “naturally” when needed.
"There's a really loud plane - hold on." Now how did you know there was a plane going over my house at that very moment? LOL Seems to me that "behind the scenes" and "inside my brain" are interchangeable with you Charlie. When I was growing up, my family always had a puzzle out over the summer holidays. Sometimes we would pass it, pop in one piece, and continue our journey. Other times we would get caught up in it and spend minutes/hours just studying, trying, rejecting, and occasionally succeeding in finding the right piece/s. Was almost a family tradition. And you even put it back in the box the same way we did.
I love puzzles and have been itching to do one I have but I haven’t been able to tear myself away from my latest hobby of diamond painting (which is also a fantastic hobby to do quietly alone and is monotonous and extremely satisfying lol).
I went through a phase where I did every puzzle I could get my hands on. I still lived with my parents, at the time, and I was very surprised by how many puzzles they had. I would keep track by breaking the puzzles into box sized sections, when I was done, and put them back in the box. I wonder if they ever opened any of them after that. 😅 I should put Shake Well Before Use on all the boxes.
Very interesting take on scripting/not scripting. I've found writing down my thoughts one of the best ways to work through challenging times. I never go back and read those "journals", so I never really thought about writing down other things, other than lists of things to do or remember. However, after listening to you, I'm thinking that I should consider writing down some of my day to day thoughts about doing things that I'd like to record, instead of assuming that I'll remember what I want to say, only to find my brain goes completely empty when the camera goes on. Not the first time that something simple has escaped me, while more "challenging" things seem like a breeze. Anyway, nice tip, to write the scripting that goes on in my head naturally. Side note: My husband and I do puzzles in the winter months and often start in the evening and before we know it, it's 1:00 am. We can't have puzzles out when we need to get other outside stuff done....no self control over the desire to finish it. Take care & have a good week.
I can relate so much to the way your brain works, and just the way you've evolved as you've grown up, from the childhood story writing to the scripting for future events, and writing fictional stories in your head. I've almost completely stopped interrupting people with my own related stories though, but at the expense of not always listening to the end of their stories because I don't want to forget what I want to tell them. I'm actually writing this before the end of the video, just so I won't forget what I want to say. To be totally honest, I didn't even know it was a thing neurotypical people disliked until very recently, thanks to other neurodivergent people saying they'd gotten negative comments about it. Suddenly it made sense that my coworker sounded annoyed that time we were all sitting around talking during our lunch break, and when I told the person telling a story "I know just what you mean," my other coworker gave me a nasty look and said "I bet she had something similar happen to her." Like I wasn't really there and could hear her, even though she was looking right at me. At the time I just thought, I'm 40 years old, of course I have a similar story.
I am right there with you! I have been told that I should write my experiences down in a book and then burn it. That way they would be out of my head and others wouldn't have to know about them. (Not going to happen. The experiences would still be in my head.) Like you, I am learning to not interrupt people but miss the end of their story as a result.
@@Chifaire I am sorry. I didn't mean to make anyone sad. It was all relatives. My response to them was you do it first, letting me read what you have written. If it works for you I will try it. None of them did it so I didn't have to even try. I grew up with a grandfather who got pleasure from causing pain and other relatives who followed in his path. When I got older, NONE of them have had contact with me or my children.
My mom does a lot of puzzles, and she does them at her dining table, which means she needs to move them mid-puzzle. So she found a solution - a sort of very large felt lined envelope, its large enough when unfolded that you can work on most puzzles in one piece (i.e. you can do the frame thing you did during this one), with space at the side for the un-placed bits. There are flaps that sort of fold over, lined with felt, so it keeps all the puzzles in one place, and for storage, the whole thing can be folded down. I'm sure you'll be able to find something similar so you could have puzzles and move it off the sewing table when you need to. It has the added benefit of keeping it away from passing sight if you're in the midst of a "must-complete" project... :) Also worth saying: she swaps puzzles with other people in her village. Might be worth seeing if you can do something similar local to you?
I love doing puzzles. As I am turning over the pieces I sort them in like colors or object that look like they go together. Also pull out all the straight edge pieces as I go. I do a lot of puzzles when it’s really cold and or snowed in. I also have a puzzle board I work mine on. Has skinny drawers to keep my sorted pieces in. I can also easily move it if I need to. Happy puzzeling 😊
I watch you for your sewing and chatter, as I love to sew, and there is something about how you talk that clicks with my neurodiverse brain, then I see you with a jigsaw puzzle and couldn't click the thumbnail quick enough. I love puzzles of all types, I find them calming when I'm stressed and can't sew. So thank you so much for making this video. I have a tip if you catch the bug want to do more. I separate the pieces out first. Inside pieces into the box base, corners and outside(edge) pieces into the lid. When done. Dump the outside pieces onto your work surface put the lid on the box so you can focus on making the frame, while your inside pieces stay safely contained until you need them. Thanks again for this video I'm watching it while completing my first hand stitched singlade ball 😊
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Puzzle tip, should you choose to accept it (😂), when you flip the pieces over, pull out the edge pieces since you have to touch each and every one of the pieces. Personally, I, too, love sewing and puzzles, they both involve putting smaller things together to make something that is bigger and more beautiful!😊
I always seperate out the edge pieces and put the frame together first. Then I separate the pieces by color. lol.
@@tagladyify I know many people who do this, as well! I just grab a handful of pieces out of the box and start from there. My last piece is often in the edge.
@@lynmilner2697 sounds like a much more manageable method.
man I feel so called out about mentally scripting answers to questions that will never be asked while walking the dogs. I don't know for sure if I have any neurodiversity besides multiple flavors of dyslexia, but I relate hardcore to that
"Multiple flavors of dyslexia" - would that include dyscalculia, dysgraphia, or something else altogether? Asking out of a genuine desire to learn more. Also, if you don't want to answer you can just ignore the comment - I'll just assume you turned off notifications or something. That's what I did, so there's actually a good chance I won't see your reply even if you do reply 😂😂
Hi, as a fellow dyslexic we oftern have a mix of the traits, it's a bit like a guessing game with our own brain, when I was diagnosed back in 1969, it was limited in that you were labelled specific learning difficulties. Even though they knew it was dyslexia, @taytribe806
I had NO idea your videos were scripted, I thought you were just brilliantly at ease and good at being natural on camera. This is really helpful actually, I never have considered doing TH-cam videos because I thought I'd never be "good on camera" like that. Most of my adult career has been writing based and I rely on scripting so much, I'm constantly telling stories to nobody in my head!
The library at my university put out a puzzle table, which is just a table that has a puzzle on it that students can work on as they walk past. They change it out when it gets finished. It is such good enrichment for our enclosure, I love it, and I'm actually really surprised because so far I haven't heard of anyone stealing a piece as a prank
That's so cool! I would have gone to the campus library way more if they did that.
My church has one in the entry area. So good to meet each other.
I don't let myself do jigsaw puzzles at home because it takes over and I can not stop until its done. Also, my cat bats the pieces around.
"im totally okay with being background noise for you"
Okay, good, bc im knitting while i listen to you 😂.
Looking at what online/audiobook etc. offerings my library has while listening to Charlie :)
Jup, same here ^^ i am currently sewing some pants. It feels like having a friend talk to me while i do my things.
I'm embroidering or painting or sewing... (all the same project)
its rather great background noise whilst I crochet ☺
I got started sewing again because, while watching you and other sewists, I saw that sewing is like a puzzle! You put them together in the right order (most of the time) and you get clothes! Completely changed how I looked at sewing. Love a good puzzle, whether it's jigsaw or clothing!
When my neurodivergent husband has a work meeting. He needs to prepare answers to all the questions his coworker might have. Coming up with answers on the spot is hard for him, since any social encounter sucks soooo much of his energy.
Scripting keeps my mind on track. Even my grocery list is in the order of the most efficient route to take.
I start talking and my mind wanders, then I wander (ramble). I can't talk and focus on a puzzle. I can listen and follow while you chat. I get helpful solutions from you. Enjoy your company while I'm doing this and you're doing that.
Lol, me too! I get a lot of ribbing about my type a organization.
I like both your scripted and unscripted videos! As long as there's talking that moves along at a steady pace, I will put it on and listen while hand sewing or drawing or something.
And I very much relate to automatically scripting things in your head! I start thinking about the intro for videos before I've even started sewing, and I've got at least half a dozen documents started for videos I haven't filmed a single stitch of yet.
I usually write out the sewing steps one or two lines at a time, as I'm sewing & filming them, and then I might edit them in my head days later and come back to rewrite stuff next time I'm near the computer. Even though I'm just describing what I sewed, it takes a long time to write because I Must explain Every Single Detail as clearly as possible.
I haven't done a puzzle in years, but that addictive feeling of "ooh I'll just put a few more pieces together" is 100% exactly how my 1830's patchwork dressing gown of 7k tiny triangles felt.
I borrowed this exact jigsaw from a friend and competed it while watching/listening to the BBC pride and prejudice series (6hrs). My friends were very surprised when I gave it back the next day 😅
The whole part about your brain constantly scripting and then filing things away for when the button is pressed... that explains my son's brain so well. He finds that people who understand a bit about how his brain works are more patient with his stories than those who don't. You may have given him the words to better explain his brain to others. He's not the sole neurodivergent member of our home but he is the one that this resonates with the most. Thank you for being open about how your brain works because it's helping us to understand our family.
I script life or I get stuck in "buffering mode", so automatically scripting for your channels make perfect sense.
You made potato soup with me today which I found fitting
I love jigsaw puzzles, but, have not put any together for years. 3 kitties that won't keep their furry butts off of the table pretty much makes it impossible, lol
My cat just ADORES rolling amongst the pieces!
what helps with my cats is to put the boxes next to me on the table. that way they each have a box to sit in, which keeps them occupied and I can puzzle
I have to do a puzzle in a room I can close so the kitties can't "play"
For real. I have 5 cats, 1 of them is an 11 month old orange boy. When she said the puzzle would sit for weeks where it is, I instantly saw puzzle pieces everywhere, cats playing with them, and my orange boy running off with them. It was puzzle destruction.
@@amandag8194 lol, ikr
Also, getting exciting that someone else has an experience that I can relate to. Is so, exciting. This is why it kind of hurts so much when someone interpret some this as egocentric when I'm literally so excited that someone else experience something I can relate to.
The other day I was talking to my husband about how some scripted videos feel so unnatural versus other scripted videos. I used your channel as an example of scripted videos that feel totally natural. I think it could be easy for a viewer to not realize you’re working off a script.
I also found your discussion of being misunderstood interesting. My neurodivergent sister talks about how it almost makes her feel ill when she knows someone takes something differently than she meant. It didn’t occur to me how tough that would be to deal with if she ever became a TH-camr!
I can relate hard to "scripting answers to questions that may never be asked, including about situations I haven't even been in yet"! I also enjoy assembling jigsaw puzzles. Back in my teens, my parents got me this flannel 'puzzle mat' where you assemble the puzzle on it and can roll it up to put away when you need the table for other things without losing all your progress. Of course, I would then sometimes forget the puzzle for weeks at a time, because Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind can be very literal with my brain.
Yes, more unscripted puzzling time please 😃 So glad you found that you like them! I do as well!!
I totally understand scripting, it helps make sure you cover the details you need to cover, whether its sewing or stories. And yes please to more puzzling and unscripted videos as you can.
We have a puzzle table at work, its really great for taking a few minutes break to let the back of the brain sort through stuff to come up with ideas or to work through how to tackle an issue and write it up.
I love this idea for a workplace. It's so friggin cool. What a way to recentre yourself.
I’ve watched more than one creator and been a little bit distracted by the thought running around in my head - “I wish they had used an editor”. I see (in my head) their script floating in the air and I’m itching to attack it with the red pencil. So thank you - for taking the time to read over the plan for what you’re going to say.
Also - jigsaws and talking - rather you than me. I couldn’t keep a coherent thought in my head other than “edge piece, edge piece…”
The "start filming“ in the shower is so relatable 😅💖 I think it has a lot to do with the autism and that we often need to manually/actively process things or thoughts to be able to really process them and that happens throught the scripting or telling stories to yourself about yourself (same, but feels so cringe to say outloud 😂). Thank you for sharing! 💖
Even without a youtube channel, I constantly script myself. I don't interrupt but I have the prepared stories that lie in wait so I can tell them and prove I relate to the other person 😅
Was anyone else chuntering at the screen 'Charlie, the corner is right there!'
Also, “Collect the blue pieces as you turn them over!” since they jumped out at me as the most distinct sections of puzzle.
I didn't realize your videos were scripted, but only insofar as I had never actually thought about it either way. It makes sense, though. Your way of coming up with the introduction when you're excited about the project and using it later reminds me of how I sometimes think of a way to say something and work on it/practice it in my head a few times before using it in conversation.
I watch/listen while I'm making pastries at work. Very nice to be able to enjoy while keeping hands busy
Have you checked out Shannon Makes More (second channel for Shannon Makes)? She now has 2 videos that are titled something like "let's chat and clean together". I haven't *actually* watched them yet, but that's what I'm going to watch when I finish this video
I enjoyed this video so much! I can see a difference when comparing this video to others that you have done, and I appreciate the cohesiveness of your scripted videos…but it was nice to see you go “unscripted”. When you are good at something,… wait you just smelled your puzzle and I lost my train of thought, anyway, when you are good at something it just pours out of you naturally. That came across in this video, the skills you have gained over the years are something that you should feel free to lean into more if you want to. However you present yourself you always come across as genuine and in my opinion that is why so many of us love to watch whatever you choose to post. So many other things I would love to say, I relate to many things you said (puzzles and otherwise) but I will just leave it at that, great job, enjoyed this immensely!
Some advice about puzzles: when you are done, put the puzzle pieces in a zip lock bag so you don't lose the pieces.
A new series: Puzzlin' with Charlie ❤
Love the efficient way you put the puzzle back in the box.
I write ideas down like that all the time cause you never know if something shiny is going to happen and I loose 100% of the whole train of thought!
Yes, full plans conversations of the day, or even next week or some unknown point. A constant internal monologue, often a dialogue and sometimes more than one. I'm watching and listening to you in the kitchen tidying. Thinking to myslef all the thngs I must do, organise etc. Yet have a sort of clarity. If i write these down they overwhelm. I have been working on that part. It's not easy many of the tools and awareness of being neurodivergent were not around for me and were in their early stages for my children so we are all learning our own new paths through this maze. Thank you for being my body double for this task
I love having trays when I puzzle so when you are flipping all the pieces over you can pull out all the edge pieces and put them in one tray, and then sort the rest by color with each color getting their own tray.
The idea that people act different when a camera is on or are being watched actually has a name; The Hawthorne Effect. It gets discussed a lot when trying to research human behaviors.
My brain automatically tries to script what I'm going to say on a phone call because I hate them. But then I feel more awkward and try to avoid the "scripted" sentences. Neurodivergence is such a mixed bag!
The stories we tell is to show we empathize with the other person, but so many people don't get that is what you are doing, they think you are being a self centers A$$. Its really hard not to do that.
Yes. Happens to me, but I'm just trying to show how I empathise. Doesn't mean I'm not listening but that I heard, and I'm trying to show I understand by sharing my similar experience.
My mother in law gives me a puzzle every Christmas. 2023's gift was this puzzle. It had to get done while my toddler napped and put away in between times.
Thank you for sharing the puzzle and you.😊
Dude! I have just been listening to all your videos on this channel to get me through work and JUST when I caught up you uploaded! I call that fate I think - thanks for keeping me company!
This entire video has made me feel less insane for the monologue that lives in my head.. I appreciate your videos on this channel so much, it's like I have a friend to say "hey, you're not crazy, I do this thing to!"
Thank you for keeping me entertained while I am crafting. I have way too many envelopes made out of an outdated atlas now.
I didn’t know other people told themselves stories like this!!! I’ve heard people talk about scripting conversations but not in the same way I “write” things in my brain.
I had no idea your videos were scripted. Which is just to say that you come across so naturally and with such genuine authenticity that it never feels "scripted". I also felt that I could never be successful with TH-cam like most of my favorite creators because you all had such natural ease and charm on camera...and I would be all...."umms and ahhhs" all over the place. I feel like I could probably do at least a few notches better if I actually prepared what I was going to say. Lol 🤣🤦♀️ But seriously, Charlie, you are amazing! ❤
You did keep me company while i did my own embroidery, so thank you. I got sick right after a Knitting and Stitching Show in London, and so i took the recovery time to binge through the videos i had fallen behind on. I shall now try to be Core Audience instead of merely Steady Audience!
My own cute doggo is finally getting used to seeing Link on the screen and not growling at him every time there's a puppy break 😅
Your doing the therapy and love I need to give myself. Know even the tiniest voice appreciates you being you no matter what. We have to stay on track in this hell and it’s hard.
Btw, I love how you always include the puppy in your video. He's so cute and honestly he's the reason why I watch your videos. LOL.
As a kid there was always a puzzle on a card table during the winter.
Advent puzzles are a fun idea! You take a puzzle, divide the pieces into 24 little baggies, and open one bag a day in December. It's fun and stops you spending all day on it.
And the striving not to interrupt so keeping the plans, ideas and stories in your mind
The "just one more piece" mind trap is real. I did a new puzzle recently and kept getting sucked in. So like you, when next I want to do a puzzle, I will make sure that there is not any major things happening.
i have the EXACT SAME blurting out pre generated stories
I loved puzzles when i was a kid (still do, just don't do them, so guess i don't) but i was a "rummage around the box" puzzler rather than turning all the pieces over (although i would eventually turn them all over when the rummaging became too inefficient). I've only just realised i loved the sensation of the rummage on my fingers and the sound. I love when you discover random facts about yourself in your mid 40s that never occurred to you! Thanks internet!!
I do that- I interrupt people during their story and tell my relation to their story. I get so guilt ridden
I try really really hard not to do this, but whoo boy do I have a strong inclination to do so all the time -.- I think maybe part of it is this sort of puppy need to show that "hey, hey I understand, I get it, I know where you're coming from", at least for me, but I doubt it comes across that way. Sometimes it is just that I'm stuck in my own head and not listening well enough though, and then I just feel guilty and selfish.
All of which to say, 'hey, hey, I get it, I know what you mean, you're not alone, I do that too'~
I have the same problem. I’m relating to conversations and it just spills out of me. I trying to better than I get distracted on my inner talk for self control
Yes to more non scripted puzzle videos!! I actually ordered one whilst listening to you, your stories are always so entertaining and nice to listen to 💙
These videos are perfect for getting ready. I’m glad you embarked on a second channel!
I really enjoyed that. Funny, this is the 2nd puzzle video I've seen today. Kate from The Last Homely House puts the frame together (doesn't everyone?) and then sorts the pieces by how many bumps they have, then when you're trying to fill a particular shaped hole, you know where to look. Interesting - I've never done that. She also uses her scraps of fabric for interesting things. A couple generations apart, you have good things in common - and baking! Let us not forget the fabulous baking! :D The unscripted chat was my favorite part though. Quite nice.
I need the puzzle you were talking about with the maze.... it sounds fantastic for occupying multiple people at once. 😂
I have to stop myself from interrupting people with my similar stories because if I don't do it when I think of it, I'll forget what I was going to say. It's definitely one of my habits that I'm trying to break...
I also am way less good with words when spoken, I like having the time to think about what words are just right to express something I want to communicate, and the fast pace of spoken conversation doesn't allow me that time. My brain even choosed the wrong words to songs I know well when I'm not paying full attention to what I'm singing, they rhyme and make sense within the sentence but can completely change the meaning... and sometimes this happens when speaking too and I'm immediately aware that brain grabbed wrong word and occasionally it's caused conflict because of the perceived tone.
The puzzle you're talking about sounds like Lost In A Jigsaw that was Zoo themed. I had that one as a kid and it was fun, but hard to put together. All the pieces are the same shape and size, so they interlink, but there's a subtle difference between the hedges and paths
I find myself talking back to people in my head, which I guess is more like talking to myself. No wonder I stay home so much. It gets too noisy in my head on top of whatever noise is actually going on wherever I happen to be. Yes, neurodivergent brain here.
I love jigsaw puzzles. I have a couple tucked away for winter time entertainment. My local bird supplies store does a monthly jigsaw swap. I need to get over there.
I love puzzles!!!!!!! Jigsaw puzzles are my favorite but almost any puzzle will do. Sudoku, word search, standard puzzle with up to 5000 pieces; I love them all! I haven't had proper space to work on any in quite a few years though.
I love making puzzles and just talking away!
Thank you for finishing it - it would've bothered my brain not to see the completion.
Love to hear how your brain works and all about your creative process... ❤ Ps just noticed your vase kind of matches the citrus pillows you made! Love it !!!!
I seriously love your channel. I see so much of myself when I listen to you speak about yourself and your life. It makes me feel so seen and a little less alone. I went to college for literature without much thought into what I would do with that, but I've also always loved writing. I started with poems, then lyrics, and then fiction. But when I got to college I quickly found out that I was not very good at it in an academic setting and I honestly have struggled to write for fun since then. After years of struggling, I found the world of technical writing. It was my "backstage" opportunity...the safe route.
I think it's interesting to hear you talk about your brain scripting things out all the time because mine does the exact same thing and it will often repeat over and over until I feel like I'm going crazy. That's when I know I have to write it out or it will keep spinning in a wheel.
I love that you kept getting whiffs of England while doing the Jane Austen world puzzle. ❤️ Yes, I have seen that puzzle at Barnes & Noble in the US and now I really want to get it! Ok, but you have a Jane Austen corner! That is so fun!
Of course you’re a puzzler - have you seen you puzzle through creating a new sewing pattern. The garments you design and sew look like puzzles to me.
You flipping without sorting at the same time was difficult for me to watch. We have sorting trays and I separate colors and edges as I flip. We’re a big puzzle family, so we have a gaming table that mainly holds puzzles, rather than games. So the current puzzle becomes unavailable on occasion for dinner. I do have several smaller puzzles for times that I need something to do but can’t start a big puzzle.
One thing I will also mention, some puzzle artists don’t align with my core beliefs, like they are actively working against them. So I have chosen to skip those artists.
Thank you for seeming to truly appreciate being the video your audience does while they are doing doing. My nero-divertente brain 🧠 appreciates your understanding of it. 😊
Also it was so oddly satisfying seeing the puzzle spin to be undone. 😅
The idea of flipping the pieces over from the start was baffling to me. 😂 We always sorted first by putting the inside pieces in the bottom half of the box and the edges in the top half of the box without even paying attention to what was actually on them. (If I find corners, I set them aside.) Once all of the pieces have been separated, the edges get dumped, turned right-side up, and put together. Once that's done the inside gets sorted.
Yes puzzles are addictive. I love doing them.
I annoy my mom's friend when I walk up to a puzzle that she and my mom and put together several pieces of a section they had been working on for 2 weeks.
I’m really enjoying you explaining your brain and I’m finding out I’m relating. I’m learning a lot about myself while listening to you 😊. Thank you for sharing ❤❤
28:11 my life, but I can only be loud when I’m struggling because it’s all I know. You are speaking directly to me and I DO understand you. But I neeeded to hear it this way.
Thanks for sharing this puzzle. I just purchased The World of Shakespeare puzzle based on watching you put this one together! LOL moment..."I have a poop bag in my pocket." 🤣
I just got that one too! Can't wait to settle in for another puzzling day!
@@charlienebe I finished The World of William Shakespeare puzzle last night after returning from a matinee of The Book of Will! 🖖
I relate to that whole "trigger word" so much, both in telling stories and in that my brain is like a word or frase triggered jukebox. When Charlie said "breaking the habit" that song by Linkin Park started playing in my head. Soon followed by "It's getting hot in here". 😅
And that is how I get stuck with a random song in my head for days.
I have the Dracula one, brought back from England too (I'm French). Love it, you make me want to do it again!
That was immensely satisfying, thank you.
I am literally sitting here with my eyes zeroed in on two edge pieces in the middle of the side of the table opposite you. Lololol
Just @ me next time!😂 Damn I feel called out!😂😂
Regarding being Misinterpreted, for me what I've noticed is that people try to suss out any subtext that I may be speaking with, but I don't speak with subtext and it's really hard for me to understand people who are speaking with subtext because my brain just doesn't work that way. Between my ADHD and my autism I really struggle with understanding people who are trying to beat around the bush or hint at things without using clear language. So one of the things I also really care about is trying to be very clear and accurate and communicate my ideas universally which also means I sometimes am redundant because I'm trying to say the same thing in a couple different ways, but then people still misunderstand because they're trying to apply their own subtext that they might say those things with. In most situations cannot just say I'm not speaking with some text and I need you to not assume that, firstly because I think people do it without any conscious thought, and also I know that most people are not doing it with malicious intent you know? Anyways I totally get what you're saying 😂
My husband's family is big into puzzles. They have a couple things they do: 1. Always write who worked on the puzzle and what the date was that it was completed inside the lid of the box. It's nice to go back and see how often it was completed and who helped. 2. A house rule that once you start the puzzle you're not allowed to look at the picture on the box again :D It definitely increases the challenge of completing it
Yes indeed. Puzzles are addicting. I also can't really leave them alone once I start one and I have caught myself doing the puzzle hunch while hunting for that "piece I must find!".🤪 My brain is constantly chattering to myself as well, but I have never been all that interested in writing down my thoughts or doing the journaling thing. Sometimes the scrips in my head get played out, but often the situation I was preparing for turns out differently than I imagined it would, and then I wonder if I wasted my time thinking about it. I do write down my design ideas and/or attempt to create the "thing" my brain is currently planning, because I'm excited about it and I need to try and make it real to stop it from swirling around in my head and keeping me awake at night. 💡I just remembered that I have written a few short stories, but nothing of novel proportions. It's pretty impressive that you were writing like that at such a young age.
This was very pleasant. I only felt the need to blurt out my share a couple of times! Fortunately I was able to stay on track crocheting a large poof - which is taking a looong time.
Years ago I bought a lovely puzzle. Brand new out of the box. It of corse was sealed.😱 and there were pieces missing. That was 20-/+ yrs ago.
This video kept me company while i washed dishes and made dinner :D i wish i could puzzle more, but my kittens are still too young to be discouraged from "helping". (They are 19 months old, def considered cats, but they are still SO energetic, indy 500 races happen multiple times a day. When they are less inclined to run across things, i will attempt puzzling.)
My sister has a ton of puzzles, I've been trying to find something to do during my free time, you've inspired me to try puzzling again. Also, I so relate to not being able to stop my brain from scripting thing. In my case, I sometimes write fanfic about my favorite shows, putting guys in situations.
The back and forth shared storytelling as identifying is actually inherent to most ND folks. I love it.
NOT doing it is essentially forced masking and assimilation. Research on masking indicates an increase to serious mental health issues, including anxiety and depression.
My current inner monologue is the talk I've been invited to give to my youngest kids school board - to explain exactly why it's harmful to encourage NT communication/masking.
It's literally okay to just be honest with others about how we communicate so we can all be ourselves.
My friend group and all my immediate family and partner are ND. We make space for each other just fine without having to stiffle our personal way of identifiyng and communicating.
Side note: I sew, puzzle, color, crochet etc because they are all ways of stimming with hands.
You're a great body double when I'm crafting... but we could never do a puzzle together. If I dont organize by color and edge as I go, the ADHD beats the Autism in my brain - and the result is chaos puzzling 😂
When I lived in the UK, I lived down wind from a factory that made scented baggies for disposing used diapers. So to me, England smells like baby powder.
My husband and I script stuff all the time. Together! We plan what we will say to the doctor or his boss or our neighbors and what they probably will answer and how we can reply. Sometimes we plan a whole speech with reasons and replies but then the other side says "okay" after our first sentence and that is really weird. On the one hand it is good that we get what we want so fast. But on the other hand there is that long speech we had prepared and it wants to get out!
I love your stream of consciousness, scripted or otherwise.
Thank you Charlie for your non scripted jigsaw video. I am a fan of jigsaw and use a folding board so it can go away under the sofa and be completed / added to when I want to. There are loads of these jigsaws and even a Christmas book lovers one. I know Amazon has them here in the UK. Luckily there is a puzzle shop in the next town, yes how many hours can be wasted ,I mean spent in there. I find jigsaws like slow stitching quiets my mind, so really useful if you don't want to think. You just hunt for the fish or even wheels😂😂
19:40-20:04 insert that meme of decaprio pointing] THAT! That right there! So the same! I am scripting and thinking out scenarios and how to react to them that may happen sometime later -or even never happen- all the time. It’s one of the constant many trains of thought in my mind.
After my father-in-law had passed we found journals of him writing down scripting essentially rehearsing what to say or how to reply to conversations for maybe an upcoming family gathering and such. It looked to me more to anchor himself rather than randomly playing out “what if”s. But he’s wrote his responces over and over to ensure it was memorized and came “naturally” when needed.
"There's a really loud plane - hold on." Now how did you know there was a plane going over my house at that very moment? LOL Seems to me that "behind the scenes" and "inside my brain" are interchangeable with you Charlie. When I was growing up, my family always had a puzzle out over the summer holidays. Sometimes we would pass it, pop in one piece, and continue our journey. Other times we would get caught up in it and spend minutes/hours just studying, trying, rejecting, and occasionally succeeding in finding the right piece/s. Was almost a family tradition. And you even put it back in the box the same way we did.
I love puzzles and have been itching to do one I have but I haven’t been able to tear myself away from my latest hobby of diamond painting (which is also a fantastic hobby to do quietly alone and is monotonous and extremely satisfying lol).
I went through a phase where I did every puzzle I could get my hands on. I still lived with my parents, at the time, and I was very surprised by how many puzzles they had.
I would keep track by breaking the puzzles into box sized sections, when I was done, and put them back in the box. I wonder if they ever opened any of them after that.
😅 I should put Shake Well Before Use on all the boxes.
Very interesting take on scripting/not scripting. I've found writing down my thoughts one of the best ways to work through challenging times. I never go back and read those "journals", so I never really thought about writing down other things, other than lists of things to do or remember. However, after listening to you, I'm thinking that I should consider writing down some of my day to day thoughts about doing things that I'd like to record, instead of assuming that I'll remember what I want to say, only to find my brain goes completely empty when the camera goes on. Not the first time that something simple has escaped me, while more "challenging" things seem like a breeze. Anyway, nice tip, to write the scripting that goes on in my head naturally.
Side note: My husband and I do puzzles in the winter months and often start in the evening and before we know it, it's 1:00 am. We can't have puzzles out when we need to get other outside stuff done....no self control over the desire to finish it.
Take care & have a good week.
I can relate so much to the way your brain works, and just the way you've evolved as you've grown up, from the childhood story writing to the scripting for future events, and writing fictional stories in your head. I've almost completely stopped interrupting people with my own related stories though, but at the expense of not always listening to the end of their stories because I don't want to forget what I want to tell them. I'm actually writing this before the end of the video, just so I won't forget what I want to say.
To be totally honest, I didn't even know it was a thing neurotypical people disliked until very recently, thanks to other neurodivergent people saying they'd gotten negative comments about it. Suddenly it made sense that my coworker sounded annoyed that time we were all sitting around talking during our lunch break, and when I told the person telling a story "I know just what you mean," my other coworker gave me a nasty look and said "I bet she had something similar happen to her." Like I wasn't really there and could hear her, even though she was looking right at me. At the time I just thought, I'm 40 years old, of course I have a similar story.
I am right there with you! I have been told that I should write my experiences down in a book and then burn it. That way they would be out of my head and others wouldn't have to know about them. (Not going to happen. The experiences would still be in my head.)
Like you, I am learning to not interrupt people but miss the end of their story as a result.
@@lynmilner2697 This actually made me sad to read. That is such a rude thing to say to someone. I'm sorry someone told you you should do that.
@@Chifaire I am sorry. I didn't mean to make anyone sad. It was all relatives.
My response to them was you do it first, letting me read what you have written. If it works for you I will try it. None of them did it so I didn't have to even try.
I grew up with a grandfather who got pleasure from causing pain and other relatives who followed in his path. When I got older, NONE of them have had contact with me or my children.
It's interesting to see how different people do puzzles (and read about it in the comments)
You have the most beautiful smile. Your entire face lights up!
My mom does a lot of puzzles, and she does them at her dining table, which means she needs to move them mid-puzzle. So she found a solution - a sort of very large felt lined envelope, its large enough when unfolded that you can work on most puzzles in one piece (i.e. you can do the frame thing you did during this one), with space at the side for the un-placed bits. There are flaps that sort of fold over, lined with felt, so it keeps all the puzzles in one place, and for storage, the whole thing can be folded down. I'm sure you'll be able to find something similar so you could have puzzles and move it off the sewing table when you need to. It has the added benefit of keeping it away from passing sight if you're in the midst of a "must-complete" project... :) Also worth saying: she swaps puzzles with other people in her village. Might be worth seeing if you can do something similar local to you?
I love doing puzzles. As I am turning over the pieces I sort them in like colors or object that look like they go together. Also pull out all the straight edge pieces as I go. I do a lot of puzzles when it’s really cold and or snowed in.
I also have a puzzle board I work mine on. Has skinny drawers to keep my sorted pieces in. I can also easily move it if I need to. Happy puzzeling 😊
I watch you for your sewing and chatter, as I love to sew, and there is something about how you talk that clicks with my neurodiverse brain, then I see you with a jigsaw puzzle and couldn't click the thumbnail quick enough. I love puzzles of all types, I find them calming when I'm stressed and can't sew. So thank you so much for making this video. I have a tip if you catch the bug want to do more. I separate the pieces out first. Inside pieces into the box base, corners and outside(edge) pieces into the lid. When done. Dump the outside pieces onto your work surface put the lid on the box so you can focus on making the frame, while your inside pieces stay safely contained until you need them. Thanks again for this video I'm watching it while completing my first hand stitched singlade ball 😊