Frugal Fun: Boggle or Scrabble
Economy got you down? Looking for some inexpensive things to do? Host a scrabble or boggle night. The games are likely owned by someone you know, or they are not that expensive to buy. Considering the hours of usage, the cost is lower than a night out at the movies. The travel version of Scrabble is easily packed in a bag and can go to any coffee shop or friendly location.
Online Boggle if you want a quick diversion. Random games are setup, you get 3 minutes to type in words, and then it scores it for you. The site has a wealth of other word related things yet to be discovered by me.
A quick boggle game is a nice little segue way between projects or tasks, or a little time shifting boundary between work and after work. Its becoming a ritual as I get ready to leave work, or go to lunch. Its a blended living practice- little habits or rituals that mark the boundaries between work and home time. ( Don’t take work home when you don’t have to. Get it done there.)
The other benefits are that you get to keep your mind sharp, and off the crummy economy or any other negative seed that you would rather not water. It exercises different parts of my brain and lets those other coding, computer problem solving parts get a quick rest. For you NLP types, it can become an anchor to transition smoothly from work to home or play and vice versa.
