Ending My Day With Sudoku / myLot

New Zealand

November 8, 2015 1:53am CST

One of my favourite ways to unwind at the end of my day is to do a Sudoku puzzle. Ever since a ten year old boy at school taught me how to do them I've been hooked. I'm not as good as my sister though, she does the really complicated ones. I always have a Sudoku puzzle book beside my bed. Most nights I solve at least one complete puzzle, though as I do the harder ones in the book it sometimes takes two nights, depending on how tired I am. People often ask me, doesn't this stimulate my mind before I go to sleep? My answer is no. I think in words, they are what stimulate my mind. Numbers create no visual pictures or extended ideas for me. They just exist for my enjoyment of finding the right place for them on the page. But what about you? Do you enjoy Sudoku at all? Or are you one of those to whom these puzzles are a complete mystery?

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

8 Nov 15

I can do simple ones, but have never been a huge fan, too much maths

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Val

@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

8 Nov 15

No maths, just logic and problem solving

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Val

@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

8 Nov 15

@Jessicalynnt ha, ha, that's logic in itself

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

8 Nov 15

@valmnz if it looks like maths, smells like maths, and I see numbers, its maths, lol!

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fufurinha

@fufurinha (11930)

• Portugal

8 Nov 15

Oh, I really love sudoku, it is really great!!

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Val

@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

8 Nov 15

Good to know there are other fans out there.

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fufurinha

@fufurinha (11930)

• Portugal

8 Nov 15

@valmnz yes, I love it. it is one of my favorite hobbies.

Anna

@LadyDuck (502491)

• Italy

8 Nov 15

No, I have a hate sentiment toward numbers and mathematics. I like to solve crosswords, but not Sudoku.

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Val

@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

8 Nov 15

But Sudoku isn't maths at all, must logic and problem solving

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502491)

• Italy

8 Nov 15

@valmnz I never ever tried to understand, when I see numbers I skip.

susan

@sueznewz2 (10409)

• Alicante, Spain

8 Nov 15

yes they are .... to me its just math... and I dislike maths problems immensely.... but I can see how they are good fun.. I do number crosswords... as it's just fitting the numbers into a grid... no maths involved just problem solving...

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Val

@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

8 Nov 15

That's why I like Sudoku, just problem solving, no maths at all

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Robin Lamb

@troyburns (1405)

• New Zealand

8 Nov 15

My wife is a wizard at these things - she can do the super-mega-genius ones - whereas I make hard work of the easy puzzles. Cryptic crosswords are more my thing.

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Val

@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

8 Nov 15

My sister is good as those complicated ones too. I'm just happy to challenge myself and work at my own level

my friend does cryptic crosswords, they are a complete mystery to me.

Patti G

@Pattitude (1286)

• Newton, North Carolina

9 Nov 15

I love Sudoku and Logic Puzzles! I have not done any in a long while, though.

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Val

@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

10 Nov 15

I'm feeling tired tonight from staying up far too long to finish one last night.

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AnjaP

@Rollo1 (16676)

• Boston, Massachusetts

8 Nov 15

I do something truly mindless. I play a match three game before bed, with the sound on. Mostly, I keep the sounds on games off. But it changes everything and that's what matters. It's not words, it;s different - just pictures and music.

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Val

@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

8 Nov 15

That sounds like something I'd enjoy, you have me curious.

scheng1

@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

8 Nov 15

I used to do that every morning on the way to work. We collect the free newspapers from the MRT station, and there is a Sudoku in it. Sometimes it is so easy that i complete within 3 minutes. Sometimes it is so hard that I have not completed it by the time I reach the office.

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Val

@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

8 Nov 15

I'm the same, at the easy end of the book I do two or three a night. At the difficult end they take ages. I didn't complete last night's one.