Put together a 1000 piece puzzle

“I consider myself to be a very good puzzler. I can usually do a 1000-piece puzzle within a few days. When I grabbed the most recent puzzle out of my pile, it was a TOUGH one. I didn’t realize how difficult it would be until I started. [...] It took me about 9 days to do this puzzle. I thought it would take weeks. In the grand scheme of anything, it really wasn’t that much time. But I was STRESSED. I was staring at the pile of the shiny puzzle boxes that were waiting to be completed and I was putting so much pressure on myself to get to the next one. There is a rush that comes from completing one to get to the next one, and I lost sight of the joy of the actual puzzle process.”

“I created small piles of pieces and grouped them by color. I started piecing together Ariel’s red, voluminous hair and suddenly, her body followed. I was proud. I endured and Ariel emerged. But now there were 900 pieces of varying shades of blue and gray that I had to sort out. It seemed unlikely that I would make sense of this mess and that I would ever complete it. Except I did. It took three weeks of daily visits, short bursts before bed, and little by little, the pieces were coming together. I was putting order to this chaos. Often I’d go to bed and as I closed my eyes, my brain was still sorting pieces and flipping shapes and tirelessly attempting to piece this puzzle together.”

“This is my first time doing a 1000-piece puzzle It’s a lot harder than I expected I even got headaches while building the sky and tree. My eye for detail and patience level were definitely tested! I’m not sure if this is considered a difficult level design for a beginner, I just really liked the picture so I chose it.”