Mind at Play

MIND Journaling €€ 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Mood/colour tracking spreads €€ Flexible Beginner MIND Art journaling €€ 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Junk journaling €€ 3–5 h/wk Beginner MIND Puzzle solving (jigsaw, Sudoku) €€ Flexible Beginner MIND Guided self-reflection prompts €€ 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Daily gratitude journaling €€ 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Dream journaling €€ 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Future self letters € 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Writing personal mantras €€ 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Sentence-a-day journaling €€ 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Found poetry creation € 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Habit stacking routines € 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Morning ritual crafting €€ 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Evening wind-down tracking € 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Yearly life audit reviews € 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Energy tracking (what boosts/drains you) € 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Personal challenges & goal tracking € 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Time blocking experiments € 3–5 h/wk Beginner MIND Crosswords € 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Word search puzzles €€ Flexible Beginner MIND Tangrams €€ 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Logic grid puzzles €€ 1–2 h/wk Some basics MIND Cryptograms €€ <1 h/wk Beginner MIND Nonograms (picross) €€ 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Mechanical puzzles (twisty puzzles, puzzle boxes) €€€ 3–5 h/wk Beginner MIND Story cubes / story dice prompts €€ <1 h/wk Beginner MIND Flash fiction writing €€ 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Collaborative story writing (pass the story) €€ 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Metaphor-building games €€ 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Anagram challenges €€ 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Riddle creation & solving €€ <1 h/wk Beginner MIND Improvised poetry (haiku, limerick) € <1 h/wk Beginner MIND Letter tile games (Scrabble, Bananagrams) €€€ 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Pattern block puzzles €€ 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Perspective drawing exercises €€ 3–5 h/wk Some basics MIND Visual brain teasers €€ <1 h/wk Beginner MIND Paper folding puzzles (beyond origami: puzzle-folds) €€ 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Tessellation art €€ 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Dot-to-dot extreme puzzles €€ 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND 3D puzzle building (crystal puzzles, 3D jigsaw) €€€ 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Memory palace building € 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Speed learning techniques €€ 3–5 h/wk Beginner MIND Trivia challenges €€ 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Fact-a-day journals €€ <1 h/wk Beginner MIND DIY quiz creation (writing your own quizzes!) € 1–2 h/wk Beginner MIND Chess € 3–5 h/wk Beginner MIND Language learning € 3–5 h/wk Beginner MIND Book clubs & reading challenges €€ 3–5 h/wk Beginner MIND Bullet journaling for beginners € <1 h/wk Beginner MIND Travel journaling € Flexible Beginner MIND Nature observation journal € Flexible Beginner MIND Reading journal keeping € <1 h/wk Beginner MIND Shadow work journaling € Flexible Some basics MIND Letter writing to others € Flexible Beginner MIND Streak tracking with calendars € <1 h/wk Beginner MIND Theme of the year practice € <1 h/wk Beginner MIND Pomodoro focus sessions € <1 h/wk Beginner MIND Digital declutter routine € <1 h/wk Beginner MIND Single-tasking practice € <1 h/wk Some basics MIND KenKen number puzzles € Flexible Some basics MIND Kakuro puzzles € Flexible Some basics MIND Hashi (bridges) puzzles € Flexible Beginner MIND Slitherlink puzzles € Flexible Some basics MIND Solitaire card games € Flexible Beginner MIND Mahjong solitaire € Flexible Beginner MIND Minesweeper strategy € Flexible Some basics MIND Hidato number puzzles € Flexible Beginner MIND Futoshiki puzzles € Flexible Some basics MIND Acrostic poem writing € Flexible Beginner MIND Six-word stories € Flexible Beginner MIND Spoonerism wordplay € Flexible Beginner MIND Palindrome creation € Flexible Some basics MIND Rebus puzzle making € Flexible Some basics MIND Constrained writing challenges € Flexible Some basics MIND Word association chains € Flexible Beginner MIND Optical illusion drawing € Flexible Some basics MIND Isometric grid drawing € Flexible Beginner MIND Maze design and solving € Flexible Beginner MIND Spot-the-difference creation € Flexible Some basics MIND Mental rotation exercises € Flexible Beginner MIND Daily curiosity questions € <1 h/wk Beginner MIND Wikipedia rabbit holes € Flexible Beginner MIND Documentary deep dives € Flexible Beginner MIND Citizen science projects € Flexible Some basics MIND Learning a card trick repertoire €€ Flexible Some basics MIND Mnemonics for everyday memory € Flexible Some basics MIND Armchair travel exploration € Flexible Beginner MIND Learning an instrument €€€ 1–2 h/wk Some basics MIND Creative writing & fiction € 1–2 h/wk Beginner