{"id":25233,"date":"2023-07-30T11:23:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T18:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=25233"},"modified":"2023-07-31T00:42:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T07:42:07","slug":"some-updates-for-the-gmpuzzles-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/some-updates-for-the-gmpuzzles-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Some updates for the GMPuzzles family"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a little over six months ago that I posted my “taking a sabbatical<\/a>” letter here as part of a time I stepped away from full time science work. I’m still going through this sabbatical year, initially focusing on my physical health\/wellness and more recently reengaging in different ways including with puzzles. <\/p>\n

It has not been a straight path to find answers, but I’m doing fine, emerging from some depression in recent weeks, and signs like our GMPuzzles subscription<\/a> starting with very cool puzzles coming through are some accomplishments I’d claim after 6 months. I am still assembling one mission from my different life goals (including, but not only, around mental health) which is now where the next 6 months may take me. I ultimately hope to assemble a renewed mission where puzzles and science and philosophy and a lot of things come together as a way Dr. Sudoku and my network solves for hard problems again.<\/p>\n

I recently released two YouTube updates as a longer form of “how is Thomas doing” than the message above. The warm-up\/easier video is about a trip to the National Puzzlers’ League Convention in Montreal and it came with this bonus puzzle packet<\/a> of Tile Crosswords and TomTom. Some more fun easter eggs\/check-in discussion begins about 18 minutes in. I hope it can put a smile on some faces if you at least used to laugh at my old livejournal Thomas self.
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