Destressing During Coronavirus, The Positive impacts of puzzles

Even as some states ease their stay-at-home orders many families are still choosing to stay put, isolated from friends and extended family.

FAMILIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AREFINDING NEW WAYS TO CONNECT ANDPASS THE TIMEDURING THESE STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS-- WITH A POPULAR OPTION...BEINGPUZZLES.CHRIS CONTE SHOWS US HOW THEY'REHELPING MANY MANAGE THE PRESSUREOF THEPANDEMIC.MORE OFTEN THAN NOT IT SEEMS ASTHOUGH TIME HAS LITTLE MEANINGRIGHT NOW ...... NOTHING IS AS IT SHOULD BE.YET IN THE MIDST OF AN EPIDEMICDAVID LESCHINSKY HAS NEVER BEENBUSIER.

054420 THERE WAS NO TIMEFOR SELF-REFLECTION ORREFLECTION ABOUT THE BUSINESS,IT WAS SIMPLYSTANDING IN FRONT OF THE FIREHOUSE /STEPPING INTO THE BASEMENT OFEUREKA PUZZLES IN BROOKLINE,MASSACHUSETTS IS LIKESTEPPING BACK IN TIME.055528 WE'RE WORKING AS HARD ANDAS FAST AS WE CANAS THE OWNER OF A PUZZLE STORE,THIS 65-YEAR-OLD NEVER IMAGINEDHE'D NEED A DELIVERY DRIVER TOKEEPUP WITH ORDERS.BUT LIKE A WING JOINT THE DAY OFTHE SUPERBOWL, HIS MERCHANDISEIS IN HOT.054342 OUR WEB TRAFFIC HAS GONETHROUGH THE ROOFWHEN THE COUNTRY LOCKED DOWN ...AMERICANS REDISCOVERED THEIRLOVE OF PUZZLES,ESSENTIALLY OVERNIGHT.DAVID HAD TO TRANSFORM THIS 850SQUARE FOOT STORE FRONT, INTO AMAKE SHIFT AMAZON FACTORY054616 JIG SAW PUZZLES, BEFOREANY OF THIS, HAD A REAL APPEALTO PEOPLE SPENDING TIME TOGETHERCONTE STANDUP060452 AND WHILE PUTTING APUZZLE TOGETHER MIGHT BE FUN,HAVING SOMETHING TO FOCUS ONDURING THESETIMES IS GOOD FOR YOUR MENTALHEALTHSOT W/ DOC - ZOOM01:16 NOW A LOT OF FAMILIES ARESPENDING ENFORCED TIME TOGETHERAND WE NEED TO FIND LEARN HOWTO MANAGE THAT.A PSYCHOLOGIST AT VANDERBILTUNIVERSITY AND JIG-SAWENTHUSIAST HIMSELF, CRAIG SMITHSEESPUZZLES AS FILLING A CRUCIALVOID RIGHT NOW.SOT - ZOOM255 IT IS THAT NOTION OF CONTROLAND UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWINGTHERE'S ASOLUTION.

BECAUSE THERE ARE SOMANY QUESTION MARKS IN ALL OURLIVES RIGHT NOW.

AND IT'S NOTJUST PUZZLE STORES.SOME PUZZLE MANUFACTURES HAVE ASHORTAGE OF SUPPLY RIGHT NOW.000434 IT'S INSANE, I'VE BEENDOING THIS FOR 20 YEARS ANDNEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE ITJASON SCHNEIDER WORKS FOR CEACO.THEY MANUFACTURE PUZZLE PIECES.SALES ARE UP 300 PERCENT.COAST-TO-COAST THIS AGE-OLDHOBBY, HAS FOUND NEW LIFE.FAMILIES EVERYWHERE SEEM TO BEREDISCOVERING THE PUZZLE.000540 IT'S HUMBLING TO KNOW WEHAVE A PRODUCT THAT PEOPLEREALLY WANT AND PEOPLE NEED AT ATIMEOF CRISISWHEN OUR LIVES ARE FALLING APARTIN SO MANY WAYS ... PUZZLES AREOFFERING CERTAINTY, ANDSIMPLICITY.054835 IT'S A DEFINITIVE, YOUKNOW IT WILL GO TOGETHER, YOUKNOW THE PIECES WILL FIT / LIFEISN'T ALWAYS CUTAND DRY THAT WAYMAYBE 'PIECING' OURSELVES BACKTOGETHER AFTER ALL THIS ..

WON'TBE AS HARD AS WE THINK.

INBOSTON, I'M CHRIS CONTEREPORTING.THE HARD FREEZE IS RIGHT ON