The Sudoku Challenge
Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS
Are you familiar with sudoku ?
It’s a little numbers game.
3 boxes accross , 3 boxes down.
Wait there’s more ….
Then 9 little boxes in each of these boxes.
Still with me?
Therefore, 9 rows of little boxes down, and 9 accross , and 9 individual boxes with 9 little squares in them.
Are you following this?
My luck, the editor already put up a picture and all this is redundant. And, if she didn’t all this is probably not real clear anyway.
Bottom line, the goal is to get the numbers 1 through 9 going across, down and in each larger square without repeating a number in any configuration.
If you’re lost, fear not !
Because, whether you understand this or not, is not the reason I’m sharing this anyway!
I just want to share my experience with it.
When I started trying to be successful at this little game, i was so busy and intense. I would write numbers outside the boxes to try to remember what numbers could possibly go inside the boxes. And also which certainly could not. I’d make little marks and dots and mini numbers inside the corner of the boxes too, for what numbers I thought might be in the spot.
I kept myself so busy working areas and figuring things out.
Eventually, I improved. I mean who wouldn’t with all that effort, short hand, and notations , right?
Guess what – wrong!!!!!
How’d I get better?
I changed my approach.
I stopped focusing in areas when I couldn’t be effective. I moved on.
I looked at it from different angles.
I even relaxed a bit and wandered around more to see what would him me.
I let go a bit. I sat with it a little.
I do much better now, with less intensity, a more forgiving focus, and faith that it will work out.
Because, it’s preplanned that way.
And guess – what if I trust it, and give it a little space and time -it always does!
We have Sudoku moments all the time. Right now a major one, I’d say.
Let’s challenge our selves to let go of some of the intensity. It’s going to drive us crazy. Just keep doing, and relax your worries a little, and have a little trust it will all work out.
Rivki Rosenwald is a certified relationship counselor, and career and life coach. She can be contacted at 917-705-2004 or rivki@rosenwalds.com
