Hmm. I think I might just lie down after the show with a box of chocolates and today's crossword… or maybe I'll memorize another shopping list… this time in Japanese.
For example, it might be working out a new song on the piano, solving a problem, completing a crossword puzzle, creating website graphics, planning your travel budget, painting.
The results reveal that for a challenging set of anagrams, those who were angry did better than those in the other possible emotional states — although no difference was seen for easy anagrams.
The researchers say one explanation could be down to a link between anger and greater persistence, with the team finding those who were angry spent more time on the difficult set of anagrams.
He got into construction and then the insurance industry, but he'd always liked to write and do crossword puzzles. " And I loved to read. A lot, " he said.
When I could see, I used to love doing crosswords and word puzzles, but since moving over to audiobooks, I'd begun to notice that I was forgetting how to spell.
Mr Kerry was at pains to demonstrate that America remains open to “engagement” with North Korea—though he stressed his opposition to any return to the “charade” of “artificial” talks.
Elaine Higgleton, a representative of Collins Cobuild dictionaries, explained that thousands of crossword and Scrabble fans read dictionaries for fun and to improve their game.