Defense!

When life gets tense, I get crafty. My brain on problem solving overload I add to the mix figuring out new artsy techniques I've always wanted to conquer. They give me a psychological step up.

Somewhere deep in the grey matter recesses I tell myself, well you figured out a decreasing double crochet, solving what's really plaguing you can't be much more difficult.

It's funny how the mind works. In this case posing and solving smaller problems; exercising towards bigger ones.

Speaking of exercising, I better get going.