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Sometimes you don’t choose a hobby—it kind of chooses you. That’s exactly how Sudoku entered my life.

I didn’t start playing it because I wanted to train my brain or become better at puzzles. I actually discovered it in a pretty random moment when I was just trying to kill time.

Looking back now, it’s funny how a simple grid of numbers slowly became one of my favorite ways to relax.

It All Started With Boredom

The first time I tried Sudoku was during a long wait at the airport.

My flight was delayed, my phone battery was still pretty full, and I had already done the usual routine: checked messages, browsed social media, watched a couple of short videos.

Eventually, I ran out of interesting things to scroll.

So I opened a puzzle app I had downloaded weeks earlier but never used.

There it was—a simple grid with a few numbers already filled in.

I tapped on it without thinking much about it.