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Need to take my own advice on this one.
I'll scroll and scroll and scroll but I actually feel good when I get the journal/sketchbook out and learn something about myself.
I'll scroll and scroll and scroll but I actually feel good when I get the journal/sketchbook out and learn something about myself.
May 18, 2025
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🖌This is prolly a therapy practice or smthn and I don't know it lol BUT i think it's v refreshing and healing for the soul to spend 30 mins/day simply creating something from scratch. It can be anything, like:
- A journal entry
- Rough draft of a story you have rattling in your head
- A silly doodle with no rhyme or reason
- A random collage
- Improv on the piano/guitar/instrument of choice
- Embroidering on an old shirt you're trying to revive
It's easy to get caught up in the gears of life and responsibility; getting into the small habit of creating something new is a good way to stay in touch with yourself and remember that you've got that spark in you <3
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⭐I want to strike a balance between consuming and creating. I think that's why we might feel so aimless sometimes. I told myself I'd create one thing a day, even if it's shitty. A doodle, product concept, song lyric, a beat, an animation, etc. Literally anything. I just need to stop consuming nonstop and actually do something with the info I process. will report back
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🖋(cause perfection is overrated)
For the motivation piece, I think a universal rule that encourages me to keep up my journaling habit and do it consistently is that I know whatever I put on the page is enough. Sometimes I dedicate 10 minutes to updating my journal, or I might have 2 hours to kill and make my pages cute and fun. Sometimes I write… but I also draw, or collage, or write down a song lyric that’s stuck in my head, talk about something new I tried, etc —but I’m always putting something on the page. Another big motivator for me is the idea that I’m serving as an archivist of my own life. I love going back to see what I was interested in, what was taking up space in my brain, and what my life looked like at this specific moment in time.
For the aesthetic part, I would just throw that whole notion away. Get messy like you did as a kid. Color outside the lines. Do your own thing. You’ll find your style the more you do it, and sometimes you're going to put something on that page that is just god awful ugly—but that’s okay! You’re refining your taste. I would say use references as your starting point, but don’t forget your journal is yours and yours alone, so if you like it, that’s really all there is to it. Have fun and most importantly, play!
For the motivation piece, I think a universal rule that encourages me to keep up my journaling habit and do it consistently is that I know whatever I put on the page is enough. Sometimes I dedicate 10 minutes to updating my journal, or I might have 2 hours to kill and make my pages cute and fun. Sometimes I write… but I also draw, or collage, or write down a song lyric that’s stuck in my head, talk about something new I tried, etc —but I’m always putting something on the page. Another big motivator for me is the idea that I’m serving as an archivist of my own life. I love going back to see what I was interested in, what was taking up space in my brain, and what my life looked like at this specific moment in time.
For the aesthetic part, I would just throw that whole notion away. Get messy like you did as a kid. Color outside the lines. Do your own thing. You’ll find your style the more you do it, and sometimes you're going to put something on that page that is just god awful ugly—but that’s okay! You’re refining your taste. I would say use references as your starting point, but don’t forget your journal is yours and yours alone, so if you like it, that’s really all there is to it. Have fun and most importantly, play!
Jul 14, 2025
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🧘I don't really enjoy pillows like I prefer my head to be at body level if I'm flat on my back. And I like to lay on a more rigid surface than a mattress so a nice hard floor is peeeerfect
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⚪I've seen people talking about how doomscrolling is filler time and you make no memories. 100%!!! Like I'll be bored for one second and then I'm on TikTok for two hours and that isn't an exaggeration. The other day I just let myself be bored and not scroll and like yeah I was super bored but I walked around the house and I took in my actual life a little bit and then I found something to do and I just felt like I gained my time back kind of.
I also just think recently I've felt like I have to time to do the stuff that's important to me or that I enjoy but really I've just been sucked into a scrolling black hole and that suddenly I have time to do anything I want!
I also just think recently I've felt like I have to time to do the stuff that's important to me or that I enjoy but really I've just been sucked into a scrolling black hole and that suddenly I have time to do anything I want!
Feb 13, 2025