Rec | BE BORED BABY!

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Rec'd on 📵 HABITS TO REPLACE DOOMSCROLLING WITH?

seriously! like put on some background music and just sit there with your thoughts. see what comes up. draw weird doodles, make a world for them, sing to them, whatever. just be weird and bored. to go directly against what i just said, i have a small pocket notebook i collect quotes/thoughts/jokes/poems/etc that i enjoy, and i go through it sometimes instead of scrolling. it takes a little time to get it to a point where it's useable like that, but it's worth it! bonus points if you print photos out and put them in too, make it like an inspiration notebook.

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@jahnneke

I have been learning to sit with the boredom but then usually dont know how to continue. I cant seem to remember what I used to do as a low effort but entertaining activity before I was on here constantly.

3d ago

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pocket notebook sketchbook diary scrapbook pocket pages

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