WHAT TO DO INSTEAD OF DOOMSCROLLING

because social media is unhealthy for me and i need to be focusing on my own life pursuits instead of getting sucked up in others'.

i was inspired by the well-appointed desk's blog post and decided to make my own list of alternative activities to do instead of mindlessly using social media (which i would argue is all doomscrolling, even when it's not directly tied to distressing events). i've felt my brain literally deteriorate getting addicted to tiktok before i deleted my account and the app for good.

i'm still on a few other social media platforms, and while they're better to scroll through than X/instagram/facebook/tiktok, the fact still stands that i'm wasting a lot of time on them when i could be sitting down and playing with my art.

or doing literally anything else.

my idea is that if i find myself scrolling on my phone longer than i'd like, i'd flip open to these pages, use an RNG, and whatever number i land on is what i'm doing.

i know some of these are productivity-based, which isn't ideal if you're in a mental state that led to the overuse of your phone. but with the introduction of RNG, it's like a fun gamble on whether i'll learn something new, or take it easy, or just get some minor tasks done that i've been putting off for no reason.

let's see how this goes.