Chickpea Magazine

(just) 10 ways i stopped myself from doomscrolling this week 🤞🏼

it can be important to stay connected with the world, but it doesn’t need to (and shoudn’t) be all access all the time – it’s bad for your brain, which’ll just burn you out and have you in despair. (which, imo, is exactly what those in power want.) here’s how i recharge and stay off addictive scrolling apps most of the day:

🎧 heading out (for *fun,* not just a dmv visit) and going to the market, a greenhouse, a friend’s place, anywhere that’ll bring you back to the world around you a little.
🧩 solving puzzles! more effective than you’d think at consuming your whole brain
🍩 baking – especially something that takes a while, like cinnamon rolls
🌲 putting on twin peaks for our fourth (?) rewatch and tidying up the kitchen
✍🏼 late night movies with a sudoku book
☕️ working with friends (or, if you don’t work from home, calling friends while you make dinner)
🎞️ scanning & putting into albums all of my family’s photos
🐈 reading under blankets with our cats
🌤️ starting the day with morning yoga (can be quick, even 5 minutes! it’ll at least get you out of bed which is where i used to get stuck scrolling)
🛁 ending the day with a good shower/bath to unwind and separate the busy day from the chill night
📱 setting up my phone to not be distracting (minimizing apps, turning off notifications, and keeping it in one place in the house during the day – if you work out of the house, this could mean keeping it in your bag instead of right in your pocket)

what's your go-to way to unwind from the stress of everything around us? always looking for more ideas 🙏🏼

𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘑𝘰𝘺 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘪𝘰 ✌🏼🖤