Break The Doomscrolling Cycle
If you've never heard of the term "doomscrolling," it's just what you'd think it sounds like. It's a cycle where you find yourself endlessly scrolling on your phone, computer or some other device, mindlessly staring at content. Some of it can be good content, but it's overwhelmingly garbage. That doesn't make it bad, but when you can't break away it becomes problematic.
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The reason I bring this up is because it happened to me earlier tonight. I wanted to de-stress and figured randomly scrolling on Reddit would help until I thought of something I wanted to post about. Wrong! If anything, it seems to hinder the creative part of the brain that generates ideas.
It wasn't until I set my phone down that I realized I had just spent an hour scrolling through 99% garbage. Sure, there were some interesting things, like seeing a picture of a gold vein about two inches thick embedded in a solid wall of quartz, but outside of that it's nothing but clickbait.
If you find yourself struggling to write about something, do yourself a favor and put down the phone. Turn off the monitor or TV. Go for a walk, play a game of Solitaire with a pack of cards, or just sit, close your eyes and let your mind wander. You'll be better for it and feel refreshed.
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The "fix" is a preceptive shift :D Its hard, no doubt, but can be done :D
I am slowly working on this, since I feel like I spend too much time on my PC & Phone xD
Yeah, this is something I definitely need to work on more.
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It's those evil YouTube/Tiktok/IG algos that drip feed random, yet vaguely based on your explicit or implicit subject preferences. They have you! Muh ha ha ha ha hah!
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I need to go in and adjust the settings so it shows me less garbage.
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I'm pretty lucky that my attention span is so short doom scrolling isn't much of an issue for me. :)
!LOL my problem is everything is only a minute or two long, so it's easy to keep scrolling on to the next thing.
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Solid advice, sometimes staring at screens just clogs the creative pipes.
Thanks! Yeah, it sure does! No more mindless scrolling for me. 😆
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tienes mucha razon, de verda que ese ciclo de scroll infinito lo que hace es bloquearnos la mente horita.
yo cuando me siento asi lo que hago es salir a caminar por los cerros de mi zona y de verda que el aire libre es lo mejor para que las ideas vuelvan a fluir horita. gracias por el consejo, es muy necesario de verda.
you're very right, truly that infinite scrolling cycle only blocks our minds right now.
when i feel like that, what i do is go out for a walk in the hills of my area and truly the fresh air is the best thing for ideas to flow again right now. thanks for the advice, it's very necessary for real.
That's a great idea getting out in the fresh air and going for a walk!
Thanks for your comment!
¡Es una gran idea salir al aire libre y dar un paseo!
¡Gracias por tu comentario
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