Like most people, I sometimes find myself picking up my phone “for a minute” and somehow losing half an hour to scrolling. It’s easy to fall into that habit. Social media is designed to keep us there. But lately I’ve been trying to replace some of that scrolling time with things that actually leave me feeling a bit more inspired, creative, or calm. I’m not perfect at it, but when I do swap scrolling for something creative, it almost always feels better. Here are a few creative things I like to do instead of scrolling . Writing Writing is one of the easiest ways for me to step away from my phone. Sometimes that means working on blog posts. Sometimes it’s planning new book ideas. Other times it’s just writing thoughts down in a notebook. It doesn’t have to be anything big or polished. Just getting ideas out of my head and onto paper feels surprisingly refreshing. Drawing or Illustrating Since I love illustrating children’s books, opening Procreate or sketching ideas i...
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