This is SO true!! I love the idea of filling your life with worthwhile pursuits so there’s no time left for Instagram. It’s not about taking something away, it’s adding more high quality pursuits :) love this as always!
Omg this is a gold mine. Thank you for all of these ideas! They remind me of tasks that could fall under Mihály Csíkszentmihályi's definition of Flow. I'm hoping to read it soon (once I get a copy in my hands), but he writes about how having a goal that balances between challenge and ease, gives clear feedback on if you're doing it well, and gives you a sense of power and accomplishment can make you feel fulfilled. Happy. Not pleasure, a temporary feeling like you get from scrolling. A longer lasting, impactful happy.
you're so welcome🩷 I'm glad you find this post useful, and I definitely need to read that book! finding something with the right amount of challenge is definitely important, I like those ideas!
I just did a research on the book, found it on a website with delivery to where I live in Europe. The first suggestion of a book was White Nights by Dostoyevsky.. 🫣 am I missing some connection between the two? Or was it a glitch in the Matrix? I am spiralling down
Love love love this! I teach high school, and I frequently find that my kids have no idea how to entertain themselves without the phone. Their curiosity is non-existent. I think I'll add a plan for the begining of the year to have the kids do what you've done in this post... Thanks for sharing.
wow that would be absolutely incredible. I often think about how difficult it must be for kids and teens nowadays, I just could not imagine being that age right now. this truly makes me really happy and i think you're doing a wonderful job to care about them so much and try to make a difference in your own way. thank you for reading kim 🩷🩷
omg are we the same person? a couple months ago i ran across a fiber artist who embroidered her entire website and it felt like an actually creative website from the early 2000s rather than the cookie cutter web design that everyone uses for their art portfolios. i suddenly realized i always hated (and eventually abandoned) my portfolio websites because they looked like a wash of white splattered with minimalist bullshit instead of something raw and authentic to my art. yes to creating a personal website that's aggressively pink!
hehe hi twin but yes omg i was so bored of the minimalist crap!! everything looks the same!! also that embroidery website sounds absolutely incredible i love that idea so much. i just love seeing the depths of people's creativity and the amount of time that went into creating something so unique!
This is such a simple but brilliant concept! It's not about cutting things out of our life, it's about adding new things to take up the space of the bad habits. I love this so much!
I love this candiceeee!!! Also thinking lots about *projects for the sake of projects* and *research for the sake of research* and how we are conditioned to think these projects need to have an end goal rather than just being a way to enjoy our little lives
I really enjoyed this piece it made me think (and I've thought for a while) how easily I just scroll. I'm intrigued to know if you use social media to 'push' people to your YouTube channel...sorry if you may have mentioned this before I am a new reader :-)
thank you! and happy to answer your questions dw, i don't have any social media or use anything to send people to my youtube apart from the odd hyperlink in my essays here and pinterest! i just always pray the youtube seo gods are working in my favour lol
oh perhaps I'll give little updates on how it's coming along in the subscriber chat :') also would recommend looking through other personal websites and see what styles you're drawn to and starting there! and then once you get into the swing of things you can tweak and make it even more personal 🩷
I am also on this journey and I have just begun. I have never been technologically literate at all and that has kept me in the Stone Age even now at 36. I bought my first iPad this month and have really had fun embellishing it and making my own in every way. It’s definitely a work in progress. Im on a fitness app called Strava and it is social media but about everything health and fitness its amazing. I find I’m rarely on my instagram or facebook threads anymore. Im in school again and i just love finding other worthwhile hobbies than doom scrolling till my eyes fall out. I would love to hear more about how you use dot journals when reading a book/novel/article? I’m new to that as well and since finishing my first English class where we summarized and discussed and journaled about it, I find I’s still at a loss as to a productive and effective way of writing to get the most out of it. Any ideas? Thanks!
oh wow well i’m glad you’re getting use out of all this tech in a healthy way! i really enjoyed strava too for a bit haha. and when it comes to bullet journaling for books, it's more of a creative outlet with a bonus of connecting more with the book, so as I'm decorating the pages, I'm thinking about it's themes and characters and which colours and stickers would reflect the book in the most accurate way, then i write a little general review. i also have a notion page with prompts that i fill out after reading a book which you would probably enjoy if you wanted to get more out of a book. the prompts are things like first impressions, key takeaways, would i read this again, themes etc. i also have videos on my youtube channel (oatmilkdiaries) if you wanted to see my bullet journal spreads to get an idea! let me know if you have any other questions!
I appreciate you sharing your projects and elaborate ideas for us but I'd like to point out that I thoroughly enjoyed your introduction. You write quite beautifully :)
This is SO true!! I love the idea of filling your life with worthwhile pursuits so there’s no time left for Instagram. It’s not about taking something away, it’s adding more high quality pursuits :) love this as always!
yes that's a great way to put it, high quality pursuits! thank you for reading🩷
Omg this is a gold mine. Thank you for all of these ideas! They remind me of tasks that could fall under Mihály Csíkszentmihályi's definition of Flow. I'm hoping to read it soon (once I get a copy in my hands), but he writes about how having a goal that balances between challenge and ease, gives clear feedback on if you're doing it well, and gives you a sense of power and accomplishment can make you feel fulfilled. Happy. Not pleasure, a temporary feeling like you get from scrolling. A longer lasting, impactful happy.
you're so welcome🩷 I'm glad you find this post useful, and I definitely need to read that book! finding something with the right amount of challenge is definitely important, I like those ideas!
I just did a research on the book, found it on a website with delivery to where I live in Europe. The first suggestion of a book was White Nights by Dostoyevsky.. 🫣 am I missing some connection between the two? Or was it a glitch in the Matrix? I am spiralling down
That's another one on my TBR! What connections are you finding?
Love love love this! I teach high school, and I frequently find that my kids have no idea how to entertain themselves without the phone. Their curiosity is non-existent. I think I'll add a plan for the begining of the year to have the kids do what you've done in this post... Thanks for sharing.
wow that would be absolutely incredible. I often think about how difficult it must be for kids and teens nowadays, I just could not imagine being that age right now. this truly makes me really happy and i think you're doing a wonderful job to care about them so much and try to make a difference in your own way. thank you for reading kim 🩷🩷
Well now i have the perfect summer bucket list thanks to this post
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omg are we the same person? a couple months ago i ran across a fiber artist who embroidered her entire website and it felt like an actually creative website from the early 2000s rather than the cookie cutter web design that everyone uses for their art portfolios. i suddenly realized i always hated (and eventually abandoned) my portfolio websites because they looked like a wash of white splattered with minimalist bullshit instead of something raw and authentic to my art. yes to creating a personal website that's aggressively pink!
hehe hi twin but yes omg i was so bored of the minimalist crap!! everything looks the same!! also that embroidery website sounds absolutely incredible i love that idea so much. i just love seeing the depths of people's creativity and the amount of time that went into creating something so unique!
This is such a simple but brilliant concept! It's not about cutting things out of our life, it's about adding new things to take up the space of the bad habits. I love this so much!
it's always the simplest ideas :’)
It really is!
I love this candiceeee!!! Also thinking lots about *projects for the sake of projects* and *research for the sake of research* and how we are conditioned to think these projects need to have an end goal rather than just being a way to enjoy our little lives
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thank you taylor <33 i love that you always get it, love your mind always
This! currently working on my biggest crochet blanket yet with a podcast about the titanic ✨
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I really enjoyed this piece it made me think (and I've thought for a while) how easily I just scroll. I'm intrigued to know if you use social media to 'push' people to your YouTube channel...sorry if you may have mentioned this before I am a new reader :-)
thank you! and happy to answer your questions dw, i don't have any social media or use anything to send people to my youtube apart from the odd hyperlink in my essays here and pinterest! i just always pray the youtube seo gods are working in my favour lol
Love this!
thank you🥰
I love this. 💞 There are so many beautiful ways to live without our phones, thank you for keeping that conversation going!!
thank you for saying that :') i feel like it's a v important conversation so i won't be stopping anytime soon!
this is such a neat idea for a post and I see you with the various open projects 🫡
hehe thank you girl, this is very kind <3
Would love some updates on the personal website 👀 it’s something i’ve been meaning to explore without really having an idea of where to start
oh perhaps I'll give little updates on how it's coming along in the subscriber chat :') also would recommend looking through other personal websites and see what styles you're drawn to and starting there! and then once you get into the swing of things you can tweak and make it even more personal 🩷
love this! it's so hard to break a habit when you don't replace it with something else 🫶
I am also on this journey and I have just begun. I have never been technologically literate at all and that has kept me in the Stone Age even now at 36. I bought my first iPad this month and have really had fun embellishing it and making my own in every way. It’s definitely a work in progress. Im on a fitness app called Strava and it is social media but about everything health and fitness its amazing. I find I’m rarely on my instagram or facebook threads anymore. Im in school again and i just love finding other worthwhile hobbies than doom scrolling till my eyes fall out. I would love to hear more about how you use dot journals when reading a book/novel/article? I’m new to that as well and since finishing my first English class where we summarized and discussed and journaled about it, I find I’s still at a loss as to a productive and effective way of writing to get the most out of it. Any ideas? Thanks!
oh wow well i’m glad you’re getting use out of all this tech in a healthy way! i really enjoyed strava too for a bit haha. and when it comes to bullet journaling for books, it's more of a creative outlet with a bonus of connecting more with the book, so as I'm decorating the pages, I'm thinking about it's themes and characters and which colours and stickers would reflect the book in the most accurate way, then i write a little general review. i also have a notion page with prompts that i fill out after reading a book which you would probably enjoy if you wanted to get more out of a book. the prompts are things like first impressions, key takeaways, would i read this again, themes etc. i also have videos on my youtube channel (oatmilkdiaries) if you wanted to see my bullet journal spreads to get an idea! let me know if you have any other questions!
I’ve been hearing notion everywhere this summer I will look into it. I will check it out thank you! Happy writing! Happy reading! 📖
I appreciate you sharing your projects and elaborate ideas for us but I'd like to point out that I thoroughly enjoyed your introduction. You write quite beautifully :)
this is very kind thank you so much 🥺🩷