Fifty Things To Do Instead Of Doom Scrolling

A self-help listicle

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Doom scrolling is an act of fueling sadness by consuming and dwelling on the bad news that makes one feel miserable and out of sorts. It is mental torture.

The world is a sad place, and making yourself miserable won’t make the situation any better.

Except you browse with the mindset of helping or rendering assistance, here are fifty things you can do instead of Doom scrolling:

1. Lie on your back and count to 1000
2. Create a playlist of your favorite songs and play them on loudspeakers
3. Call your old friend
4. Watch cat videos
5. Reread your favorite book
6. Turn off your phone
7. Rewatch your favorite movie.
8. Binge-watch 2000’s hits on YouTube
9. Scrub your house until it shines
10. Take a run
11. Write a love letter with your left hand (if you are left-handed, try to do so with your right)
12. Watch dog videos
13. Take out a book and write a sentence description of everyone you have come across (those you can remember)
14. Binge-watch Netflix until your head hurts