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  1. 01/27/2025

    Doomscrolling (7 of 7)

    Want more tips and tricks? (⁠click here⁠) Hi! Today, we’re taking a look at the vicious cycle of doomscrolling. That’s where you try to find something positive on the internet to relieve your anxiety, only to find more and more bad news, which makes you even more anxious and stressed. In our last lesson, we talked about where to go instead of doomscrolling, and today we’ll look at your new life without the negative habit. You’ve had a whole week to break your habit—have you succeeded? If you’re not quite there yet, don’t beat yourself up. It takes time to break an unhealthy habit and substitute a healthy one instead. You might need a month or more to fully rid yourself of the doomscrolling habit. Just remember our tips and tricks and keep plugging away. You’ll get there! In the beginning, creating boundaries with your phone and the news may feel weird and difficult. Give it time and you (as well as your “lizard brain”) will become used to the new reality. Dr. Aditi Nerurkar, a Harvard physician, reminds us that “It’s easy to quell something that you’ve been doing for two weeks, but it’s more difficult to quell something you’ve been doing for five months—or for years. But the brain is better than any smartphone out there. It is always adapting and evolving and responding to its external cues so what you focus on grows. Over time there will be a difference.” Find ways to stay connected with the important people in your life. Virtual visits may not be as satisfying as real ones, but they are connections, and you need those more than ever now. And while you’re keeping those important relationships alive, don’t forget to take care of yourself as well. It may sound cliché, but self-care is just as important as maintaining your social support system. Make sure you’re participating in activities you enjoy and taking time to pursue your hobbies. Discover new hobbies as well—there’s no time like the present to learn something new. If you find you’re struggling with time, try creating a schedule for yourself. Actually put your hobby or activity onto your calendar and “make a date” with yourself to have fun. Another way to take care of yourself is to seek help if you need it. If your doomscrolling habit has made you anxious and depressed, find a good therapist who uses cognitive behavioral therapy techniques. This is a practice where you learn to replace unhealthy thoughts and habits with healthy ones, which is exactly what you need to do with doomscrolling. A good therapist doesn’t judge, but only helps you clarify your own thoughts and feelings and make some healthier decisions in your life. You can find a good therapist by checking the local online white pages, then calling to see whether they use cognitive behavioral therapy or not. You can also contact the National Institute of Mental Health or check out their very informative website. You can also try group therapy designed for busy people with too much stress, or seek out a psychiatrist. You probably don’t need medication if your anxiety and stress are caused by doomscrolling, but if you do need it, give it a shot and see whether it will work for you. Just make sure you ask your doctor to avoid anything habit-forming because you certainly don’t want to replace one unhealthy habit with another one! Your life after doomscrolling can be a positive, healthy one if you put the effort into making it so. Follow our tips and you’ll soon see what we’ve been talking about. You’ll feel more in control of your life and feel much better about yourself. In time, you’ll be able to put down the phone or computer and walk away from the bad news. You’ll get your news from reliable sources that are relevant to your life and ignore the doomscrolling click-bait that social media often throws your way. #wupples #wuppleshealth #health #swipeleft #swipe

    3 min

  2. 01/26/2025

    Doomscrolling (6 of 7)

    Want more tips and tricks? (⁠click here⁠) Hi! In our last lesson we talked about replacing your doomscrolling habit with something else that adds positivity to your life. Today, we’re looking at some fantastic websites you can visit that will keep your mind busy and your heart full instead of wasting precious time being consumed by negative news and information. Here are some uplifting websites you can visit instead: • Huffington Post: Good News. This site offers you daily happy news stories instead of the usual negative ones. • Some Good News. This is a YouTube channel devoted to good news. • Tiny Buddha. A leading resource for peace and happiness, reflecting on simple wisdom and teaching new ways to apply that to your life. • Zen Habits. This site is about finding simplicity in the daily chaos of your life. • Happy News. This site has even more good news for you. • TED. Technology, Entertainment, Design. This is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. • Awkward Family Photos. A funny, positive website showing humorous family photos. It will make you laugh even as you cringe. • 1,000 Awesome Things. “Optimism for the rest of us.” • Gimundo. More good news, delivered daily. • Good News Network. A “Daily Dose of News to Enthuse.” • USA Today: Humankind. This site offers stories of human kindness to cheer you up. • Good News Network. Offers a constant source of positive news stories. • I Can Has Cheeseburger? A plethora of humorous cat memes to bring a chuckle to your lips. Finding positive websites to visit instead of doomscrolling will fill up any spare time you have with information that is bound to lift your spirit instead of making you feel down. And that’s halfway to your goal of quitting the negative habit of doomscrolling! Whenever you have the urge to go online and check the news, try clicking on one of these other websites instead. After all, if anything really important happens, you’ll hear about it from friends and family. You don’t need to go looking for bad news. Tomorrow, we’ll talk about life after doomscrolling. #wupples #wuppleshealth #health #swipeleft #swipe #swiperight #swipeformore #swipeable #swipernoswiping #swipedright #SwipeAway #swipetoseemore #swipestar #SwipeIt #swipetrades #swiper #swipeacross #swipeup #swipeart #swipecomic #SwipeTheCard #swipewright #swipeforbefore #swipedrightbutlerjeeves #swipesmarter #swipestories #Swipe2Forgive #swipesmart #swipeys #swipes #Swipe4Angles #SwipeRightToSeeTheFun #swipeswipe

    2 min

  3. 01/25/2025

    Doomscrolling (5 of 7)

    Want more tips and tricks? (⁠click here⁠) Hi there, In our last lesson, we talked about the “stop” technique, a powerful strategy that will help you quickly break the habit of perpetual doom scrolling. In today's lesson, we’ll look at replacing that habit with something else that adds value to your life. Before we get to that, the truth is that sometimes we end up doomscrolling just to pass the time. Quite simply, we're bored and we feel the need to fill that time with mindless scrolling. Instead, try to replace that habit with something more positive, and beneficial to your life. If you can start replacing your bad habit or doomscrolling with something that leaves you feeling creatively stimulated, you'll improve the quality of your life quickly, while being able to get away from wasting so much time consuming negative news and information. Need some help with this? Here are some positive habits you can replace your doom scrolling time with. Not only will you improve your life, but you'll be surprised at how much extra time you actually have to dedicate to things that fuel your body, mind and soul: • Start reading a book you always wanted to read • Call a friend and set up a Skype or Zoom meeting • Learn to crochet or knit • Paint or draw some art • Get some exercise • Meditate or practice your yoga • Learn a new language • Play a board game • Work a puzzle—either jigsaw or crossword • Listen to an audio book • Start a blog • Take some interesting photographs • Take a hike • Attend a virtual class • Take a drive It’s not enough just to stop doomscrolling. You need to replace that time with a healthy habit so you don’t turn back to the negative cycle. If you find something else to do, you’re far less likely to turn to your old bad habit and far more likely to actually change your lifestyle for the better. Tomorrow we’ll talk about where to go online instead of doomscrolling. #wupples #wuppleshealth #health #swipeleft #swipe #swiperight #swipeformore #swipeable #swipernoswiping #swipedright #SwipeAway #swipetoseemore #swipestar #SwipeIt #swipetrades #swiper #swipeacross #swipeup #swipeart #swipecomic #SwipeTheCard #swipewright #swipeforbefore #swipedrightbutlerjeeves #swipesmarter #swipestories #Swipe2Forgive #swipesmart #swipeys #swipes #Swipe4Angles #SwipeRightToSeeTheFun #swipeswipe

    2 min

  4. 01/24/2025

    Doomscrolling (4 of 7)

    Want more tips and tricks? (⁠click here⁠) Hi there, In our last lesson, we looked at mindfulness as a way to break the common doomscrolling habit. Today we’ll talk about the “stop” technique. Here’s how you break any bad habit: • Identify the behavior you want to change. We’ve targeted doomscrolling as our bad habit that needs to be broken. • Understand what triggers your bad habit. We’ve linked doomscrolling to a feeling of helplessness and anxiety that you try to alleviate by searching for more information. • Go slowly and make small changes that stick. This could involve taking small steps such as putting your phone down and limiting your screen time each day. • Spend time thinking about your bad habit before you actually try to change it. You may need longer than just a week before you’re ready to stop your bad habit. • Remind your future self to avoid bad habits. Try setting some reminders on your phone for times when you know you’ll be more vulnerable. Remind your future self why you’re trying to quit. • Find a better reason to quit. You know you need to stop doomscrolling because it makes you more anxious, what if you later decide that anxiety might be worth it to get the latest news? Instead, make your decision based on the fact that if you stop, you’ll have far more time with your friends and family. • Change your environment. If you make it even a little harder to mindlessly pursue your bad habit, you’re more likely to change. Store your phone in your desk instead of in your pocket so you have to consciously get up and walk over to the desk to scroll. • Coach yourself out of bad habits. Adam Dachis, Lifehacker alumnus, used his webcam to record his reasons for wanting to quit his bad habits. Every day, he’d make a new video coaching himself to change his habits. • Be kind and patient with yourself. Changing a bad habit isn’t going to happen overnight. If you mess up and find yourself doomscrolling again, don’t beat yourself up about it. Just start over and be patient. • Do a review if you have a bad habit relapse. Setbacks are normal, so you should expect to have a few. Make a plan to get yourself back on track and use your relapse as a way to better understand what happened and how you can avoid it the next time. • Create an “If-Then” plan. Habits are mindless behavior loops. A cue triggers your doomscrolling, then you get a “reward” when you perform that habit, so you keep doing it. An “If-Then” plan can help you to disrupt this cue-reward cycle. Keep your plan as simple as possible. • Train yourself to think differently about your habit. Even if you dislike your bad habit, you’re getting something out of it or you wouldn’t keep doing it. Whenever you catch yourself thinking positive thoughts about your doomscrolling habit, reframe them to remind yourself why you want to quit. One great technique to use along with these steps is the “stop” technique. Whenever you find yourself doomscrolling, actually say “Stop!” out loud. Then do it. Stop scrolling. Stand up and go into another room. Place your phone or other device into a desk drawer. Do some exercise. Make something creative. Take a walk. Do anything to break your concentration and get away from the scrolling. The trick is not just to stop doomscrolling, but to replace that behavior with something healthier, like exercising or doing something creative. This technique works quite well to break you of a bad habit and help you replace it with something better. #wupples #wuppleshealth #health #swipeleft #swipe #swiperight #swipeformore #swipeable #swipernoswiping #swipedright #SwipeAway #swipetoseemore #swipestar #SwipeIt #swipetrades #swiper #swipeacross #swipeup #swipeart #swipecomic #SwipeTheCard #swipewright #swipeforbefore #swipedrightbutlerjeeves #swipesmarter #swipestories #Swipe2Forgive #swipesmart #swipeys #swipes #Swipe4Angles #SwipeRightToSeeTheFun

    3 min

  5. 01/24/2025

    Doomscrolling (3 of 7)

    Want more tips and tricks? (⁠click here⁠) Hi! In our last lesson we talked about making a plan for using your phone and today we’ll look at mindfulness as a way of breaking the habit. Doomscrolling is often a “mindless” habit—you’re scrolling through those headlines without even thinking about it, absorbing all that negative information and stress without being completely conscious of what you’re doing. Time slips away as you get sucked deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole of doomscrolling. Embracing mindfulness can help break this habit and restore your control of the environment around you. Mindfulness is the practice of staying “in the moment,” noticing the world you’re in and paying more attention to what you’re doing, what you’re thinking, and (most importantly) what you’re feeling. It’s not meditation, but it does result in a more enhanced experience as you go about your daily life. You can use meditation to attain a state of mindfulness, of course, but it’s not necessary if you can allow yourself to become conscious of your environment and pay attention to what’s going on around you. Checking in with yourself is the practice of determining your physical and emotional state at any moment. Mornings are a great time to check in, as are bedtimes, but you can perform a self-check at any time. Let yourself relax and become still, so you can listen to your own thoughts and notice your feelings and your physical sensations Start by becoming aware of your experiences at the moment. What sensations in your body can you feel? Begin at the top of your head and work your way down to your toes. Maybe you notice tension on one area, or feel your tummy rumbling because lunch is overdue. Perhaps you can feel chilly or warm, or you feel a sense of fatigue. Notice any physical sensations that may be unpleasant, like aches or pains or fatigue, and think of a way to alleviate or control them so they don’t take over your day. Acknowledge the negatives without allowing them to rule your mind and body. What thoughts are going through your mind? Try to acknowledge the nature or content of those thoughts without getting sucked into actually thinking about anything except the mindfulness exercise. For example, if you’re thinking about driving to work, acknowledge the thought and ask yourself what feelings are associated with it. You don’t need to do anything about those thoughts and feelings: just recognize that they’re present without dwelling on any of them. Now, narrow your attention and focus on your breathing. Focus on the physical sensations of breathing in and out. Feel your abdomen expanding as you inhale, and feel the air flowing through your mouth or nostrils as you exhale. Follow each breath through your body and allow the rhythm to anchor yourself in the present moment and just be there. Practicing a mindfulness check-in from time to time can help you: • Break out of habitual actions and reactions that you may not even be aware of. • See yourself and others (and information) more clearly and honestly. • Understand situations and how you react to them. • Engage with life in new and more satisfying ways that are healthy and uplifting to your mind, body and spirit. In our next lesson, we’ll take a close look at what is called the “Stop” technique. This is an effective way to break the doomscrolling habit quickly. #wupples #wuppleshealth #health #swipeleft #swipe #swiperight #swipeformore #swipeable #swipernoswiping #swipedright #SwipeAway #swipetoseemore #swipestar #SwipeIt #swipetrades #swiper #swipeacross #swipeup #swipeart #swipecomic #SwipeTheCard #swipewright #swipeforbefore #swipedrightbutlerjeeves #swipesmarter #swipestories #Swipe2Forgive #swipesmart #swipeys #swipes #Swipe4Angles #SwipeRightToSeeTheFun #swipeswipe

    3 min

  6. 01/22/2025

    Doomscrolling (2 of 7)

    Want more tips and tricks? (⁠click here⁠) Hi! If you’re like most people, checking your phone is a mindless habit. Any time you’ve got a spare minute, you pick up the phone and check out those emails, scroll through the many social media accounts, and of course, the news headlines. It’s as though you can’t stand to just sit still for a minute and be alone with yourself or let your mind rest. To help yourself break out of this unconscious habit, try allocating certain times of the day for checking your phone. Try to avoid times like first thing in the morning or right before bed, though, because those times will start you off on a bad note and make it harder for you to fall asleep and get a good night’s rest. It's important to give your mind time to settle before bed, and scrolling through websites or consuming news of any kind right before you try to sleep will leave you in a state of restlessness. Instead, choose times when you’ll be more alert and conscious of what you’re doing: on your lunch break, after dinner, after putting the kids to bed. Whichever times work best for you. The key is to leave your phone out of sight for the rest of the day. If you don’t have it in your hand, you’re not going to be doomscrolling through the headlines. And if you’re not doomscrolling, you’re not feeling as helpless, stressed, and anxious. Take this a step further even and set some resolutions and intentions with the time you spend on your mobile device. Maybe during lunch, you plan to check in on your favorite social media account and engage with your online friends. Maybe you’ll check on the news in the afternoon. If you can “put a ring around the time you spend doing this,” says Kat Nichol, “this can help you avoid a never-ending doomscroll. Try setting your phone down and walking away altogether, especially during work hours or when you're under a time crunch or deadline and can't afford to get off track. “In this time of heightened stress,” says Dr. Amiti Narurkar, a Harvard physician, “you can’t expect to not check your phone. However if your phone is 10 feet away, it becomes an intentional choice to stand up, move away from the workstation and go check my phone.” Psychologist Kimberly Wilson also suggests what she calls the “two by two approach” to protect your mind when the news is overwhelming by limiting your news viewing to two good quality sources that you check two times a day. “While it’s important to be informed,” she says, “there is a limit to the usefulness of this information for people who don’t have any power to intervene. Instead, it just increases a sense of powerlessness, fear, and uncertainty.” If you only check your phone’s news outlets twice a day, and limit yourself to trustworthy news channels, you’re less likely to start doomscrolling and stress yourself out. Your anxiety levels will lower, and you’ll feel more in control of situations and day-to-day life. Block your internet access during the rest of the day, or at least block the social media platforms you’ve been mindlessly scrolling through all day. Turn off notifications or even delete the news apps that feed you catastrophic and disturbing headlines, and do your best to limit your screen time (30-minute intervals, perhaps, and only at certain times of the day). Taking control of your screen time will give you control of your life back. You’ll be able to break the doomscrolling habit quickly, and feel more like your old self again. In our next lesson, we’ll talk about using mindfulness to break the habit. #wupples #wuppleshealth #health #swipeleft #swipe #swiperight #swipeformore #swipeable #swipernoswiping #swipedright #SwipeAway #swipetoseemore #swipestar #SwipeIt #swipetrades #swiper #swipeacross #swipeup #swipeart #swipecomic #SwipeTheCard #swipewright #swipeforbefore #swipedrightbutlerjeeves #swipesmarter #swipestories #Swipe2Forgive #swipesmart #swipeys

    3 min

  7. 01/21/2025

    Doomscrolling (1 of 7)

    Want more tips and tricks? (⁠click here⁠) Hi! Many people start their days so it goes something like this: Your phone alarm wakes you up from a not-so-restful sleep. As long as you’ve got that phone in your hand, you start scrolling through your email and social media accounts. The pandemic isn’t going anywhere. The economy seems hopeless. The political situation is sheer chaos. And maybe there’s an international disaster looming or occurring on top of all that. In other words, bad news and more bad news. Instead of starting your day off on a positive note, you’re already stressed out before you even brush your teeth and comb your hair! You might even get sucked into the swamp of negative information and lose track of time, running the risk of making yourself late and then feeling even more stressed out. This is doomscrolling at its worse, and you’ve got to make a conscious effort to combat the unhealthy habit. Take control of your life again and stop the mindless scrolling and surfing on your phone. One simple fix is to stop using your phone as your alarm. Dr. Amiti Nerurkar, a Harvard physician, emphasizes the importance of “working with your biology, not against it.” What that means in this situation is that it’s become a habit to turn off your alarm and turn on the bad news. Replacing your phone with an old-fashioned alarm clock will interrupt that cycle and force you to think of something else in the mornings. Utilize the “downtime” function on your phone to lock out certain apps and the internet before 9:00 am (or whatever time you need to report to work). Use apps or blockers that make it harder for you to get online and start scrolling on your phone in the mornings. Just making it harder to find the negative information will help start your mornings off on a better note, and you’ll soon be well on your way to a happier outlook. Another tip is to log out of social media accounts that require you to manually enter your password to enter the platform. Doing this one simple step will help to eliminate the time you spend scrolling social media every few minutes. Use your mornings to do something positive for yourself: meditate, exercise, enjoy a peaceful breakfast—check before you check in on the news. This is a great first step toward breaking the whole doomscrolling habit, and, instead of dreading the sound of your alarm, you can start looking forward to some “me” time in the mornings. In our next lesson, we’ll talk about breaking the doomscrolling habit on your phone during the rest of the day. #wupples #wuppleshealth #health #swipeleft #swipe #swiperight #swipeformore #swipeable #swipernoswiping #swipedright #SwipeAway #swipetoseemore #swipestar #SwipeIt #swipetrades #swiper #swipeacross #swipeup #swipeart #swipecomic #SwipeTheCard #swipewright #swipeforbefore #swipedrightbutlerjeeves #swipesmarter #swipestories #Swipe2Forgive #swipesmart #swipeys #swipes #Swipe4Angles #SwipeRightToSeeTheFun #swipeswipe

    2 min

  8. 01/20/2025

    Home Based Workouts (7 of 7)

    Want more tips and tricks? (⁠click here⁠) Hi! In our last lesson, we worked out with our medicine ball. Today, we’ll do some more workouts with our fitness sliders. These exercises are a bit harder than the original ones we tried out. Remember plank position? That’s where you look as if you’ve just done a push-up. Your arms and legs are straight out – your legs are back so you’re balanced on your toes and your arms are beneath your shoulders, held just a bit wider. Keep your head straight by focusing slightly in front of your hands. Squeeze your abs to keep your core tight and your back s traight. Single-Leg Mountain Climber – Start in plank position with only your right toes on a slider. Pull your left leg up to your chest and keep it there with your toes slightly above the floor. Keep squeezing those abs to hold your position. Slide your right leg up to your chest and then push back. Remember your left leg is bent, the toes held above the floor. This is one repetition. Aim for twelve to fifteen reps on each leg repeated up to three times. Cross Mountain Climber – Start in plank position with both feet on sliders. Pull your right knee in towards your left shoulder, aiming across your chest. Squeeze your abs and keep your back straight. Return to starting position and repeat with left leg. This is one repetition. Aim for twelve to fifteen reps repeated up to three times. Wide Mountain Climber – Start in plank position with both feet on sliders. Pull your right leg forward to the outside of your right arm like a lizard running. Squeeze your abs and keep your back straight. Return to starting position and repeat movement with left leg. This is one repetition. Aim for twelve to fifteen reps repeated up to three times. Thai Plank – Start in plank position with both feet on sliders. Pull your right foot up towards your right shoulder, bending your right knee and opening your right hip as you lower your upper body into a push-up position with both arms bent. Your right knee should be close to your right elbow. As you push your upper body back into position with your arms, slide your right leg back to plank position. Repeat with left leg for one repetition. Aim for twelve to fifteen reps repeated up to three times. Until next time, happy exercising! #wupples #wuppleshealth #health #flatbelly #flatbellyguide #flatbellycomingsoon #FlatBellyWithJanelley #flatbellytips #flatbellyroundbottom #flatbellymuse #flatbellymom #flatbellychallenge #flatbellyfoods #flatbellyfood #flatbellydiet #flatbellyworkout

    2 min
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