Comfort Scrolling, Starting Before You’re Ready, and e-Visiting Parks Around the World

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💭 One Thing We’re Thinking About

One of MJ’s hot takes is that all creative people should start a newsletter.

If you’ve always daydreamed about starting a creative business, but have always struggled to commit to one and stick to it — starting a newsletter may be the unconventional way to do it 👀

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👀 One Thing We’re Obsessed With

Since some of us forget about the magic of just sitting in a park and being entirely unproductive… click here to visit a random park from around the world!

This is VERY 21st-century-coded, but neither of us can stop clicking it hehe

🎧 One Thing We’re Listening To

NEW PODCAST EPISODE:

How to Get the F*** Off Your Phone (15 min)

In this episode Anna explores:

👉 Comfort Scrolls, Doom Scrolls, and how overstimulation affects us
👉 Why digital detoxes do NOT work
👉 How to develop a personalized Tech Rest routine

🤔 One Question For You

⭐️ One Last Thing

It’s easy to confuse being busy with being important! We all want to feel important, but watch out for the destructive nature of the Hero Syndrome:

“You overload yourself with stuff to do because you believe (erroneously) that being busy and overwhelmed is a positive. It’s not. What it does, though, is lead to burnout and breakdown. They are not very heroic places to be.”

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