Heeding self-care and mental health advice to stop doomscrolling, one responsible local man broke away from his social media newsfeeds this afternoon for a healthy doomjog.
“Sometimes you just gotta put the phone down, get outside and go for a little doomjog with the weight of the world and its seemingly dire future on your shoulders instead — man, my calves are about to look amazing,” said Seattle resident Miles Bridger. “After ruminating several disaster scenarios in my head while doomjogging to keep my heart rate up, I came home, made some killer doomfajitas and even did some doomchores around the house. Pro tip: Doomvacuuming really masks the noise when you feel like screaming into the void for a bit.”
Experts have long recommended taking structured breaks from doomscrolling to incorporate healthy doom-related activities throughout the course of the day.
“It can be easy to fall out of your routine while endlessly monitoring the world falling apart in real time, so it’s important to maintain a sense of doomstructure throughout your day,” said self-help author Kimberly Beckett. “Personally, I like to unwind after a long day of prolonged malaise with some doomyoga, or curling up in my cozy doomnook with a good book.”
While doomjogging is an excellent alternative to doomscrolling, experts maintained that the best strategy for forgetting the world’s problems is probably still just weed.
