Bloomscrolling Is Greater Than Doomscrolling

We're all a little exhausted by social media right now. Between the AI takeover headlines, relentless news cycles, and the lingering emotional hangover of the last few years, there's a growing collective hunger to reconnect with real life, real people, and real moments. So what if instead of doom-scrolling, we started bloom-scrolling?

The idea is simple: curate what you consume so that your screen time actually nourishes you rather than depletes you. A recent podcast (although about beauty trends!) touched on something that really stuck with me — humans simply weren't built to absorb this much devastating news, alone, through a tiny glowing rectangle, every single day. And yet, here we are.

So I've been making some small but meaningful changes, and honestly? They've helped.

I've rediscovered Pinterest as a little sanctuary of visual inspiration — art, ideas, beauty — even as AI-generated content slowly creeps in. I've also deleted several apps from my phone, which sounds dramatic but isn't. Just adding one extra step — having to open Instagram on my laptop instead — creates enough of a pause to make me ask: do I actually want to do this right now? Usually, the answer is no. Also, leaning into more analogue options: snail mail newsletters! or zines created by friends!

And when I do want to read newsier stuff? I keep one trusted news app and a carefully curated trend-focused Substack feed that I genuinely look forward to.

Small edits. Real blooms. I hope you'll join me. ?