#doom scrolling!

[stopdoomscrolling-cafe]

chess

hey there! i see you've chosen chess off of our hobby menu. let's chat about why chess is such a fantastic hobby. ☕️♟️

chess is an excellent way to stimulate your mind, improve strategic thinking, and enhance problem-solving skills. it's also a great way to socialize and challenge yourself.

step-by-step guide to start playing chess as a hobby

step 1: learn the basics

understand the pieces: familiarize yourself with the names and movements of the pieces – pawns, knights, bishops, rooks, queens, and kings.

video resource: how to play chess for beginners

step 2: set up the board

arrange the pieces: learn how to set up the chessboard correctly, with each piece in its starting position. if you don't have a chess/checkers board and you're not ready to commit - make one out of cardboard!

video resource: how to set up a chessboard

step 3: learn basic rules

rules of the game: understand the basic rules, such as how to move pieces, check, and checkmate.

video resource: rules of chess

step 4: practice simple tactics

basic tactics: start practicing simple tactics like forks, pins, and skewers to improve your gameplay.

video resources: basic chess openings

step 5: play practice games

play games: play practice games with friends, family, or online to gain experience.

video resource: how to play chess online

step 6: study chess strategies

learn strategies: study different strategies and openings to enhance your understanding of the game.

article resource: beginner chess strategies

step 7: join a chess club

join a community: connect with other chess enthusiasts by joining a local chess club or online chess community.

chess is a rewarding hobby that offers endless learning and improvement opportunities. happy playing! ♟️✨

[nedcaratacus]

[thoughtportal]

I hope we all make it

[cipheramnesia]

Everything about the USA will make you feel as if your whole ability to reason and think coherently has just flown away.

I'm thinking right now about a radio advertisement I overheard for Indeed - a theoretical jod search website. The advertisement, however, was directed at companies who were searching for employees. Presumably these companies pay Indeed to serve as a hub for their job postings and applicants. So Indeed wants people signed up, because more accounts shows more potential applicants and they can get more money from companies looking for employees. There's no money in actually connecting applicants to positions, so you sign up, make the account, discover you signed up for a portal that just sends you to other company's jobs pages with the same info and spams you with jobs you don't want, and you leave forever. Money in the bank.

Meanwhile on the hiring side, job postings make a business look good. If you always got job postings, you're growing. But keeping fresh postings in rotation is time consuming, especially when you're lean staffed on purpose with investors who demand you show an infinitely growing rate of improvement. So you pay Indeed a monthly fee to upload a bunch of jobs you aren't hiring for and use that to hook more investors to pay the first group.

And you end up with a company that gets paid to do nothing but generate fake data by other companies paying them to do nothing but post fake information, and the only part we (the ones looking for income to survive) play in this transaction is lending the process just enough legitimacy to make it legal. Money that doesn't exist cycles around between people doing nothing and as long as none of us can afford groceries or a home, the economy is considered "doing well," but the second one investor caves and demands to be paid, the economy collapses and suddenly 99% of the population in the USA can afford to eat again.

All you have to do is multiply that by a thousand companies doing it a thousand times a month and that's the USA baby, except also we supply billions of dollars of weapons killing people around the world.

[ratbastard69420]

[ohitspurple2]

[cat-cosplay]

Doomscrolling Checkpoint

[boringwomanwithabook]

morning flash - quick look away

[edlucavalden]

Sleeping all day.. hey, we all have our bad days.. don't we?

[little-pissbaby]

"admit you like tiktok" "I only like them when I'm scrolling through them with you 🥹🥰" he literally has such a big crush on phil it's disgusting. do it more

[nenelonomh]

stop doom scrolling

doomscrolling, the habit of endlessly scrolling through negative news on your phone or computer, will not only destroy your personality and character but it is detrimental to your mental health. many people are trapped in the habit but do not release the insane effect that even half an hour has on their psyche.

you literally have a whole life to live! why are you wasting it!

and so, here are some tips to help you break this negative compulsion:

1. set time limits

use apps or built-in phone features to set time limits on social media and news apps. this can help you become more aware of how much time you’re spending and encourage you to take breaks.

2. schedule specific times for news

designate specific times of the day to check the news, rather than constantly throughout the day. this can help you stay informed without feeling overwhelmed.

3. practice mindfulness

engage in mindfulness practices like meditation or deep breathing exercises. this can help you stay present and reduce the urge to doomscroll.

4. seek out positive content

balance negative news with positive stories or uplifting content. follow accounts that share good news or inspiring stories.

5. engage in other (offline) activities

find alternative activities to replace doomscrolling, such as reading a book, exercising, or spending time with friends and family. keeping busy with other interests can reduce the temptation to scroll.

6. use thought-stopping techniques

when you catch yourself doomscrolling, use a thought-stopping technique like saying “stop” out loud or visualizing a stop sign. this can help interrupt the behavior and redirect your focus.

7. limit notifications

turn off non-essential notifications on your phone to reduce the constant influx of news alerts. this can help you control when and how you consume information.

8. reflect on your feelings

take a moment to reflect on how doomscrolling makes you feel. recognizing the negative impact it has on your mood can motivate you to change the habit.

9. set goals for screen-free time

establish goals for spending time away from screens, such as having screen-free meals or dedicating certain hours of the day to offline activities.

10. seek support

talk to friends or family about your efforts to reduce doomscrolling. having support can make it easier to stick to your goals and find healthier ways to stay informed.

bonus. change your mindset

instead of apathy and not caring about your mental health and character, try to grow and build yourself as a person; learn to love yourself. one trick that i use to stop myself if i ever start to rot is reminding myself that i am a creator and not a consumer. this identity reinforcement allows me to simply ignore the doom scrolling urge.

implementing these strategies can help you break the habit of doomscrolling and improve your overall well-being. i wish you luck on your development journey!

❤️nene

[thoughtportal]

DR ADAM LEVY ClimateAdam ROSEMARY MOSCO

[writethatdown]

and I know for a fact that every deep conversation, every song, every book, every walk in nature, every ten second reflection while the coffee brews, every cry session, every laugh, every notes app rant, and every indulgence is revealing the next layer of yourself that you haven't met yet. and sometimes that is scary, other times beautiful — yet very necessary so that your soul and mind and belief is challenged and it rebirths itself with much more clear sense of what you are.

it terrifies me how doom scrolling is going to delay this process in most of us.

[unmortrickinal-and-dumb]

Reposting my rick and morty art here to keep it separate from main ❤️ i love rick and morty ❤️

Spent some tome rewstching it, and now im rewatching it again and its like i got taken out back and shot

Anyway heres some memory/young rick stuff because i just think hes neat (and at the time i struggled a lot with drawing grandpa rick waaaa 😢)

Dont worry about that other red guy thats just my oc ermm 😓😓

[maxedes]

my whole twitter timeline is in shambles. ferrari mercedes & red bull fans have miraculously united. every other person is either threatening suicide or to burn some factory down. 443316 looking like they‘re about to cry. all of that only interrupted by fernando rolling in on on his fucking scooter & george stripping in the press conference. what is going on in the house of monza?

[lazyyogi]

Restlessness craves distraction and calls it “relaxation.”

Chilling on the couch and doomscrolling is the embodiment of this illusion.

True relaxation leaves us in a state of rest, peace, and clarity. Doomscrolling does not.