Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Helped Sam pack for the Cereals event at Diddly Squat farm 2. Did the laundry 3. Looked for an escaped sheep 4. Helped found The Analogue Club with @sagetyrtle.bsky.social Will organise something soon. Idk what. Something analogue-ish 5. Made muffins

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Asked for help with something I'm working on 2. Accepted two invitations 3. Lounged (still poorly) 4. Appreciated some paper decorations 5. Celebrated the birth of a friend's baby (via WhatsApp--hurrah for such things)

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Made a Breadling 2. Slept (post anaesthetic is boooorring) 3. Ate a small ice cream 4. Indulged in bad tv 5. Listened to Bach

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Looked up how to clean an old tea set without disturbing the patina (aka it's dead grubby) 2. Did more lounging around 3. Looked at houses online 4. Watched more Lovejoy 5. Snoozed

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Appreciated the mule chest I bought from our local charity place (see picture) 2. Lounged around 3. Recuperated 4. Slept 5. Read - Brambley Hedge

Things I did yesterday instead of doomscrolling 1. Went to hospital 2. Read - Tokyo Express 3. Had first ever general anaesthetic 4. Dreamed 5. Slept Normal non-scrolling resuming soon 🥰

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Read - A Horse At Night 2. Started sewing a skirt 3. Discussed Noah's arks 4. Painted mouse furniture 5. Wrote

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Washed up 2. Watered the plants 3. Napped 4. Played a game with friends 5. Researched where to get cinnamon toothpaste (want to try it)

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Had elevenses with friends 2. Celebrated my fil's birthday 3. Met some literary heroes (Brambly Hedge mice) 4. Ate amazing cheese 5. Indulged in whimsy

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Ate licorice 2. Tried a new toothpaste (peach) 3. Read 4. Took a restorative nap 5. Considered parakeets

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Signed my in-law's POA docs 2. Tried a new jam (traffic) 3. Learned some local history 4. Remembered the recycling before the lorry came 5. Wrote about the oil-slick shimmer of a starling's wing

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Sorted my papa's opera programmes from the 1950s 2. Appreciated my neighbour's flower tubs 3. Found 3 owl pellets 4. Emptied 3 boxes 5. Finished a notebook!

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Read - The Ending Writes Itself 2. Made chai mix 3. Wrote 4. Dodged sunbeams 5. Raked the grass

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Met with a solicitor to draft a will 2. Made a 'death box'where all the important info goes 3. Zoomed with a pal 4. Flopped around 5. Drank delicious chai

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Wrote! 2. Cleared all my open tabs and tidied my bookmarks 3. Emptied a box 4. Completed a donate 100 things challenge 5. Talked tax returns with Sam

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Woke up way too early so got ahead of the shining hour 2. Read 3. Got my desk/work ready for the week ahead 4. Dried so much laundry the garden looked like a galleon setting sail 5. Read some more

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Enjoyed the delight that is Stella & Rose's specialty second hand bookshop 2. Appreciated some shade 3. Ate a picnic on a bench 4. Conversed with corvids 5. Read - Shrink Solves Murder

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Played hunt the prescription round the local villages 2. Appreciated Tintern Abbey in summer sunshine glory 3. Nabbed 2 books from a free library both on my 'list' 🥰 4. Group watch via WhatsApp 5. Was grateful

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Tried to convince a former landlord they are emailing the wrong person for rent 2. Read - A Wagon In The Woods 3. Appreciated the NHS 4. Still watching Lovejoy 5. Snoooooozed

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Made elderflower fritters 2. Remembered why I stopped making elderflower fritters 3. Watched the neighbours being herded 4. Saw two castles - Caerleon and Caldicot (mostly intentionally) 5. Played 'I am not Prince Hamlet'

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Dreamed of vardos 2. Sheltered in the porch in the rain drinking tea 3. Played hunt the parking spot in Newport 4. Chatted to pheasants 5. Snoozed

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Viewed a house 2. Cleaned our thrifted monk's bench 3. Ate fish and chips in the rain 4. Appreciated the NHS 5. Skipped sewing to sleep

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Watched S3 of Good Omens 2. Tidied house after visitors 3. Filled out lots of forms 4. Searched for badgers 5. Read read read

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Thrifted books! 2. Made new friends (picture below) 3. Dawdled round Chepstow 4. Played a new game 5. Cooked with friends (not the ones in the photo)

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Visited local tiny free library 2. Appreciated the NHS 3. Cooked a meal with friends 4. Group watched 2 eps of something 5. Multi-tasked like an octopus

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Wrapped things 2. Appreciated the NHS some more 3. Put the recycling out (Thursday night is bin night) 4. Watered the indoor plants 5. Napped

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Appreciated the NHS 2. Saw three castles, two mills, and a ruined abbey 3. Enjoyed the blackthorn, jack by the hedge, and ivy leaved toad flax 4. Listened to the gossip in the hedgerow 5. Tidied (friends coming tomorrow)

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Thought about a writing thing 2. Debated whether to run a workshop 3. Found out I'm tired cos infection! 4. Did the laundry (how is there still laundry to do?) 5. Admined like a boss

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Took part in a zoom meeting (I appreciate not having to travel!) 2. Did the laundry 3. Tidied the kitchen (big table - big dumping ground for random stuff) 4. Read 5. Made rice and dhal

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Had a little lie in 💤 2. Half day trip to Cardiff 3. Sorted five boxes 4. Debated whether to give away my archaeology field kit (bad knees) 5. Tried a new toothpaste (lemon!)

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Celebrated a friend's engagement 2. Watched the sun through evening trees 3. Washed up 4. Played a game with friends 5. Knitted leaves

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Went to a Society of Authors meeting! (Very interesting) 2. Viewed a house 3. Got a little lost 4. Browsed an excellent bookshop (Monmouth) 5. Thought about what makes a good location (again)

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Voted! 2. Put out the recycling 3. Read (The Picasso Scam) 4. Wrote 5. Sorted through a box of farmyard animals! (Couple of random lions in there)

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Stripped more layers of paint off a wooden box 2. Discussed the etymology of pasta shape names 3. Ordered some ink cartridges 4. Wrote deleted wrote repeat 5. Mended some cushion covers

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Thorough chat with the Dr 2. Started a new 'Yay' jar (backdated to January!) 3. Found 10 things to donate 4. Wrote for a bit 5. Zoomed with a writer pal! (Awesome and thought provoking)

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Worked on developmental feedback for a writer friend 2. Sorted the boxroom (down from 365 boxes to about 40) 3. Hung out with gamer friends 4. Cooked delicious dinner 5. Moved a desk

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Went for a 10 minute walk right after getting up, washed and dressed 2. Cleared 4 boxes 3. Made up the spare room 4. Read all the poetry I'm judging for a competition 5. Resigned from something

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Made 2 books at a class 2. Knitted petals at a writer's crafting group (thx @mattkendrick.bsky.social ) 3. Ate wild garlic sauce 4. Watched The 5th Element 5. Darned a blanket

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Celebrated Beltane! 2. Made dandelion crowns 3. Created a laurel wreath 4. Met a financial advisor (discussed renting v buying) 5. Moved my desk to avoid disturbing nesting swallows!

It’s the end of the world, but not as you know it. Saddle up for a silly stampede all over the Book of Revelation, with a Shirley Bassey loving God and a very impatient Satan. Contains strong language, nudity, audience participation and a biblical amount of blasphemy. Bristol. 21/07. TEOTWBNAYKI!

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Organised a mentoring session with a writer friend 2. Did my admin 3. Paid a bill (yuk) 4. Cleaned the loos (less yuk than the bill) 5. Found some surprise knitting

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Remembered to make a Dr's appointment 2. Debated whether to cut my hair 3. Took a paracetamol (after a long internal debate, I like to save them for the doozies) 4. Drank extra water 5. Plopped flowers in a tea pot!

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Walked amidst bluebells and cowslips 2. Sang out doors 3. Brayed with the donkeys 4. Moved books 5. Delivered an errant parcel

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. The last of the post-flood clear up 2. Folded away the washed towels 3. Shopped for the week 4. Moved furniture 5. Emptied a box from my papa's

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Continued the post-flood clear up 2. Did the laundry 3. Celebrated Sam's birthday! 🎂 4. Turned the compost 5. Sat outside and watched the swallows slip the surly bonds of earth

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Cleared up after an indoor pipe burst at 3am 2. Rejoiced I'd not donated all the towels I inherited from papa 3. Dried out 30+ soggy towels in the sun 4. Drank tea 5. Sorted a dozen damp boxes and 3 cupboards Bonus. Napped! 😊

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Listened to my favourite playlist 2. Took a trip to the upcycle in Torfaen (see pics below) 3. Enjoyed a great email exchange 4. Hung up the thrifted painting (Leonard Fenton - Dr Legge on Eastenders. Wild but true.) 5. Filled the new bookcase

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Carefully washed a vintage bedspread 2. Found a nice photo of my papa + a frame to fit 3. Made pancakes 4. Repurposed dynamic accumulators (added weeds to compost) 5. Painted mouse kitchen furniture

Things that have occured in 6 months of not doomscrolling 1. My to be fixed list is 90% done 2. Our household is happier 3. I've taken more effective political action (offline) 4. I've written way more 5. I've rekindled my imagination

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Knitted 2. Admined 3. Recycled 5 things, restored 5 things, rehomed 5 things 4. Started making a candle (discovered I have lost my Pyrex jug!) 5. Watered all the indoor plants