Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Tried a new laundry liquid (smells nice and is eco 👍) 2. Bought 2 cushion covers on Ebay 3. Paid my solicitor (estate stuff) 4. Watched the hedgerow 5. Wrote

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Fed the birds 2. Made apple and cinnamon breakfast muffins 3. Put the recycling out 4. Argued with squirrels 5. Did 10 minutes of Italian!

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Made pasta from scratch by hand 2. Adminned 3. Nudged one step closer to selling my pa's house 4. Researched laundry stuff 5. Read - Truman Capote, In Cold Blood

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Arranged trip to look for booklaunch venues for a pal 2. Drafted a thing for a thing 3. Washed up fragile crockery 4. Packed half a box 5. Bought a vintage side table from local upcycle

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Met a work deadline 2. Got ahead of the next one 3. Watched an episode of Shrinking 4. Cut out a pattern 5. Started reading William Goldman

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. SNEEZED! 2. Played my Smashing Sunday Paleo-punk Party Playlist- loudly 3. Sang along - also loudly 4. Read 5. Wrote - like I was unafraid that someone else will read what I've writren this week!

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Finished my glam writing retreat at Magor Service Station 2. Unpacked 3. Tidied house 4. Was nice to poorly Sam 5. Did the laundry (why is there no fairytale about doing a room full of laundry and finding treasure?)

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Was extra nice to myself for having achieved something I thought close to impossible five days ago! 2. Drank tea 3. Had a lie in 4. Danced like no one was watching (no one was) 5. Began packing (end of glam writing retreat tomorrow)

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Nattered to the motel receptionist 2. Remembered to put on both socks 3. Sewed 4. Wrote wrote wrote - until I ran out of ink 5. Drank a lot of tea

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Pretended to be Dr Dolittle 2. Appreciated a banana milkshake 3. Wrote wrote wrote 4. Drank tea 5. Put out the recycling

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Drew a picture of my papa 2. Wrote until I ran out of words 3. Went for a brief, damp walk 4. Read Sarah Perry's, Death of an Ordinary Man 5. Adminned like a boss

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Went for a short walk 2. Wrote (a lot) 3. Made space for thinking 4. Ate biscuits slowly 5. Listened to a rain app

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Had breakfast with lovely friend 2. Napped 3. Was dropped off at motorway service station motel for glam writing retreat 4. Unpacked 5. Started working! (Made tea!)

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Wassailed! 2. Ate a cream tea! 3. Napped 4. Nattered to pals 5. Sang loudly (in Welsh)

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Cooked a delicious meal (yesterday's was terrible) 2. Chatted to the plumber (who fixed the heating) 3. Nattered to a lovely friend 4. Drank a gallon of tea 5. Knitted!

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Packed for glam writing retreat (in motorway service station motel 🥰) 2. Played hunt the flip chart round the house 3. Hung roses to dry 4. Finished reading a book 5. Rescued ladybirds

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Made & did a list of 5 goals for the day 2. Mended a miniature horse skull 3. Booked a writing retreat (5 days in a motorway service station motel - the height of glam) 4. Read 5. Cleaned/fixed a vintage bin

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Got up early and tidied the whole house! 2. Cut out the lining for something I'm making 3. Read (Donna Leon) 4. Wrote 5. Adminned

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Went to sewing class 2. Wrote for half an hour on a new project 3. Tidied the living room 4. Swept leaves 5. Sorted a craft box

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Got Sam's Valentine present! 2. Changed all the bedding 3. Made the bed for a friend visiting next week 4. Got together little craft activities to do with said friend 5. Dealt with problem unnecessarily complicating a cushion cover! (can you spot it?)

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Played table top games at a friend's for hourssss 2. Short walk 3. Washed up 4. Did the laundry 5. Sorted stuff for the RSPB big garden bird watch next weekend

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Another work breakthrough! Very nice 2. Weeded the pots 3. Washed the bird feeder 4. Sang! 5. Set an alarm so I won't miss something

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Created thinking space and had a work breakthrough! 2. Danced up and down the kitchen (ok. Not dancing. Cos of knees. But I waved my arms around.) 3. Read 4. Opened new soap 5. Packed a box

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Found someone giving away fabric for free! 2. Painted some buttons 3. Worked 4. Fed the birds 5. Had an enjoyable grumble with a friend

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Made progress on a piece of work 2. Researched fabric 3. Went to the doctors 4. Read a detective thriller (sometimes you just want certainty in a story) 5. Disagreed with someone reasonably gracefully 😬

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Hunted for new shoes 2. Started using a new goals app 3. Ate sushi 4. Read Toby Litt's substack on writing with/through gloom 5. Planned for sewing class in the evening

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Painted more mouse kitchen furniture 2. Discussed the possibility of a holiday 3. Read read read 4. Watched the final episode of Plur1bus 5. Emptied a box and packed a different box!

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Talked social media with a friend about to go into floristry 2. Had lunch with friends 3. Discussed log lines 4. Read about Venice 5. Napped

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Realised I have some kind of virus 2. Slept 3. Drank fluids 4. Began to dream about Venice (my pa lived there in the 1940s) 5. Read slowly

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Napped 2. Food shopping (gahhh) 3. Dadmin 4. Began painting mouse kitchen furniture 5. Rescued mail from field

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Submitted my tax return 2. Handwashed 3 wool-embroidered tapestries 3. Needlefelted a bee 4. Read The Grauniad article by Elizabeth McCraken (vid of her talking about book www.youtube.com/live/lvxAyLs... ) 5. Arranged to go wassailing

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Began an unnecessarily complicated cushion cover 2. Cleaned an illumination a friend painted 40+ years ago 3. Did the washing up 4. Went for a short walk (no snow) 5. Chose not to worry about sale of papa's house (will it won't it get over the line?)

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Twelfth Night de-decorating 2. Went to sewing class 3. Made six buttonholes 4. Made a visual pun in the hallway 5. Appreciated the valiant behaviour of bulbs

If we have snow tomorrow I'm going to clean a carpet!

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Enjoyed the River Roding 2. Began reading The Creative Act 3. Appreciated being home 4. Lifted my face to the falling snow & felt the flakes melt on my skin 5. Located the source of something gone bad (a satsuma playing hide and seek)

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Knitted a rose buttonhole from cherry-dyed silk yarn 2. Played Hinabi with my in-laws 3. Rescued stacking bowls from a roadside free box 4. Napped!!! 5. Short walk in Epping Forest!

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Made a wassail charm 2. Swapped rooms in a hotel to avoid a very odd smell 3. Discussed accadian with an ancient mathematician 4. Dismantled a broken necklace 5. Repaired a coaster set

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Put all my craft WIPs in one place 2. Transferred 5 to the bag I'm taking to my in-laws 3. Wished happy new year to all I met 4. Counted holiday lights on car journey (693! Tho 2 hours was motorway) 5. Ooohed & ahhd at the church in the new Knives Out!

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Had a day off tech! 2. Spent New Year's eve playing board games 3. Packed a box with books 4. Made a mouse kitchen 5. Wrote a few thank-you letters Happy New Year!

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Sorted my parents' eggcup collection 2. Packed a box for the charity shop. (Many eggcups) 3. Took down the decs that kept falling down! 4. Updated my phone and then deleted all the new apps it added 5. Fed the birds

Things I did today today instead of doomscrolling 1. Mended a Japanese porcelain bell and a glass angel 2. Repaired a blanket box 3. Made furniture 1/12 scale for a tiny kitchen 4. Sketched out folk motifs to paint on smol furniture 5. Peeled glue and paint off fingers

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Rescued an outdoor cushion that had gone on its holidays! 2. Asked myself, 'what's the best that can happen?' in the face of a few challenges 3. Watched Vertigo (1st time) 4. Sat on sofa with Sam just reading 5. Washed up while chatting to the sparrows

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Pretended to be a character in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (I ate Turkish delight) 2. Repaired a tapestry with tea dyed yarn 3. Watched Dial M for Murder (first time) 4. Hung lego decorations on tree 5. Washed up!

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Darned a blanket 2. Cooked delicious food 3. Watched Rear Window (first time) 4. Ate a creme egg 5. Started making a model (Christmas present 😊 expect ranty periodic updates as I try to make sense of the instructions)

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Watched North By Northwest (never seen it before) 2. Posted cards thro the hamlet letterboxes 3. Listened to an art historian discuss those Vanity Fair photos 4. Booked onto a dressmaking course for Jan 5. Fed the birds Merry Christmas folks! 🤶

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Paper cut outs (gonna try a Mari next) 2. Made cranberry and chestnut loaf 3. Played the board version of Slay the Spire 4. Chatted with a friend 5. Searched high and low for fresh rosemary

Apparently, what I bought is something called a Davenport Desk. Reproduction. Like this one.. rather pleased with that

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Visited our local upcycle 2. Bought a Lloyd loom stool and a random desk adjacent thing 3. Braved the supermarket 4. Napped 5. Mediated an argument between two friends

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Finally visited the ancient screen near us! 2. Ate breakfast in a slightly chilly garden centre 3. Fed the birds 4. Listened to the rustling of bats 5. Sat in a pew and let the silence settle around me

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Greeted the new year! 2. Tidied the dresser 3. Finished the emergency christmas tree skirt made from festive fabric 4. Shelved books 5. Checked the cupboard for biscuit/cookie ingredients (hmmmm)