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👋 1. Hi! I’m Mika from New Zealand. I stepped away from my 9-5 last year and I am slowly breaking free from the "shoulding" and perfectionism while also embracing fun, creativity and tuning into my intuition.
✍️ 2. MUSINGS BY MIKA (https://musingsbymika.substack.com)
musings by mika is all about navigating uncharted terrain and discovering life beyond the comfort zone - moving past people-pleasing and playing safe and small. ✨
I’m also passionate about creating a supportive community for Substack writers who are gingerly stepping into this new space. I share my behind the scenes journey and tips - as well as meeting places like this!!
💬 3. My tip: I’m happier and productive if I don’t do any kind of scrolling activity first thing in the morning. I find that when I scroll, time flies and I end up feeling tired.
Habit I’m trying to break or establish: Starting a relaxing evening routine early. I tend to do things right up until I go to bed and then I find it hard to fall asleep.
Hey! Nice to meet you! I’m working in similar goals. I try to support my fellow Substakers, and I’m working on being kinder to myself.
Hi Jenna! Kindness to yourself is magical. I work on that every day. Nice to meet you.
I love how you encourage community. It's inspiring me on things I can do now that I've fully jumped into the deep end of Substack.
Yes, I agree its a great place to gain inspiration and joy from others and learn new interesting things too!!
Love your recent farmer’s market post so much. Starting with Nice, then so many great tips. ❤️
I'm so glad that you decided to jump on into Substack! The water is great! 💦😊
I get so inspired by all the wonderful newsletters I read on Substack! It's really unlike anything I've come across before.
I love this too! What a wonderful opportunity for us all to connect 😊🙏
I really have the most wonderful subscribers, so I'm so happy when you all connect with each other! Love what you talk about Sharon!
Thank you Mika 🙏💖
I told myself no social media till after 12pm so that I won't doom scroll. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that there's nothing important that can't wait for me on Twitter or IG (my main two distractions).
Curious how you feel when you do check? Are you glad you checked at least 1x during the day? I'm noticing that each time I check social media I'm questioning what it's doing for me. I'm tempted to delete the apps and see what happens.
Definitely give that a try and see what happens. Sounds like a great experiment.
You asked a great question and it made me think. There's nothing that I can think of off the top of my mind that made me glad I checked social media. No bit of information was vital to me knowing about it. I don't have a strong presence on social so I'm not posting content there or have a need to reply. If I did, then that's a different story.
So I don't have any feeling when i check. I don't feel relived that I'm able to check. It's pretty neutral actually.
Mainly I go there to see what's going viral, what's funny, what's being talked about in pop culture. That's why I want to check.
I have found some days it's way past 12pm when I do end up checking. I haven't ever looked at the clocked and couldn't wait till 12pm. That's a good sign. As I'm writing this maybe I should push it back and try 3pm or 5pm and see what happens.
If you do delete apps for X number of days, let me know what happens. Be curious to hear you're experience.
It's hard not to spend too much time on social media, but I am with you and trying to be more disciplined and mindful not mindless with my time.
One of my distractions is YouTube (including YouTube shorts - which is a lot of rubbish 😆)
How are you finding "no social media after 12pm"?
I'm loving it. I'm going to write a story on it. I am less distracted. My mind is more calm cause it's not looking for that next dopamine hit.
I'm less tempted to check because I set that rule for myself. I can break it and no one will care of course but the good feeling that I get outweighs my urges to check. I know I can always check after 12pm if I want.
Can’t wait to read it!
Thank you for making these Mika! Got to follow some interesting people last time.
Yay! I'm so glad! Thanks for getting involved. Everyone is so lovely, I'm happy that you made connections Aun.😊
Hi Mika! I'm with you. I don't access the internet until after I've at least walked the dogs, but ideally not until I've finished my workouts.
I'm surprised (or I should be unsurprised) at how it drains my energy and can derail my whole day.
I can relate and agree scrolling in the morning eats away the time and energy.
We shouldn't be surprised when companies spend a lot of money to figure out how to keep us on their apps for as along as possible. That's what we are fighting against.