Have you ever experienced this…?

Something stressful happens…

Or there’s some work you’re hiding from…

And then you start consuming videos after videos?

Some people do ‘stress eating’.

I am more of this ‘stress-consuming’ kinda guy.

I don’t see this as doomscrolling.
Because I’m not scrolling much.

I’m just consuming big informational videos or episodes.

Initially I had a more critical view towards this…

“Why am I doing this?”
“Why am I wasting my time?”
“I can do something more productive”

But that didn’t help much.

Now I don’t directly fight it.

I do these 3 things to manage it:

1.) Keep a list of GOOD CONTENT for stress consumption

These are videos that I would want to consume anyway.

So whether I’m stress consuming or normal viewing…

It’s fine with me.

2.) Note down IDEAS for emails when I am stress-consuming

Li’l secret: Idea for this content came when I was stress-consuming 🙂

This stress-consuming usually ends up being a creative and productive time for me.

3.) Don’t forget the MAIN questions

After I have been stress-consuming for 30 mins…

I pause the video.

And ask myself…

What’s the core thing that’s causing me stress?
Or what’s the core thing I’m hiding from?

And what am I gonna do about it?

This delay of 30 mins kinda helps me manage the stress better.

Then I answer these questions.

And start getting back on track.

These 3 things have worked well for me.

Give ‘em a try if you do this ‘stress-consuming’ thing Anubhav.

That’s it for today.

Take care.

Signing off…