Analog Summer: Thoughts on beating Screen Fatigue & Rekindling your Creative Spark

About this episode

Lucie Lincoln shares insights from her month-long digital detox and analog creativity challenge, exploring how to combat screen fatigue and enhance creative flow.

A month long digital detox turned into an analog creativity challenge - learn the habits that revived my imagination. In this episode of Almost Grown...Up I walk you through my month‑long analog summer experiment - a conscious screen‑free challenge designed to combat digital overload and spark fresh creative routines . What you'll discover: Beginner mindset: How diving into new analog hobbies (photography, video making, collage) unlocked playful creative flow . Balanced screen breaks: Real‑world insights on managing screen time , recognizing digital fatigue , and building a sustainable tech‑free routine . Create what you consume: From reading Mary Oliver's Upstream to a whimsical Korean novel, I explain how mindful reading inspired me to start writing tiny scenes and sensory portraits . Practical tools & tips: A Play book set‑up for idea capture Sensory‑portrait exercise for immersive memory‑keeping Analog scrapbook techniques for lasting keepsakes Quick weekend analog projects you can start today (collage, cooking, star‑watching, etc.) Why it matters: A digital detox doesn't have to be an all‑or‑nothing proposition. By pairing intentional screen‑free periods with purposeful…

People in this episode

Host: Lucie Lincoln

Topics covered

• digital detox
• creativity
• screen fatigue
• analog hobbies
• mindful productivity
• creative routines

Keywords

• digital detox
• screen fatigue
• analog creativity
• mindful reading
• creative projects
• photography
• collage
• sustainable tech-free routine

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Upstream, Welcome to the Hyunam- Dong Bookshop

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