Lots of reasons! 

People like to joke about how our attention spans are toast, and most folks agree that they would benefit from spending less time in front of a screen.  The way we feel after regularly binge watching shows or doom scrolling?  It’s not fun.  That much screen time messes with our brains and our nervous systems, and it can actually spike our cortisol (stress hormone) in ways that aren’t helpful to our bodies. 

Grandma Hobbies, on the other hand, invite you to relax.  Activities like writing, knitting, or kneading bread are rhythmic and repetitive, which calms our nervous system after a stressful day.  Gardening gets you outside, which stimulates the production of vitamin D.  Board games are structured social time – no sitting around twiddling your thumbs, but you reap all the benefits of seeing your friends.  You get the idea. 

Long story short, our digital world is a fountain of knowledge at our fingertips… AND, it’s also the one thing silently sabotaging our connection to ourselves and others.  You deserve that connection!

This blog post was adapted from The Magnolia Company’s post: