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Pattern interrupt
Building new habit is hard, modifying an existing habit is much easier.
I don’t know about you but one of my worst habits is getting caught on my phone and endlessly swiping. I say swiping because, you don’t exactly scroll anymore, especially when you get in to short videos, you are swiping up to get a new video.
So I want to swipe less, and I want to draw more which is why I invented this game to play with myself, I call it 3 swipes and draw. The idea is that when I catch myself swiping my phone 3 times, I have to stop and draw something from that third swipe.
I can draw exactly what’s on the screen, or any aspect of it, even use it as inspiration.
The main point is to build more awareness and get control of my scrolling/swiping and pulling myself out of it.
Want to play along too?
TEN MINUTE ARTIST PROMPT
3 Swipes and Draw
Pay attention when you find yourself mindlessly swiping your phone. From that moment of awareness count the swipes. On the third swipe, stop scrolling and draw what’s on your screen.
This is the first time I did it.
Pep Guardiola making comments about using th right terms and solidarity
You can go back to swiping but you have to stop at the third swipe and draw the next thing that comes up. Yes we’re making rules to make scrolling/swiping more inconvenient.
Shaq is given a box of instant noodles from korea
You will always win with this game because you are drawing more, and scrolling/swiping less.
Alex Hormozi on how the first 100K of your business is all about ‘advertising’ for 4 hours a day.
I hope this game catches on, I’m going to try to keep doing it and improving the game, I invite you to join me, if you have any ideas about improving the game, leave a comment, and share or forward this to someone you would like to play with!
Kids are most creative when they are supposed to be doing something else, and we would be too if we allowed ourselves enough margin and didn’t reach for our phone all the time.
Adam Ming is a start up co-founder turned children’s illustrator at 40, he’s illustrated nearly 20 books. He writes generously about keeping a daily drawing habit and the early years of breaking in and working as a freelance illustrator.
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