How to slow down your mind

[@adr2534]

I'll get more worked up thinking of new designs to make in each box😭

[@PiaRxxxx]

I feel you! Maybe it helps if we don't fill it with a design but with a color (I think chosing a color takes less mental energy than coming up with a design)

[@RiniDiamandis]

literally i was thinking ""oo filling in boxes w color seems v relaxing!!" then she said to draw in designs and i was like "naaauurr"

[@theexplorer1599]

😂😂😂

[@PaulaZF]

The designs don’t have to be perfect. No one needs to ever see them. They don’t need to be different in each square. Just do spirals to the middle in each one until you want to do something else. It’s like learning to journal. At first you just write, even if you write: “I’m writing this but I don’t know what to say. I’ll do one more sentence in this paragraph. “Here’s a new paragraph. I still don’t know what to write.” Eventually the mind loosens up. That’s all you want. Good luck!

[@OXIR]

That’s the good part of it. Try random ideas. It doesn’t have to be perfect. You should enjoy it.

[@civilengineer194]

Me..who dont even know these many designs exists😂😂

[@aparnaganguly5915]

😂😂

[@pixelzebra8440]

What

[@Yuvi_01234]

1k likes and only 2 replies let me fix that....

[@civilengineer194]

@@Yuvi_01234 thanks for reminding....me who dont even know i got 1k likes 😀😂

[@Yuvi_01234]

@@civilengineer194 lel... 😂

[@shaik._.hansina47]

It looks good but I will have a mental break down just by thinking which design I should draw 😭

[@anushkabhatkar2967]

same bro🥹

[@asfandkhan5982]

Us bro us😢

[@MadalynnMasterpieces]

Same 💀

[@liliu5250]

Same 😢

[@johabermuor]

Do some lines, dots, squares... This exercise isn't a design test

[@emilyestelle7471]

For those of you with decision fatigue/anxiety: If you don't know what to draw, sometimes just putting paint on paper with no design/plan is very therapeutic.

[@ayselewandowska]

Anyone has an idea on how to get rid of this decision fatigue/anxiety?

[@jdmosaics]

⁠​⁠@@ayselewandowskalisten to Ellen Langer’s KZbin … Mindfulness expert 40yrs Harvard Prof… she said If you worry about a decision being right… make the decision right! In other words just say this is the right decision and it will be because you have made it so. Her Book The Mindful Body is awesome! Cheers

[@sonja_rademacher]

​@@ayselewandowskaYou have to find out about the reason for your decision fatigue and anxiety. There is always a reason. Mostly it has got something to do with childhood trauma.

[@ayselewandowska]

@@sonja_rademacher oh yeah, I've got lots of those. Thanks for your reply🙂

[@sonja_rademacher]

@@ayselewandowska I wish you the very best. You've come so far and you deserve a happy life. 😊

[@nivrithibilla5323]

For those of you saying "I'll get more worked up thinking of new designs" You can just randomly doodle instead or if you have color pencils or markers you can do the same design multiple times with different colors or even just color in the boxes a solid color :)

[@car2029]

Thank you I’ll try it

[@Firefoxes85]

Thanks!

[@sricharansarabu-kw2hv]

exactly bro people never understand the intention, they only see whats done!!!

[@Fleta_Maughner]

Nah i would get worked up over not getting the shape perfect instead 💀

[@nivrithibilla5323]

LMAO

[@YusayrahFlowers]

This lady always knows how to satisfy her viewers 💕

[@nitrobee88]

❤

[@craftingallthetime75]

True❤

[@gayatrigupta8859]

Can anyone tell me which sketch pen she used??

[@myselfghost26]

I'll end up getting more angry realising that I can't even draw boxes💀

[@autumnstoptwo]

this works with blobs and circles just as well :) you dont even need the blobs! it can be a freestyle zen tangle if you draw a bunch of lines at random on the page and then use the negative space to draw your doodles in. or you can always just draw ugly boxes and trust that itll be okay anyways 😁

[@Peacebunnie]

^

[@gayatrigupta8859]

Can anyone tell me which sketch pen she used??

[@evenroseshavethorns]

Step 1: Be extremely good at art Step 2: Don’t be a perfectionist Step 3: Draw the most gorgeous thing ever

[@raes9374]

There's no shame in the ruler/stencil game if you want perfect rectangles/squares. Graph paper/dotted bullet paper could also help you help yourself drawing free-hand. There's no rules anywhere that you have to be perfect and draw beautiful things only in order to draw. Plus, it's for your mental health so no one needs to see it. If it turns out good enough you want to share it- fine. No pressure though, you make the rules and hold all the cards ❤🎉

[@guppy0536]

@@raes9374 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰thank you for saying that sometimes we need to hear this

[@user-gh1pj3tr5t]

The whole point is that anyone can do it. She's drawing extremely simple designs that literally went person can do.....

[@guppy0536]

@user-gh1pj3tr5t do you know any women with undiscovered ADHD may sound simple to you much harder in minds. Perfectionism is what you are reading and knowing we can not do it is harder. Officially wasn't told ADHD till 5 yrs ago. Simple things aren't so simple

[@jdmosaics]

@@guppy0536ADHD is a superpower! Yay you! You can do many many things others cannot do…. Change the story you tell yourself, that you can’t do things…. tell you self you can do these things! … Cheers

[@Robyn182]

I am grieving the loss of my fiance who passed away last week. These drawing videos have been helping me cope with his loss. It's excruciating and painful to live without him... drawing and folowing along with this KZbinr in my own sketchbook has helped and made things more bareable for me. Thank you, Tamara.

[@Flowersandshotguns]

My deepest sympathies ❤

[@Bhoomi.2011]

I hope you are okay now.... ❤

[@etheral_of]

everyones saying that they would stress out about the designs, I would stress about drawing the boxes perfect bonus points for stressing bout finding the right pen and paper aswell

[@user-ui1eo9zu9r]

Disclaimer: it works if you’re an artist already

[@guppy0536]

What i was thinking too 🤔 😢

[@n.r.r888]

I am an artist and still all I see is more for my mind to over think in this situation 😂 which pattern next, which pattern should go where and no that patteren doesn't look right beside that one. OCD and the perfectionist show their face and to hell with not over thinking, now not a clue what was I doing this for in the first place 😂

[@toryevanss4512]

I'm not an artist at all, but I do this sometimes. My designs look terrible, more random geometric shapes than cute plants like in the video. But that's not really the point - it keeps my hands busy while I'm in a boring meeting so my mind can focus on what I'm hearing.

[@asmaameen2876]

Just by looking this short I feel calm

[@rimidebnath2571]

Really ❤❤

[@M_JackOfAllTrades]

Meanwhile just looking at this short I feel frustrated and inadequate because there's no way mine would go that well 😂 Everyone says "practice makes perfect" but no matter how many years I spend drawing I'm never getting much better at precision and easily mess things up.

[@allieeverett9017]

Your music. Your drawings. So clear and calm. Bless you.

[@DesireeCeleste]

It makes me anxious just thinking about drawing boxes while anxious. I don’t draw, so doing so while anxious would make me hyper fixate and make my anxiety way worse. I wish this could work for me! It looks beautiful!

[@joannaquanttumphysics]

Maybe try it first. You can try it while in a more creative or relaxed mood

[@priscille1577]

this could be a beautiful journal design cover

[@kaizen_5091]

Love this. Tamara has a wonderful creative mind and skills to unleash it.

[@cybersean3000]

These are some fantastic bullet journal decorators.

[@toni_the_toni]

It probably wouldn't help me clear my mind to do it myself but it was very relaxing to watch!! Would also enjoy a long version of it :)

[@monit2100]

Hats off to the artist 🙂

[@316savior]

This is so awesome 🎉I truly appreciated that I resonated and even felted at ease while watching it

[@saivarshini5340]

The pen stand💀💀

[@KalanaNethsara]

💀

[@sufiabegum-jx5yj]

💀

[@UniversalSaad]

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[@y0urmaj3sty]

@beginning pf the video, look at where she gets the pen

[@sp317]

My mind was actually more emptied and at peace with the empty boxes rather than the filled ones. The end result is a lot for my mind to take in.

[@poojaburad8872]

So soothing ❤

[@user-gh1pj3tr5t]

I absolutely love how accessable this is. I've always had a creative itch but I'm not creative and don't have any creative skills. I'm extremely cognitive and haven't ever been to unload like this. This is exactly what I needed.

[@LemoNiceRock-zz4wt]

I did similar drawings back in the school,it calmed my stress down during lessons i had problems to keep up

[@rabeabasarifirdos2386]

my mind would be steaming about what to draw next in each box 😂

[@JDBoelter]

Reminds me of the old "Zentangles" books. Funny how you can reframe "doodling" into a mindfulness/mental heath practice. (Not being sarcastic - really! From small things, mama, big things one day come!)

[@ASK-hn3di]

As someone who dislikes drawing, I can't think of anything worse or more stressful!

[@bhavishyafal]

absolutely amazing 👍♥️

[@rimidebnath2571]

Really ❤❤

[@glr_creations]

Incredibly calming indeed 😍

[@Rin-san-]

her name is so pretty that i ended up naming one of my fantasy book charecter Tamara.

[@A_rundhathi_]

It means lotus in sanskrit

[@bhavishadhorajiya5088]

​@@A_rundhathi_u r Indian too ?😮

[@nitishadhwariya8090]

Would like to read your book Rin San!

[@Rin-san-]

@@nitishadhwariya8090 Owh its nothing interesting but thanks! I wish you could.

[@user-ib7vz4iq9n]

I'm a writer and I can relate to "naming your characters after random people you found on the internet" 😂 but Tamara is actually a name that exists in Arabic 😊

[@shreyarodge7591]

😮.how perfect and smooth her rectangles was

[@thelimitlesslegends5044]

I made it and found satisfying😌

[@theresanyamekye]

Definitely soothing to me

[@user-ku5ju2yc2h]

That pen stand is cool

[@dimitardobrev3296]

This beat is 🔥 for improv

[@alexroberts2421]

I would love this as an accent wall.

[@akshaya6711]

You have a lot patience 😌

[@kimtanksley1912]

I love this idea!! Thank you for sharing!!

[@rakshitasingla2929]

Thanks for such a nice idea ❤❤❤❤😊😊😊

[@swagatochakraborty6043]

This looks so calming!! Hehe

[@ConnorLeeWhispers]

Omg I love your pen holder!!

[@carriescully2454]

Oooooo, this is so good! Thanks for sharing this!

[@trishasmith2303]

I’m so glad I’m not the only one this stressed out. Haha I feel like drawing different sized squares and rectangles would do me in. But you never know! I find spirals to be relaxing though.

[@debiH2OPolo]

Hello Tamaria. I have major anxiety and panic attacks and I’m agoraphobic. My sister went out and bought my adult anxiety coloring books and markers. I went through three in two weeks. I’ve gone through about 10 in about 2-4 months. I actually started sketching again. Something I haven’t done in the past 30 years. Boy was I rusty. But I didn’t realize how much the anxiety had blocked and kept me from so much I used to love doing. I don’t do it every day. I still have bad days. I still have major agoraphobia. I still don’t leave the house but my time IN the house isn’t as anxious as it used to be. When I do HAVE TO go out I take a sketch book or coloring book to keep my mind occupied and my meds to make it a little less traumatic. I’m not healed just a little less edgy and I’m drawing and coloring again. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for opening that door and releasing a lock that has my world a bit less anxious to live in.

[@63viet]

Thank you for posting this fantastic video.

[@HeidiSue60]

such a good idea! It's very zentangly!

[@ingrid2543]

I learned to doodle from my Dad…I used to do it at work while on long phone calls.

[@niceandcrazzyyyvlogs6226]

Dude its soo... satisfying to watch only😊

[@darkgalaxy13]

For someone Who has depression (me) this will help a lot thx ☺️

[@margaretdonovan1649]

I'm going to do this. Looks fun and soothing. 😊

[@hariharansembunmoorthy]

After I completed this, I felt start craving to perfect painting on each designs with anxiety.

[@aqifamri3255]

Dude this is genius art

[@User_Unknown_15]

Wow beautiful doodle! Will try 👏👏👏

[@nas10iris]

yall - if you can't draw boxes, draw circles. if you can't draw circles, draw triangles. if you don't like those, draw squiggles. then connect them and you will have random shapes. then fill them in with color pens or pencils. sometimes I just focus on randomizing the colors on my doodles to keep one color from touching the other. the point is to shut of your mind to negativity. it really works!

[@torakfett3351]

Love the added touch of the brush pen!

[@brierobinson194]

Simply beautiful!! ❤❤❤

[@ashleywright8686]

So pretty. Beautiful enough to frame.

[@RiannaMarieFitness]

I love your channel, it’s so creative and so genius!! 🌹🦋🦄

[@Siya_26]

Everything is nice , but the pencil or pen box😂😂❤❤

[@Beatsforheart]

Research ke hisaab se aisa krne se stress Kam hota hoga .. But mene practical Kiya toh pata chala isse aur stress badhta hai .. 🙂

[@sargamshukla2417]

😂 ye sab karke artist logo ko relief milta hai normal logo ko nahi 😂

[@lakendrawilliams9814]

This is so good. I don’t know these advanced designs, but I can draw a single line difference ways: Snake, zig zag, swirl, circle, loop, etc. And shapes of course. Even random emojis.

[@sanraku25]

wow! that looks great.

[@avisionthroughchrist]

Wow thank you for sharing 🙏☀️

[@gagalady7430]

Great idea! Will try this tomorrow. Thanks :)

[@panzwes5993]

Thanks for sharing this activity. I did this earlier and it was refreshing, to take time out to draw and be present. I added colours to some doodles. The resulting page is like having a mini wall of art!

[@nikunjmorabia6489]

What a lovely drawing 🤩🤩🤩 😊

[@hyrmind]

Love the idea and music

[@oneballdeluna90210]

Great doodle ideas! I would like to try this as like a design.

[@claudiacarabbaSA]

Wow! Im not artistic, but i think i could do that. Thank you❤

[@stellarsyd]

Love this idea thank you!!

[@iloveit9468]

Very beautiful collage of doodles! I wonder if many ancient cave drawings etc. that scientists are always trying to analyze and figure out are actually just ancient doodles!

[@KateCarew]

Thank you for reminding me how much doodling helps me think, calm down and feel overall serenity. It also helps me focus! I don’t doodle like I used to now that smart phones have happened and I really missed it. We doodle similar doodles and watching you made me really get my butt in gear and just do it 🙏🏻 Thank you!!

[@outstated]

somehow when I try to do this on my own, I just stare at the paper with this inner feeling as though my head is being pressed from within and into within at the same time, and this sensation always reminds me of panic attacks. I know that it can have a calming effect on some people, but for me this technique just makes my anxiety levels perk up.

[@sandymakesplans]

it almost gave me anxiety that the boxes were touching until the drop shadows were added

[@mariapap8962]

What a great idea, even if one doesn't need to slow their minds down! I'm trying it tonight, with colours too!

[@lori-annefay4138]

Zentangle, very relaxing

[@justvancamping]

I actually tried doing this. My first thought was, " I can't even draw a straight line," and chuckled about it. But I kept drawing my crooked boxes and started drawing random pictures. Before I knew it I started to relax. 😊 Thanks for sharing. I will keep doing this.

[@froggy349]

i’ll for sure do this❤❤❤❤

[@sahnidha]

These were my favourite designs illustrations thanks for the reminder.❤

[@omaeve]

This is good for people with anxiety

[@supriyakarthiram44]

Whatever u do with ur hands it's magical❤

[@zanadean8070]

It's look like a Doodle...🥰

[@victoriawilkins1491]

Thats is so cute I love stuff like this ❤

[@tristanrujano]

Even watching this helps so much

[@0verth1nk3r.]

Thank u soo much! It helped me alot!!!

[@Jeweliart]

Love this. brb making my own

[@Ponnavvihearts]

I am speechless 😊😊

[@usaearthling]

Amazing. I can relate. I have been a doodler since I was able to write in school. It eases my mind.

[@Syed_Ahmed1]

Wowwwww❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😮😮😮🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@cashonly6117]

My mom used to doodle. Just drawing anything. Maybe a bird or something she may have written a short story about,, usually something like moving furniture around in the house or something she wanted to add on to the house or a crude drawing of me. She could think up anything in her head. Unfortunately I only got a piece of her artistic thinking. I did get her calmness though.

[@meliis]

Def I’ll try this 🙏🏻

[@Flowersandshotguns]

Perfect, thank you so much

[@shereehardrath3486]

That's beautiful

[@Plantbasedrose]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this! Going to try right now before I have to dive into work!

[@poornipoornima9328]

This was sooo useful!!! Idk what happened but I just drew the boxes and then design just popped up nto my brain I guess.During this holiday I have been soo bored and this realyy helped me !! So thank you!!

[@wingsfk]

I love the fact that this gorgeous piece of art can be done with like 2 cheap markers. This video proves that you don’t need so much expensive non affordable supplies to make art 😊

[@crownprincesslaya2]

You have very good pen control!

[@val.628]

This is really cool! I like this idea because I tend to get overwhelmed trying to draw detailed pictures or just staring at a whole blank page and feeling overwhelmed, and this creates a great structure to just play with lots of small designs

[@trulyselma]

i love that idea