In this video I ran a little two-day experiment: I swapped my usual phone screen time (and the sneaky doom scrolling) for cozy coloring. The goal was simple—spend less time consuming other people’s lives and more time filling up my own creative cup—while also seeing if my Oura Ring stress data would shift. I focused on cozy, simple-and-bold alcohol marker coloring, mostly in Love Means by Victoria Bloom and Ohuhu’s Portraits of Joy, and I treated it like a cozy coloring vlog mixed with a creative reflection. Along the way I tried a few techniques from my “12 coloring techniques I want to master in 2026” challenge: extending the background past the page border (water gradients + white ripple texture), a properly “go to town” glitter/bedazzled effect with dots and sparkles, practicing darker skin tones (and troubleshooting bleed-proof paper that puddles when you layer too much), and a fur texture experiment using gel pen under markers. But honestly, the biggest surprise was how deep it got. I realized rigid goals actually stress me out, deleted follower/subscriber numbers off my vision board, and felt my brain get noticeably less cluttered when my screen time dropped. The stats were mixed, but the mindset shift was very real—and it made me wonder what a full week of this could reveal.