National Scribble Day

Every March 27^th is National Scribble Day. This day is not just for children but also for adults. Scribbling is excellent for the brain. Wavy lines, circles, straight lines, and other geometric shapes on paper make the brain process better learning skills. Making scribbles make the brain focus on reading, drawing, and other subjects that are learned as a young child or as an adult. Additionally making scribbles help with handwriting in cursive and for your lettering style.

You can have more creativity while you use your sight to create something from a scribble. Scribbling is good for your mental health because it helps you calm down if you are feeling anxious before taking a test at school or in college. Also, it helps you calm down during your lunch break before going back to work. It may not wake you up if you are feeling sleepy, but scribbling does help you to have creativity. As well as self-expression of how you are feeling now or what your brain is trying to process. 

Doing scribbles help in making decisions as well as calming your thoughts before making an important decision. Scribbling is often used for therapy when a child or an adult has a hard time explaining how they feel. It can be done individually or as a group. Also, scribbling helps to create art and to visually see what your art will look like once it is finished. Scribble for five minutes a day and see how it makes you feel.  

Scribbling can be done out of boredom and to reduce anxious thoughts. Yet, scribbling keeps you busy when you are alone with your thoughts.  Some teachers do not like it when you scribble in class, especially during a lecture.  However,  if you are in an art class, scribbling might be what you need before working on your drawings. Before your class lecture begins, you can scribble in your notebook for relaxing your nerves.

Scribbling can be done by practicing mindfulness. Find a comfortable room to scribble at home. Open a page in your journal to scribble with different colored pens. Listen to guided meditation stories and scribble how you are feeling. Scribbling might help you relax before going to sleep. 

Furthermore scribbling at work is not permitted unless you are testing the office pens. But you can scribble during your lunch break if you are having a stressful time. It is recommended to scribble with a pen and paper so you can not use the eraser. Try scribbling in your notebook or journal for more concentration, and imagination, and for reducing your stress. Here are resources for National Scribble Day. 

Scribble Swap-Art Directive for Group Therapy-Creativity in Therapy:

Scribble Swap: Art Directive for Group Therapy - Creativity in Therapy

Scribbles Have Meaning-Better Kid Care-Penn State Extension:

Scribbles have meaning — Better Kid Care — Penn State Extension (psu.edu)

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