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Published 3/23/26
It's the middle of March and I'm stuck in a funk. This happens every year.
The New Year energy fades, the days blur together, and at some point
I look up and think, what is life?
Even the trees here in Utah are confused. They budded too early during a warm stretch and now we're whiplashing between 55 and 35 degrees. The confusion is relatable.
I want to feel alive with Spring energy but really the only things keeping me going are my secret closet chocolate stash and the hope of teaching yet another friend to play Mahjong.
But then, the other night, I was scrolling in bed (another resolution bites the dust) and saw all the pastel gingham decor I'm supposed to add to cart, a dreamy Mahjong party I wished I was at, and yet another influencer convincing me I need more creatine in my life.
I felt like throwing my phone at the wall. Enough!
I took a breath and stared at all my apps, resisting the urge to dive right back into a doom scroll.
So, instead, I opened my Chatbooks app instead and decided to start making my February Monthbook.
Usually I'm on top of it and make my book the first week of each month, but I'd been putting it off. The funk had me. Does anything even matter?
But as I scrolled through my photos, something happened. Somewhere between the pic of me back on skis for the first time with my new ACL, an old friend I ran into at Costco, date night with our big kids, and…yes, mahjong. My mood lifted. Even a little hope entered the chat?
And then this one stopped my scroll:
My daughter is getting married in May, and finally said "yes to the dress"! My oldest daughter and my granddaughter were there with us too. Three generations sharing this magic moment as we get ready to welcome a new member to the family.
There is so much joy happening in my life right now, and I almost missed it.
I was so deep in the funk that I forgot to look at my own life. Turns out the antidote to doom scrolling is just…scrolling your own life. Joy scrolling, if you will.
I know your February was full of something worth celebrating too and it's sitting in your phone right now, waiting to remind you.
If you're in the March funk with me, ditch the doom scrolling and join me for a little more joy scrolling. Your life is better than your feed.
With love,
Vanessa Quigley Chatbooker-in-Chief
P.S. Your camera roll has more joy in it than you think. Go make your Monthbook before March runs away too.