Mindfulness For Easily Distracted People

One of my favourite ways to concentrate has always been to draw and doodle, which meant that my exercise books at school were horrors to behold, but the information went in. As it turns out, apparently this isn't sloppiness, it's actually a valid way to think deeply, hold onto information and relax (thank you PsychologyToday).

Lately, 'adult colouring books' have become a bit of a thing, climbing their way up the bestseller lists and taking over acres of liberal print media singing their praise. I found a really lovely mental health blog here that reviews all of these books. There's now some science to say that spending time colouring in is actually really good for you, so that's all the excuse I need to get my colouring pencils out.

If you'd like to have a go, you can find some great resources here, there's a blog that has collated a lot of free designs ready to be printed out and coloured in. There's also a better organised and laid out one here.

✎ Here are some of my picks ✎

✐ Black White Mustard - The art student in me melts a little at the sight of these beautiful geometric designs, created by Maria Ljungeld.

✐ Print Mandala - Some beautiful mandala designs, all computer generated, but no less lovely

✐ Welsh Pixie - A little more organic, and she has an amazing flair for paisley designs

✐ Fantastic Cities - Unbelievably intricate cityscapes by Steve McDonald. More intended to be bought as a book, but you can find some free print outs here.

✐ Colorfy - An incredible app that lets you colour on the go!

And if all else fails, about half of Pinterest seems to be colouring in sheets, so you can always try that.

Happy colouring!