🔥 Catching Fire: Bed-rotting on TikTok 🛏️

June 14, 2023 

It doesn't exactly sound like the most holistic self-care routine out there, but Gen-Z has been using this new word on TikTok to reinvent the Duvet Day.

It's less about those depressing mornings when you struggle to get up, and more about pitching up in bed with intent and purpose. Whether that's watching your favourite TV show or simply recharging your emotional or physical battery. 

In true Gen-Z fashion, the term is laced with a hint of irony and self-deprecation. However, unlike terms like "doom scrolling", bed-rotting is about leaning into a seemingly 'lazy' or 'problematic' behaviour, and rewriting it as a positive.

In this way, it's more aligned with a defiance of hustle culture and the go-go-go mentality that older generations traditionally hold dear.

Life doesn't always have to be about the grind, and sometimes the most productive thing you can do is allow yourself to rest.