I made a no phones after nine rule for myself and needed something to do with my hands so I would not cave and start scrolling anyway. This has been the answer. A cup of tea, one pen, and ten or fifteen minutes of just filling shapes, and my mind goes properly quiet in a way it has not in a very long time. I am sleeping better and waking up less anxious, and I genuinely did not expect a colouring book to be the thing that did it. Already recommended it to two friends who both ordered theirs.
I have tried the intricate adult colouring books and they honestly stressed me out more than they ever relaxed me. Too many tiny sections, too many decisions about which colour goes where, and I would give up feeling worse than when I started. This is the complete opposite. Bold simple shapes, one single colour, and actual calm. I finally understand what people mean when they say colouring helps them. It just took the right kind of colouring book for my particular brain to click.
I bought this as a gift for my mum who has been very anxious since my dad passed, but I ended up ordering a second one for myself after trying hers because I did not want to hand it back. She rings me now to say she does a bit before bed and it helps her switch off from the worrying. For both of us it is the not having to decide anything that makes it work. It is a lovely, quiet, screen free thing to share even though we live hundreds of miles apart.
I keep this in my desk drawer at work now. When I feel an anxious spiral starting mid afternoon, I take five minutes and fill in a shape or two instead of stewing on it or stress eating. It resets me just enough to get through the rest of the day without that wound up feeling trailing me home. My wife has started stealing it in the evenings so I think we are going to need a second copy soon. Simple idea, really well made, and it does exactly what it promises.
My children are used to me being on my laptop or phone. Now they see me sit and color quietly and one of them asked to join. Unexpected little win for the whole house.
Perimenopause has done a number on my focus and I have felt scattered for months. Most things I start I abandon halfway through because I lose the thread completely. This I can actually finish, and finishing something, anything, has done more for my mood than I expected it to. Ten quiet minutes that ask nothing of my memory or my decision making. The spiral binding lays completely flat as well, which sounds minor but makes it so much easier to use without wrestling the pages down.
I will be honest, I thought the whole one colour thing was a bit of a marketing gimmick and nearly sent it back after it arrived. Then I sat down with it one rough evening when my head was going a hundred miles an hour, and I completely got it. The lack of choices is the entire point. There is nothing to decide and nothing to overthink, you just fill the shapes and your brain slowly goes quiet. Two weeks later it lives on the arm of the sofa and I would be genuinely annoyed if I lost it.
My therapist actually suggested finding a low pressure, low stimulation activity to help with my anxiety, and this is exactly what she was describing without either of us knowing it existed. There is no comparing myself to some perfect result, no decisions to spiral over, just something steady and repetitive to do with my hands. I reach for it when I feel the tightness starting in my chest and it genuinely helps me come back down. It has become a real tool for me, not just a hobby I do when I am bored.
I am a new mum and my brain is basically mush from the broken sleep. I cannot follow a show, I cannot read a book, but I can fill in a few shapes while I feed the baby or during those strange quiet twenty minutes when she finally naps. It is the one thing in my day that is just for me and does not need a functioning brain to enjoy. My partner has noticed I seem a bit more like myself in the evenings since I started. Worth every cent for that alone.
Thought it was a bit of a fad but my partner swore by it so I tried it. It is quite meditative actually. Four stars because I wish the cover was a bit more durable.
I haven’t received it!! Please refund me or look in to this.. thank you
Honestly at first I thought one color would be boring. It grew on me fast and now the simplicity is the whole point. Would have given five but the cover marks a little easily.
The intricate ones stressed me out more than they relaxed me, too many tiny areas and too many color choices. This is the opposite. Bold shapes, one color, actual calm.
I keep it in my work bag and do a few minutes at lunch instead of scrolling. I go back to my desk noticeably less frazzled. Coworkers have started asking about it.
I get anxious spirals during the workday and stepping away for five minutes of this genuinely resets me. Keep it in my desk drawer now. Recommend to anyone who overthinks.
My therapist recommended a low stimulation hobby for my anxiety and this fit perfectly. No decisions, no pressure, no comparing myself to some perfect result. Just me and one color.
I travel a lot for work and evenings in hotel rooms used to mean scrolling until I felt worse. I threw this in my carry on on a whim and now it comes with me every single trip. It is light, there is only one pen to keep track of, and nothing to spill or lose. I did a few shapes in the airport during a two hour delay last week and actually felt calmer instead of refreshing the departures board for the tenth time. Small thing, but it has genuinely changed how my work trips feel.
It is good and the quality is there, I just imagined it a bit larger from the photos. Still calming to use so I am keeping it, but wanted to be honest about the size.
Cancelled an app I never used and got this instead. It is not magic but I actually do it, which is more than I can say for the app. Four stars only because I wish it had more pages.
I make a hundred decisions a day at work and by evening I am fried. Not having to choose colors is the whole appeal. My brain gets a break for once.
As someone with ADHD I have quit basically every hobby I have ever started because they overwhelm me with choices and setup. This has none of that. One pen, bold simple shapes, and I can just start. I finished a whole page in one sitting the first night, which almost never happens for me. It has become part of my wind down and I have skipped the usual guilt of another abandoned project. The designs are lovely too, more like modern art than the fussy intricate stuff I have tried and given up on before.
As someone who has ruined cheaper coloring books with markers, the thick paper here is no joke. Zero bleed through with the pen I use. You can tell they actually thought about it.
Took it on a long flight and it kept me calm and off my phone the whole way. Light, no mess with just one pen, and no fiddly bits to lose. Great travel companion.
I am a chronic overthinker and lying in bed is when my brain goes wild. Having something simple to do with my hands has helped me fall asleep faster. No screen, no light, just filling shapes.
The concept is great and I do use it before bed. Mine turned up with a slightly creased cover though. They offered to replace it which I appreciated, but knocking a star for the packaging.
