Diary of a Gen Z Student: 'Young people are tired and we’re dealing the best way we know how — bed rotting'

One of the preferred hobbies of my generation: lying in bed for extended periods of time and scrolling on your phone

Jane Cowan: 'I was lying in bed in the early afternoon on a weekday, numbing my senses with a scroll on Instagram, and frankly, revelling in the feeling of my brain melting out of my head. Eureka! Bed rotting, that’s it.'

Sometimes, I find it difficult to figure out which behaviours of contemporary youth are the ones that need explaining to the elders who read this column. You see, when you partake in these behaviours, it can be difficult to see anything unusual in them.

It’s just how I live my life. It doesn’t feel particularly novel. But it recently dawned on me, as I was lying in bed in the early afternoon on a weekday, numbing my senses with a scroll on Instagram, and frankly, revelling in the feeling of my brain melting out of my head. Eureka! Bed rotting, that’s it.