While I love the process of making a good Pinterest mood board or even an iPad doodle session, sometimes you just have to step away from the blue light, you know? And it seems a lot of other people are feeling the same way.

Aside from the plethora of anecdotal TikToks on the glory of grandma hobbies or screen-free activities, the craft store Michaels recently brought some hard and fast data to substantiate this move away from digital pasttimes.

In its annual Creativity Trend Report , Michaels found that the people are in desperate need of “analog” hobbies. We’re talking knitting, crocheting, needlepoint, embroidery, sewing, journaling, cross-stitch, painting, and more! Just, basically, anything done for joy and entertainment that doesn’t happen on a device.…