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Instead of biting my nails or playing with a fidget toy, is there a skill I can learn/practice?

Like rolling a pen/coin through my fingers or something like that.

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[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Look into flow arts! There's something for everyone, and it's great exercise!

[–] weariedfae@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Also for those who don't feel like Googling it: flow arts include juggling, spinning, baton/staff/whatever spinning, fan dance (?), and more.

TIL there's a general term for that.

Wouldn't the coin on the knuckles thing count?

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Coin on the knuckles is tangential but not usually considered flowarts, which is usually more of a whole body activity. However it's close enough that I wouldn't be surprised if I saw someone showing off at a gathering. Similar to like hackeysack or balisong (butterfly knife).

Flow is also a gateway to fire performance, aerials, acrobatics, and other circus arts