How I did it: For me it wasn't so much about not playing video games anymore, but a step towards being more productive during the day (and night).
So ultimately it includes watching tv-shows / movies / youtube etc. back to back, which can definitely take up your time.

At one point I was looking back at the past couple of months and wondered if I had done/achieved much of anything. Sadly i hadn't. Thus the need to get out of the house and off the games/movies.
Having had really tough exams ahead of me was obviously helpful in this goal since I was very busy with studying and couldn't play even if I wanted to.
That of course was only due to the fact that there was something I wanted much more than looking at the screen all day.
Thanks to some new found determination and discipline I'm in my 5th semester of mechanical engineering which only few people reach at my university. Being done with those exams I still don't feel the need to procrastinate or play any games at all so I believe I have completed this goal.

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Sep 27, 2009, 12:23PM PDT | 1 comment | 3 cheers