Stop watching TV

started to watch more tv lately :( will attempt to keep the tv turned off for the next week :) 4 weeks ago

You peoples are silly. I watch tv every day and I am not bothered by it. Unless you say you can’t hang out with friends bc you wanna watch tv then it’s bad. Silly people!!! I’m gonna take this off my goals now. 1 month ago

ed 2 months ago

Together with some colleagues, I did some “computer feasting” the last 6 weeks before Eastern 2011. As I have to do a lot of work in front of the computer, this feasting only applied to the senseless / slacking off part of using a computer: gaming, watching television/movies (I don’t have a TV on purpose), facebook, and the like. I tried this radical “abstinence” before, but was only able to do it in the group.

• more time means in less of a rush
• less information overflow
• more time with myself had a very positive psychological effect.

Although at times it was quite difficult to stay abstinent, those 6 weeks were my best in 2011. I plan on doing a fulll computer feasting again in 2012 – maybe even from 01.01.12 to Eastern. Try TV or full computer feasting for yourself! It is a big restriction, but therefore also a great experience. If you can’t do it on your own, do it in a group. Either here on 43things, or even better with people close to you. You won’t regret it! 2 months ago

watching a ton of TV on my laptop. I can’t stop! any advice? 2 months ago

for a while but then I got sick and got back into it and have been watching it a lot for the past 2 months or so. I am not going to try and limit my internet but TV I really want to try and cut out. It’s hard because I watch TV shows on my computer so it’s kind of the same thing…

I just feel like I’m spending too much time watching TV shows. I want to make sure I keep losing weight over winter when it’s cold and it’s harder to stay motivated to lose weight so I’m going to try to cut out TV as a motivator to keep moving and stop lying around a lot. 3 months ago

Stop watching tv for good forever 3 months ago

Okay, you ready? Wait for it. I didn’t pay my cable bill. Ta-da! And I’m not going to. There is sort of a story behind all this. I live in a developing country. The cable costs almost nothing (less than $10/month), which probably means it’s stolen from someone else’s cable. I never asked too many questions. So, there was a rash of swindling when it came to taking payments. Here in Never Ever Land, the bill collector comes round to your door. He presents a business card (at best) and asks for the money. Well, my neighbor gave her payment to a crook who never applied the money to her bill. I said time and again, I’m not paying until I can verify I’m paying the right person. Well, as time went by… So, now I have no cable. I shake and drool a little now and then, but I’m managing my withdrawal with low doses of having a life. 4 months ago

Having my last fix now. No more TV for me. Worked out watching over 40 hours a week. Just think what I can do with all this time… 6 months ago