live without TV for a week

...made me appreciate the outside and boardgames =)

I’ve made this a challenge. However, I think this will help me complete a couple of other goals I have. Like, unpack the apartment.

I’ve got a game plan for the next couple of weeks, and if I am not watching T.V. I don’t really have an excuse to not unpack my apartment. See? It all works out. :)

I live more with internet than with tv. It’s not that hard, since the internet is much more interesting. Also, they only show too much crap on tv.

well this does seem difficult..
though i wouldnt categorise myself as a tv addict, I sure do watch a lot of TV.. and I feel as if I’m loosing out on real life by sittin in front of the idiot box for so long.

So from now on,I’m going to watch movies in theatres instead of channel surfing. I’ll be posting on how thigs are going on :)

going cold turkey did suck, but about…wow, almost a year ago, i moved and just decided that my tv service would NOT be moving with me. For a couple weeks I went crazy, going to family and friends houses just to catch some TV, but nowadays I watch TV only when at someone’s house with them, and that’s about – oh, 2 to 4 hours a week total. I know it’s not quite “live without TV for a week”, but the fact I have done that multiple times so far and have gone sometimes a month or more without sitting in front of the tube means this counts!

Just make the decision – or, if it’s that hard, scale it down. Do basic instead of extended or whatever. Then, once you’re at very-basic-basic for a few months, and you’ve adjusted to not having all the excess channels, cancel it completely. You’ll find that all the series you really like and miss you can find online news for and you’ll spend more time reading, playing with family, writing, and loads of other things.

I’ve done it planty of times. Sometimes for a lot longer than that too.

May attempt this one again during half term week. I really should use that week revising rather than numbing my brain with morning telly anyway. There’s rarely anything worth watching anyway and I’m sure I won’t be commenting on my deathbed about how I wished I’d watched more TV.

I went 6 months without tv…I didn’t miss it. It gave me time to do a lot of other things I enjoy, I wrote, sat under the stars…met a lot of cool interesting people.

TV isn’t life, life is the daily experiences you learn to treasure.

I suppose this was somewhat of a ridiculous goal for me. I’m not home a lot to watch tv as it is, and the only time I watched tv was when I was going to sleep at night. But I remained true to this goal, except for grey’s anatomy.. and that’s okay with me.
Unless you watch an excessive amount of tv each night (2-3 hours), I don’t think it’s that big of a deal.
My problem is spending too much time on the computer :D

Starting…tonight.
I think I’m going to aim for two weeks. The hardest part will be not watching grey’s anatomy. I’ll have to tivo the next two episodes and catch up once my twoo weeks is up…
wish me luck!!!