I think a total media fast (No computer, No cell phones, No TV, etc.) is really kinda stupid. I mean, I couldn't function that well in a social scene (well, I already function poorly on the social scene) without my cell phone. It's just a convenience. Now if I texted for 5 hours a day, I would take a break from it, but I don't. I really just use it to hang out with a few people.
So I'm doing a partial media fast. Even though I'm allowing myself some things, it's still going to cut me down quite a bit. Here's the parameters of it, and I hope I'll follow them religiously:
-NO Facebook.
-NO Video Games, with the exception being if they're for a date, which is highly unlikely
-Can only check webcomics on the day they update and ONLY the updated comics (no going through the archives)
-NO Netflix (easier since my family cancelled their plan) except at friend/family house.
-Can only watch updated YouTube channels and only the updates. The exception is if I'm at a home other than my own and a video is showed to me.
-Blogging's alright, but a minimum of 30 minutes of reading blogs is allowed a DAY (not sure where to put comic blogs in this)
-I will still update my comic blog Monday, Wednesday, Friday. This is just a hint that you should look at it...
-Looking up things on Wikipedia and other related sites is cool, EXCEPT for Minecraft wiki... That's honestly a problem.
-Fast will start TOMORROW 11/15 and will be allowed to end on Monday the 28th!
My whole reasoning behind this media fast is to motivate myself to do more things. I noticed (and so did my therapist) that I just can't get myself to do things a lot of the time. Realizing that two of the main culprits were Minecraft and Facebook, I chose (am choosing) to implement this fast. Last time I did this was to get a date and was only video game related in my fast. It kinda didn't work because I got a date only a few days later, which was (I think) only coincidence. That's why this one has a definite set of dates. I can get the coolest date ever and fall madly in love and I still have to wait until the 28th to add her on FB... probably (I guess that might be extenuating circumstances, but probably not going to happen anyhow).
MEIN RESOLVE!!!
So I'm doing a partial media fast. Even though I'm allowing myself some things, it's still going to cut me down quite a bit. Here's the parameters of it, and I hope I'll follow them religiously:
-NO Facebook.
-NO Video Games, with the exception being if they're for a date, which is highly unlikely
-Can only check webcomics on the day they update and ONLY the updated comics (no going through the archives)
-NO Netflix (easier since my family cancelled their plan) except at friend/family house.
-Can only watch updated YouTube channels and only the updates. The exception is if I'm at a home other than my own and a video is showed to me.
-Blogging's alright, but a minimum of 30 minutes of reading blogs is allowed a DAY (not sure where to put comic blogs in this)
-I will still update my comic blog Monday, Wednesday, Friday. This is just a hint that you should look at it...
-Looking up things on Wikipedia and other related sites is cool, EXCEPT for Minecraft wiki... That's honestly a problem.
-Fast will start TOMORROW 11/15 and will be allowed to end on Monday the 28th!
My whole reasoning behind this media fast is to motivate myself to do more things. I noticed (and so did my therapist) that I just can't get myself to do things a lot of the time. Realizing that two of the main culprits were Minecraft and Facebook, I chose (am choosing) to implement this fast. Last time I did this was to get a date and was only video game related in my fast. It kinda didn't work because I got a date only a few days later, which was (I think) only coincidence. That's why this one has a definite set of dates. I can get the coolest date ever and fall madly in love and I still have to wait until the 28th to add her on FB... probably (I guess that might be extenuating circumstances, but probably not going to happen anyhow).
MEIN RESOLVE!!!
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