Decided to give up the computer and tv a while

Just to see the freedom I get. Im not gonna use them for a month. I just posted here so id be more likely to stick to it.

 

yeah mate do it

 

Going without watching tv can have a very nice positive effect.

 

Yea you should do it. Tv brainwashes us.

 

good idea, i might do it too sometime. i dont really watch tv though..only things like animal planet well see you in a month then!

 

Great idea! Best of luck, this would be the best time to start journaling

Let us know how it goes!

 

Good on yer.. if I didn't need the computer to do my assignments and coursework I'd probably do the same thing.. I already watch very little TV (maybe once a month or so, except Heroes of course). Turning off the squawking box was one of the best things I ever did. It's astonishing how much of their lives people waste just gorging on the crap it pumps out.

 

I got rid of my tv and cable a few months ago, it rules.

 

When my husband and I were young lovers we didnt have cable hook-up or bunny ears. We would spend our time scrapbooking together, talking, hanging out and dreaming up new business ventures.

We moved into an apartment where for some reason the cable was never disconnected, and we felt a huge difference. I got so caught up in all the usless TV dramas, that I became additcted to watching TV.

Anyhow, we went thought that drama several times, we now have bunny ears so the kids can watch PBS kids in the morning. Other than that, Im so out of the loop!

Now if I can only un-addict myself from the internet .... !

 

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i havent had cable for i dont know how long,
but you know what brainwashes us too? Tap Water..

 

^^??

 

Meh, I need the computer. Where I live I can't do anything, If I go out, I will be jumped and robbed.

 

Good idea, I did the same thing a few months ago. I still don't watch TV much at all, maybe a good movie every now and then.

 

Apart from movies, i don't really watch that much tv. I'm trying to cut down on my computer usage and just use it, when I absolutely have to, and answer emails every couple of days. I'm already using a whole lot less than at the start of the year.
Good luck I hope you enjoy your time without them
peace
Jane

 

you should tatally do it man! i gave up tv 3 years ago and it was probly the best thing i ever did. TV really DOES brainwashes you!!

.. for alittle while i competely cut myself from the outside world .. i was basically off grid. i never felt more free in my whole life!! it was just me with no attachment. i had no phone, no computor, no tv, no job, no money, no car, i pretty much had nothing, this is the result reading a book on buddhism had on me (its a really great book! changed my life.. deffinitely recomend it! : "The Tibetan Wisdom for the western world"). i learned alote about living without wordly possesions, and i donated most of my clothes to salvation army, living like the dharma bum is pretty revarding. it became just me with my guitar, music, my friends, and whutdo you know.. POt!!
greatest times of my life

... unfortunately, if i still lived like that , then i wouldnt be writting this blog right now,.. right now i'm alittle addicted to internet, im still staying away from every other resource.. it is really incredible how much time someone can waste on this machine! sometimes i just wanna throw it out my window!! ... Quittin all this crazy shit nonsense,(tv, computor, cell phones.. etc) really is great!! . I advice you to do it not just for alittle while.. but for good, you really are better off.. think about how the people lived in the 60's

... i'm myself are gonna stop using it one again.. i dont know when yet , probly in afew days.this gives me time to do some stuff i gotta do, and then this machine will be gone,im gonna sell the damn thing! hopefully i can ditch it for good this time!!


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Don't question why she needs to be so free
She'll tell you it's the only way to be
She just can't be chained
To a life where nothing's gained
And nothing's lost
At such a cost
-Rolling Stones