Challenge: No more media

I will conquer my time back !

 

I spent another day with a browsergame. Browsergames are on my black list since about one year. I have a list, which I call 'My concentration checklist'. Everytime, when I need to seriously focus on something I will check it. It starts with - Get the back of the office chair upright - followed by - Tidy up the desk. There will be about ten more steps to get a proper enviroment.

Most time of my days I spend on internet. I guess most of the people do so. I am pretty sure all students in Germany show that behaviour. (Of course there are also the nerds, the sports addicted and some novel readers)

None of my goals is to watch series all day alone in my small dormitory room. I am not aiming to be the best Farmerama player every. The piles of unread books will be thrown away one day.I don't want to be too busy to meet my family anymore, because I have to research one more unimportant issue.

I want to use my time for my real goals. Goals, that are only in my head. Goals, that are not changing every week, because I read up some new topics on internet.

 

So this is my attempt to escape: a challenge. For 21 days I don't want to misuse media anymore. I want to adapt the rules from Tim Ferris 4 Hour Work Week to my challenge.

 

• It's not enough to use the information for 'something'. It needs to be immediately and it has to be important.
• No newspapers, magazines, audiobooks or radio programms with informative content. Music is allowed at all times.
• No news sites on the net.
• No TV, films, series, YouTube.
• One fiction book, that might be read one hour before sleeping.
• One non fiction book, that has to be read to the end and worked out before taking a new one.
• No surfing on the internet, except it is necessary für a Task, that has to be finished on this day. Necessary means necessary and not 'Nice to know'.

I hope this will safe me several hours every day.