This is a great goal! My wife and I did this a number of years back when we competed in the Body for Life Challenge. After work, we spent time making dinners together and then taking long walks - sometimes up to 2 hours to get in additional cardio. I loved this time of night in L.A. and spending valuable time with my wife talking about our future hopes and dreams. We just can't get that quality time in front of the TV!

One thing that has helped me is to not get involved in a TV series! Once I see the first few episodes it's hard not to continue to watch. But I find that if I don;t watch the first few, it doesn't seem as important each week to tune in. Good luck finding what works for you.

 Does social networking include Life list updates though?  If so, I would wait 8 or so days to start this goal, it is a good one though Nicholes!

Funny, I was *just* thinking: How the heck will we support you in your goal if you aren't here? :) 

Nichole, great goal! I'm doing the no TV thing and have been for a while now. It really has improved not just my time managment but my relationships. The other thing that helps is my blackberry ban after 5 pm. It's amazing how you value time differently when you're interacting with real people instead of tapping away or zoning out somehow. I've decided that if it doesn't add to the long-term quality of my life, I'm out. Good luck, I know you can do it! Like my parents always said... go read a book.

Even though this is a form of social networking, I view this site differently.  We are all here to support and achieve.  I really wish I can cut myself off of the computer all together but the reality is that it would be to my detriment.   80% of my photography is digital. Just because I decide to cut myself off does not stop everyone else from conducting business online.  I know I will have to check my emails and use the internet for relevent research.  I am giving myself a limit of one hr a day total online.  Actually computer use will vary with my photography but I do not have to be online to work on it.  When I said social networking, I was mainly referring to facebook, for that it the only one that seems to "consume me" at times.

Hi Nichole!

Detoxing from Facebook is definitely a good idea. I am all in favor, because that place can be addicting and addiction has such negative effects--even if it doesn't hurt your life, it hurts you because you feel ruled by it, and that's not a nice feeling. I've been down that road (not with FB, but with similar things).

I hope books and photography and crossword puzzles and any other fun thing you can think of feel better to you than TV and Facebook, and create meaning in your life.

And if you want to declutter, I posted some resource links over on my goal thread. ^^

Two days down and It is refreshing!  Yesterday I turned on my ipod and spent hours in the kichen cooking and baking.  I love to cook so I was enjoying myself very much.  I ran some errands and picked up a few craft items at Micheals that I have been wanting to get for months.  I ended my evening by making a nice dent in the book that I started reading over 6 months ago.  I have a feeling by not watching tv that I will finally be finishing it soon!

Today I spent some time on the computer being productive.  I had been on almost all day and not once did I log onto Facebook!  I spent the day working on photography and putting together some galleries on a hosting site.  I am very pleased with the site and how it is all coming together.

I must say that I have had a few hard moments when my boyfriend turns on the tv.  I have to go into the bedroom.  Other then that, it has not been as hard as I thought.  Yesterday I was looking forward to watching House all day but had to remind myself that I couldn't.  By the time it was on, I had completely forgot about it.

Thank you for everyones support and foley, I will check out your resource ink.

 I am compelled to offer my service of "storing" your X-Box and PS for you Nicholas.  Let me know if you would like my Canadian address of where to send those wasteful things  (ha ha)....no worries, keep up on this goal, it is worthwhile and sounds like you are enjoying the alternatives!

Erik, I am sure you would be happy to store my xbox and ps3 lol.  Unfortunatley, I don't think I can part with them.

Anyhow, I have really enjoyed this past week, and with only 2 one more full day to go, it has been a breeze!  I am very suprised at how easy it was for me.  When it comes to all those little projects, or just random things thta need to be done here or there, I have gotten more done then I usually do in a whole month!

Nichole, how awesome! It's really cool to see how much fun you are having and how good you feel even though you've put away things that only a short time ago WERE your fun. It makes me remember the Ani Difranco song "Joyful Girl," where she sings "I wonder if everything I do, I do instead of something I want to do more." Hearing you talk about how you're enjoying yourself is definitely food for thought for me in that direction too.

You definitely don't have to listen to (or like) the song, but if you do feel like it, here is my favorite performance of it:

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