📺 Avoid Entertaining Media | Challenge

maxmoon

Entertaining media is very often the reason why we do not work on our goals. It let us lie on the couch or bed, which makes us tired. And if we are tired, we do not want to do productive stuff. Leading to bad and even unhealthy habits until we even get addicted to it. Let us get our time back and stop doing stuff, which wastes our time.

What can be entertaining media?

TV
series, movies and documentaries
YouTube, TikTok and similar video platforms
music, audio books, podcasts and the like
books, comics, fanfiction, etc.
video games
funny websites (Memes, short videos)
social media

Rules

You may not consume entertaining media the whole month.
You may use entertaining media for school, studies, presentations, further trainings and to achieve your real goals.
Music, audio books, podcasts and the like are only allowed while being productive, for example, while doing chores.
You have to define a penalty and reward in the first days of the challenge (see todos). The penalty must be fulfilled if you consume entertaining media and you can get your defined reward if you completed this challenge without cheating.
You have to define rewards you will get if you hit the daily streaks of 3, 7, 12, 18, or 25 days and one for completing this challenges successfully.
You accept that your data gets collected, processed and published (e.g. high score lists in the utopify.org forum).

Tasks

Type	Name	Note
habit	📺 Do an alternative to entertaining media	It should be at least 25 minutes (like a pom)
habit	📺 Use entertaining media	If you still follow this bad habit, try to get back on track. It's only a slip-up and not the end of this challenge.
daily	📺 Avoid entertaining media	If you successfully avoided entertaining media today, you can check off this recurring task and can be proud of yourself.
todo	📺 Prepare yourself	It is important to start well prepared to prevent slip-ups. Talk to other family members, friends or partner about it. They might support you. Use apps or add-ons, which will block apps or websites or get inspired by other people, who participated in this challenge.
todo	📺 Check-in after 1 week of avoiding entertaining media	The first week might be the hardest. Share what you've learnt so far in the utopify.org forum and edit your post for future check-ins.
todo	📺 Check-in after 2 week of avoiding entertaining media	Edit the post you've created last week on the utopify.org forum and expand the post with your new experience, rewards, penalties, alternatives, etc.
todo	📺 Check-in after 3 week of avoiding entertaining media	Edit your last post on the utopify.org forum and share what you've learnt so far in this challenge?
todo	📺 Check-in after 4 week of avoiding entertaining media	The end is near and at this point you experienced a lot of new stuff. Share your expierience in your post on the utopify.org forum
todo	📺 Find alternatives to entertaining media	e.g. modeling, handicraft, meditate, solve a sudoku or crossword puzzle, draw, do house work, read a guidebook, do taxes, find a new hobby. You can find inspirations on the utopify.org forum.
todo	📺 Define different rewards for streaks	Define different things you will get as a reward if you hit a 3, 7, 12, 18 or 25 days streak on the daily and write it down. You should not use the thing you are trying to get rid of as a reward. The higher the streak the harder it will get to reach it and a low streak could be reached several times a month. Reaching a 25 day streak is even harder than completing this challenge successfully. Choose your rewards wisely. You can find inspirations on the utopify.org forum.
todo	📺 Define a reward for completing this challenge	Define something you will get as a reward if you complete this challenge successfully and write it down. You can find inspirations on the utopify.org forum.
todo	📺 Define a penalty	Define something you will do if you consume entertaining media and write it down. You can find inspirations on the utopify.org forum.
todo	📺 Cancel the subscription of your favorite streaming platform	This might be a hard task and your answer might be NEVER. But first think about it! How much time did you waste on binge-watching series? How did you feel after the series ended? Would it not be better to use this time to reach your goals? If you watch TV instead of streams, get rid of the TV. If you do not have a subscription to a streaming platform or a TV, you just deserve to check this todo off.
todo	📺 Read Clean Dopamine – Part 5 – Avoiding Entertainment Media	The text was written back then the challenge was not very efficient and not strict. The rules in the text differ from the current (improved) challenge. It should be seen as an inspiration.
todo	📺 Read Clean Dopamine – Part 6 – Escape from Entertainment Media	I share my experiences of the very first time I participated in this challenge and give some tips.
todo	📺 Read Alternatives to Time Wasting Activities	If you couldn't find a lot of alternatives, yet, this article might help you.

fractalkitty

maxmoon There are so many good resources here. I have a lot to think about before doing this challenge. Thanks for the well thought out actions, approach, and resources.