The No Screen Challenge

It was a lot harder to keep up in this challenge now compared to some time ago. It's much easier for me to stop using screens if I'm not doing anything useful. However, nowadays I am working almost all the time, so it feels less important to stop using screens since I am actually productive the last hour. I haven't made up my mind yet if I should give this another try, change the deadline or just wait some time before I try again.

 

I have slowly been stretching the clock a bit too much lately, working later and later. It's time for a serious restart of good routines, so I'm back.

Deadline days before working days: 21:30 other days: 22:30

0/30

 

3/30

I've had no time at all to think about screens the last couple of days, have had no time left to use my computer. So I could probably also call the start a warm-up as I've got the first few days for free

 

6/30

@Stephan S glad to hear everything is going good for you. Same here, getting back to the old routine feels very good.

 

8/30. Apparently I forgot how good this challenge was. Now when I’m back in old routines, everything else is like a walk in the park. It’s a wonderful feeling.

 

12/30. No problems, everything is just better, at least in this challenge. When it comes to abstaining porn, that's something I have to fight harder for.

 

I'm sorry to hear that. I have just went through a couple of tough days but this time I'm at least pushing through, hope you will be able to do the same when the difficult days come. What has saved me lately is some music that constantly gets me back to a mindful state. I think it can help others too, so I just uploaded the tracks.

https://easyupload.io/m/vxwa2f
(suggestion: try chakra_pink11.mp3 first)

 

I'm coming back to this challenge at last. I first set the goal for one week. I aim to be off screens by 10 pm, but more importantly, I want to have a declining sequence. I combine the effort with my bedtime challenge.

 

15/30. I feel confident in extending the challenge to 60 days, so here we go:
15/60.

There's something special this time, I am feeling the inner power from my longest streak awakes.

Glad that you're back @The Great Safecracker .

 

It was past midnight when my TV was still on. I believe, however, that after a declining sequence for one week I've got a decent no-screen time which is worth keeping.

Exactly, and better sleep.

 

17/60. Going strong, it feels like I'm in a constant meditative state.

 

It seems I have a problem with controlling my bedtimes at the moment. Last night after 11 I suddenly remembered I need to start doing something on my computer. It would have been quite okay, but then I kept going after midnight until almost 2 am. So, taking this challenge really is needed.

 

Why don’t you just start with deciding a specific deadline to go for?

 

I haven't been able to make any goals happen recently. More grand failures the last couple of days.

 

20/60, checking in.

 

1/7; 00:05
2/7; 00:00
A bit better couple of days have enabled me decent sleep.

 

23/60, time flies. Looking forward to extend the deadline again

 

24/60. I'm just going to reiterate my rules. No screens after 21:30 with one exception: I'm allowed to watch movies until 22:30 on Fridays and Saturdays.

 

I completely forgot I'm doing a challenge last night when I was making some plans and reading my notes from a screen. It continued past midnight. Even though I was eager to do my work, it would have been better to be sleeping at that time.

 

1/7 I was listening to a discussion pretty late. It is somewhat grey zone even though I wasn't literally watching screens .