No screens during the week

[Anonymous]

Does anyone else do no TV or social media during the week? I have a very demanding job and use them to relax but wondering if it’s making me more overstimulated

[Anonymous]

I'm a fed and deactivated all of my social media accounts when DOGE came to town. I haven't missed it. We also cut cable in our house. Haven't missed that either. I have a few online activities and news sites I go to for keeping up on things. It's nice because once you peruse the top stories or postings, you don't have nearly as many avenues for jumping down rabbit holes. It gave me so much time back, which I use to read actual print books and magazines. You have a feeling of accomplishment when you finish a physical read, as opposed to endless scrolling.

[Anonymous]

I don't do no screen time but I'm greatly reducing it, but this is more about wasting time online/doomscrolling rather than TV. I've replaced the nightly before bed scroll with reading.

[Anonymous]

I got rid of social media (except DCUM) in November. Best thing I've ever done! I do still watch TV but I'm on track to read 100 books this year, too, so it feels like a good balance.

[Anonymous]

I watch 30 minutes of news and then put on music for the rest of the night. Cooking dinner, reading, etc. is so nice.

The one exception: basketball. We love men's and women's college basketball, so we are watching tournaments right now and will definitely watch the NCAA tournaments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a fed and deactivated all of my social media accounts when DOGE came to town. I haven't missed it. We also cut cable in our house. Haven't missed that either. I have a few online activities and news sites I go to for keeping up on things. It's nice because once you peruse the top stories or postings, you don't have nearly as many avenues for jumping down rabbit holes. It gave me so much time back, which I use to read actual print books and magazines. You have a feeling of accomplishment when you finish a physical read, as opposed to endless scrolling.

We never did social media (other than DCUM). We never had cable/streaming. We used to watch some PBS, but that eventually had too much political content for our taste, so we have even dropped that. Otherwise similar to the above.