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Majesticzero · 02-08-2009, 06:15 PM

Welcome everyone,

After my first succesful "30 days to succes" I continue the series to develop a better Self Discipline.
The previous "30 days to succes" was definitely a succes. I will make it a permanent change in my life.

Let's talk about the next 30 days.
The last time I've read a lot about media fasting. It's something I think is almost impossible to do because I work behind a computer every day. But let's change the media fasting idea a little. Instead of media fasting the whole day, let's only do this when not working. So when I get home, I'm not gonna grab my laptop and checkout the news or stevepavlina.com. I'm also not gonna watch TV or play video games. Between 9am and 5:30pm I can check websites on the internet (like stevepavlina.com). The No TV and No News rule will still stand, also when at work. So this will basically be the idea of my media fasting challenge:

- No TV
- No Computer (when not at work)
- No News

I don't mention internet and video games because they are part of "No Computer". I know I can easily achieve this goal, so I need to have a second one.

The second goal for this challenge is to meet someone new every week. Maybe you think "This shouldn't be so hard? Why not try and meet someone new every day?". The thing is that my social skills are not really developed and I'm also afraid to talk to strangers. Meeting someone new every week is probably hard enough for now. The place where I probably meet new people will be at my sportcentre, because there is always a subject to talk about: "Sports!", the one thing I love!
It's not that I want to learn someone very good in one week. With meeting someone new I mean, just talking to a stranger every week. It doesn't really matter if it's a woman or a man. In future challenges I can change the requirements to i.e.:

- Meet someone new every day
- Talk to a stranger (female) every day

For this time I'll just keep it to someone - male or female - once a week.

I will be starting the test on:
02/09/2009

I will end the test on:
03/11/2009

02-08-2009, 06:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
Majesticzero Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 276	Majesticzero's 30 days to success: Media fasting / Meet someone new every week Welcome everyone, After my first succesful "30 days to succes" I continue the series to develop a better Self Discipline. The previous "30 days to succes" was definitely a succes. I will make it a permanent change in my life. Let's talk about the next 30 days. The last time I've read a lot about media fasting. It's something I think is almost impossible to do because I work behind a computer every day. But let's change the media fasting idea a little. Instead of media fasting the whole day, let's only do this when not working. So when I get home, I'm not gonna grab my laptop and checkout the news or stevepavlina.com. I'm also not gonna watch TV or play video games. Between 9am and 5:30pm I can check websites on the internet (like stevepavlina.com). The No TV and No News rule will still stand, also when at work. So this will basically be the idea of my media fasting challenge: - No TV - No Computer (when not at work) - No News I don't mention internet and video games because they are part of "No Computer". I know I can easily achieve this goal, so I need to have a second one. The second goal for this challenge is to meet someone new every week. Maybe you think "This shouldn't be so hard? Why not try and meet someone new every day?". The thing is that my social skills are not really developed and I'm also afraid to talk to strangers. Meeting someone new every week is probably hard enough for now. The place where I probably meet new people will be at my sportcentre, because there is always a subject to talk about: "Sports!", the one thing I love! It's not that I want to learn someone very good in one week. With meeting someone new I mean, just talking to a stranger every week. It doesn't really matter if it's a woman or a man. In future challenges I can change the requirements to i.e.: - Meet someone new every day - Talk to a stranger (female) every day For this time I'll just keep it to someone - male or female - once a week. I will be starting the test on: 02/09/2009 I will end the test on: 03/11/2009 Last edited by Majesticzero; 02-08-2009 at 06:25 PM.