So I've decided to do a semi-fast on media for this week (and maybe longer, who knows). With God's help, I will consciously strive to keep my conversations free from references and reliance on media, and I will also strive to avoid viewing visual media, except news videos and movies that I watch while working out. (I will still be listening to music, but I will probably tone down the amount of time I spend doing that as well)
I ask those of you who converse with me to remind me if I slip up this week - and to those who would like to join me, I say the more the merrier! Who's with me? :-)
Day One
I slipped up several times in conversation - I think this is going to be the hardest part :-P I only watched one YouTube video though - and it was during social time with friends who wanted to see it so it wasn't too bad ;-)
Day Two
I did much better in conversations - almost no slipups! I did watch a couple of videos - but they were product reviews for gear I'm thinking about buying so I didn't count them ;-) I'm really having to concentrate on it though - it's amazing how much of my life revolves around media of some kind! :-P
Day Three
Continuous improvement - fewer references in conversation and NO online videos! :-) I still have to work at the conversation part though.
Day Four
Continuing to improve! I'm now getting to the point where I don't have to concentrate as much and I can enjoy my less media-centric conversations and activities :-)
~Mac
5 comments:
This is an excellent thought-provoking post! I shall have a word-fast of my own- different from yours though, since I'm not a media kind of gal ;)
I'm glad you liked the post! I hope you have a good word-fast as well :-)
If you're not a media gal, more power to you! Media is nice in moderation but I'm afraid I often go way beyond moderation; it's very easy to let it take over your life :-P
Great idea Mac! We've been trying to reduce our idle chat about movies, etc. in our family as well. It's not an easy thing to do - especially when we all love music and movies and YouTube.... : P God bless you with your efforts!
Way to discipline your mind, time, and speech Mac! How did the rest of the week go?
@Hattie: Yeah I know what you're talking about. Thanks for the encouragement!
@Steven: Thanks man! The week went pretty well. I would have to crack down really hard to eliminate all media from my lifestyle and conversations, but the partial fast helped I think. It taught me that I can actually do something like that for a week :lol: It made me search for other topics of conversation which improved the quality of my interactions. All in all, it was good - and I think I just might make it a permanent part of my lifestyle!
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