Reply To: How to stop watching TV

fkelly has a point, you did stop for 2 weeks! that’s huge!

Here is something I have come to realize: even if you are slacking off now, you can always go back the next time your ready. cuz its gunna take time for you to get to the point where you have no desire to watch anything at all. (in which case, if you think about it, there’s really no such thing as going “cold turkey” or “all or nothing”) so even if you do stop cold turkey for 2 weeks and then completely start up again, that’s perfectly normal. Maybe the next time you stop, it will last for 3 weeks instead of 2.

this battle will last awhile. In all honesty, BEFORE i started this thread, the first time i stopped completely was only for 4 days, then the next time for 2 weeks, then for 3 months(but unfortunatly for that time i still watched youtube.) then i did one month were i watched shows but no youtube, (then i got frustrated with myself and started this thread…) -you see the pattern… point is: even if you fall, don’t let it discourage you. Remember “Sheva Yipol Tzadik V’kam”

and about the whole unwinding in someone else’s imagination, i completely get you! My solution: make yourself busy/ occupy yourself with other things- not necessarily chores, but other things you enjoy aswell. (and since your a man and have a chiyuv to learn, then learn more as well). However, I also get that alot of the time that might not work, so this might sound a little nerdy but sometimes dealing with your own life’s situations in different and creative ways will have the same effect as wondering in other people’s lives. (i hope i phrased that in a way that makes sense)

lastly, remember to Daven to HaShem that He should help you (and all of klal Yisroel for that matter) stop. cuz although, there are many personal benefits from cutting out tv, in essence you’re really doing this for HaShem.