The No-TV Challenge

Starting August 16th, 2011, I have decided to give up television for a complete week. 

7 full days. 

168 hours. 

No television!  

I have been meaning to do this for a while because truth be told, i watch TV, alot.  

As soon as i come home, i turn the TV on.  I watch TV when i am blogging, stretching from a workout, eating, texting and sometimes when i am sleeping.  Well the TV has to be on when i am sleeping (if Mr. Pancakes is not home that is).  I have become a little attached to the TV.

Mr. Pancakes on the other hand could care less about TV unless there is a football or another sporting event on.  If not, the TV is turned off.  Sometimes, i come home, turn the TV on and it's on the same channel from when i last watched TV.  I think God brought Mr. Pancakes into my life to teach me some self-discipline.

Therefore I have decided be self-disciplined and challenge myself to No-TV!

Oh the horror!

As soon as i thought about this challenge, i said to myself, 

"self, i am sure there are plenty of things you can do aside from watching television!"  Including:

 house cleaning,

go to a baseball game,

working out in the evening, 

expanding on our readership at TC30s

trying new hair styles,

finish reading the books that are due back at the library next week, 

catch up with friends from Canada, 

skype with my sister, 

trying new recipes from Fitness Food and Fait

write in my journal,

discover new blogs, 

helping Mr. Pancakes with the family business

studying for my clinical exam in October

learn about doing a giveaway, 

have a random date night at our favourite restaurant

spend quality evening time with Mr. Pancakes with the TV turned off.  

Of course, i was ready to start the No-TV challenge next week but of course my self-disciplined husband says to me, "why put off what you can today tomorrow?"  I looked at him and thought about all the new shows i could be missing and took him up on the challenge to start on August 16 and finish on August 23rd.

What's the point of this challenge anyway?

 Aside from showing myself and my husband i can be self-disciplined, 

i believe i am a little addicted to the TV and spending sometime away from it will give me a better appreciation for all the other lovely things i enjoy doing, 

like reading, working out, journaling and spending time the Pancakes.  

I am hopeful if i can be disciplined with the No-TV challenge, i can be disciplined in other areas of my life.  Here's to being optimistic without television for a week and discovering something new and awesome in the next week.  

I just hope i don't accidentally turn it on!

Have you given up something you really really really liked for an extended amount of time?