About a year and a half ago I stopped watching TV at home. It was mainly because I moved and the TV was in a very cold room, which was uncomfortable and I had to go out of my way to turn it on. In the beginning it was such a relief not to spend mindless hours in front of the TV. I started to do other things again, like read books, draw more and cook for myself. After some time though, I began replacing the time I spent watching TV with time wasted online. The effect was the same. I was passively consuming instead of actually doing things. I’ve come to realize that I need to reign myself in once again.
I’ve recently come across some articles that dealt with this topic. Michael Nobbs featured this guest post by Laura Barnard on how to find offline inspiration. It has some good ideas, especially the library idea which I have used a lot myself. In this post, Kate wrote about trying to set a routine working in time that is banned from the computer entirely. I am thinking about trying something like this out myself, maybe by pre-posting blogs so I don’t even have an excuse to turn on the computer. I will let everyone know how this all works out.
I made this drawing after I made an impulse purchase at the mall last weekend. I never did have my own Christmas tree but I am planning on it in the future, so clearanced ornaments aren’t that bad after all. They are pretty cute too, and I might make a sketch of them.
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