No television
Cutting TV out of solo hours, keeping it as something done with other people
Television comes out of the hours you spend alone. Two or three hours an evening is most of a working day, which is the whole arithmetic behind it. Some people cut it completely. Others keep it for watching with family, so the screen turns social instead of being the default setting of an evening. The freed time only counts if something goes into it.
Who backs it
Sorted by strength of stance
- Seth GodinDoes it
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Watches no television on his own, one of four things he named as keeping his working life simple. He is careful about the trade in the same breath: give those hours up and the stakes rise, because you are then on the hook for something specific instead.
Source: The Tim Ferriss Show #837 transcript
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A fixed, early wake time, often before anyone else is awake
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No email, news or social media until you have done something of your own
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Margin notes
Writing in the margins while reading, especially where you disagree with the author
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