Direct dependence on television has a negative psychological effect on a person and is harmful to health in general. Vision weakens, muscles lose tone due to hypodynamia and become flabby, the spine is bent. And the abundance of heterogeneous, sometimes very negative news does not affect the state of the nervous system in the best way. Therefore, people often come to the conclusion that they need to give up the TV.
Instructions
Step 1
Take a piece of paper and try to write down all the cons that your habit of sitting in front of the TV has. For example, a reduction in the family budget due to energy costs (calculate how much you pay for this for a year, for five years, etc.), receiving negative and useless information, poor-quality and improper nutrition, deterioration of health due to a sedentary image life, limiting communication with friends and relatives, loss of personal time that could be used for something more useful (count it in hours, and you will be amazed).
Step 2
Admit to yourself that the negative properties of the TV are much more than the positive ones, which means that the view of television is worth reconsidering.
Step 3
The most radical way to stop watching TV can be to get rid of the TV itself. If you are determined to do without it, donate the device to relatives, friends, or give it, for example, to an orphanage.
Step 4
But you can start small. If before that you spent a lot of time watching the "box", then perhaps you have cable TV connected. By refusing this service, you will drastically reduce the number of working channels, and with them the desire to spend day and night watching TV will disappear.
Step 5
You can also reduce your TV viewing time by scheduling. Take the TV program schedule for the week ahead and circle the ones that seem most necessary to you. And then turn on the TV only when needed, not out of habit.
Step 6
Try to reduce the amount of time you sit in front of the TV gradually. Make a promise to yourself to turn it on every day, for example, for just two hours, then an hour, then half an hour, etc. So you can get out of the habit of the TV almost painlessly.
Step 7
Forbid yourself from eating in front of the TV, and you will soon notice that many TV shows are boring without food. Another positive point is that you will eat deliberately, not just anything, but what you like best, and in a normal amount.
Step 8
Fill up the time you usually devote to television with other activities. For example, sign up for a sports section or English courses, learn how to do something with your own hands, go for a walk, visit friends or do business. If these activities are interesting, you will not remember about the TV.
Step 9
Go on vacation to a place where there is no TV: to a foreign country, where programs are shown in a language you do not understand, or to a tent city, on a bike trip. After you return home, think, did you really suffer from the lack of a magic "box"? Perhaps weaning yourself from him should be prolonged?
