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No news web sites. No unnecessary web surfing.
The results so far?
Here are a few things I’ve started to notice from my media fast:
#1 Productivity has nearly doubled, but I have a lot of work
I roughly doubled my productivity. I’ll give myself a few more days to see if this wasn’t just a fluke. But what used to take me all morning and half and half an afternoon now took me only 3 hours.
I’d say that’s pretty good. Was I mindlessly surfing that much?
But this sudden jump in productivity made me realize I do have a lot of work. I’ll need to address that issue pronto!
#2 Is my critical thinking kicking it up a notch?
I do love politics and political news. As one my regular commentators to this blog Corinne Edwards said she couldn’t live without MSNBC, I was starting to feel the same way.
You see, I like election coverage. From headline news I know who’s winning the primaries. But without reading all the commentary, it feels like I don’t have anyone to tell me what to think anymore.
I may have to start thinking for myself. Perish the thought.
Seriously though. I get this same feeling I used to get in college. I used to read primary sources so I could come up with my own conclusions before reading others’. But with news, I find myself looking to see what others say before I make up my mind.
Media fast day #1 is showing me that I can come up with my own opinion about Barack Obama’s victory sans three columnists telling me what I should think about it and all the major implications thereof.
#3 Playing toy animals with a 4-year-old is quite fun
Cutting out some TV, I instead played animals with my daughter. I mean WOW! That kid does a spot on imitation of me and her teachers at school. She thinks I’m a zebra.
I thought I should be the lion, but nope…zebra.. There you have it. In the animal kingdom, I’m a zebra. Her teacher, however, got to be a tiger. My daughter was a small tiger.
I think I preferred it when my daughter was on a Star Wars kick and I got to be the Emperor.
#4 Lost is a cool show
I picked up the first season of Lost on DVD. I took in 45 minutes of TV this evening and watched an episode. Cool show.
I’ll tell you though. It pained me to listen to Daniel Dae Kim’s Korean. I’m sure most Americans don’t know, but I certainly hear the difference in his Korean and Kim Yunjin’s. No matter though. I liked Daniel Dae Kim in Crusade, so I won’t hold his Korean ability against him too much.
#5 Somewhere out there is LeBron James still getting disrespected?
Of course, my protest continues! Because I am not reading any sports pages, I have no idea whether or not LeBron is getting any respect. I assume he is not. But this media fast continues until LeBron James is shown some respect.
Those are my thoughts for today. I’ll keep you posted on this media fast and you can read more on how it is affecting my work and my life.
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Categories: Eliminating Clutter, Problem-solving/Critical Thinking, Productivity, Simplify Your Life
Tags: commentators, critical thinking, low information diet, Productivity, web surfing
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