You have to live for one month with no TV or PC. What would you do ........

@Stiletto (4579)
January 31, 2007 8:58am CST
....to occupy yourself in the evenings? Going to the pub/bars is not an option nor is reading a book - too easy and everyone will just say "I'd read a book" or "I'd go for a drink"! I would spend more time practising my guitar playing (which is not very good), I'd start drawing and painting again and I'd probably fit in a couple more sessions at the gym. What about you?
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14 Apr 07
To properly answer your question I would have to say I would go to work. This is because I work during the evenings. However, I think this is not in the spirit of the question. I used to love doing craft things but don't have time now I am trying to make money on the internet and since I discovered MyLot. I would get out my embroidery, my artwork or write some more poetry. I would also need to do some thorough cleaning. If it was during the summer I would be able to do more in the garden. At the moment the computer calls....
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@Stiletto (4579)
14 Apr 07
You know I think for me the computer has taken over my life! I actually used to DO things before I started working online. I used to create birthcharts for people, make my own cosmetics, draw, play guitar.... I hardly ever do any of these things now. My pc has become a tyrant! Thanks for your response.
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@Stiletto (4579)
24 Sep 07
LOL - that's cheating!
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• Netherlands
24 Sep 07
i would take a piece of paper and make a list of all the things to do on my pc when the month without the pc will be over lol
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@izathewzia (5134)
• Philippines
26 Sep 07
It will be okay. because i am only after television to watch the daily news and if I'm so bored and have nothing to do. While internet is so important to me. I can perhaps use other gadgets if computer is nowhere to found. i can communicate with my love ones in far places via cellphone or landline phone. Chat? I don't do it that much. Online programs? Well, it will be only for oe month. I can resume afterwards. I can stand without television and computer in a month as long as there is an alternative. Like painting matierial s and biography books. You see, i can stand the whole day without anyone to talk to, as long as these things are present.
@Stiletto (4579)
26 Sep 07
Sometimes I think if I didn't have any choice and just couldn't use the pc I would get so much more done. In some ways you know it would be liberating lol!
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• Portugal
31 Jan 07
Sometimes at evening I cant go to my PC, my son it´s my priority, but when I go to sleep I watch some TV (till I fall asleep), so without TV or PC I would start writing again.
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@Stiletto (4579)
31 Jan 07
Yes I would probably do some writing as well. My life seems to revolve around the PC which is probably not good! Thanks for your response.
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24 Sep 07
This is a hard one I must say, with no referrence to DiscoDiva's earlier comments!! I suppose I would take the opportunity to educate myself further by going to the library and researching my interests. I have always wanted to do mentoring work with the youth, so without the PC luring me to it every night I may get a chance to branch out and do this. I must say though, for that month I would most probably drink heavily to relieve the loss!!
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@Stiletto (4579)
25 Sep 07
LOL you know what - I started this discussion some time ago and I just looked back over what I said I would do and it gave me a laugh anyway. The truth is I would probably spend most of the time getting drunk too! My friend does mentoring with young people. She finds it very rewarding. It's a worthwhile thing to do.
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1 Feb 07
i would use a games console (yes thats probably cheating lol) or spend time with loved ones. id also probably catch up on sleep and college work and maybe some cleaning. wouldn't be very fun though!
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@Stiletto (4579)
2 Feb 07
mmmm - yes a games console would be cheating so you would just have to get on with that cleaning! Thanks for your response.
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@ketybhagat (4123)
• India
25 Sep 07
My son is a TV addict and for his finals I had no choice but to cut off the TV channels for a whole year. We thought it would be awful, but believe me time just flew. We listened to music and read books, besides I got more time to complete my house chores. It is a good pass time, but not something we cant do without. By the way, our sacrifice paid off as my son passed with flying colours.
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@Stiletto (4579)
25 Sep 07
Well done to your son and I think it's great you were prepared to support him like that. I wish more parents were as conscientious as you obviously are.
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
24 May 07
Nope I would read I love reading I hardly watch TV as it is but I do like my Connputer lol So I would just sit and read and of course take my walks with my little Dog
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@Stiletto (4579)
26 May 07
I hardly watch tv either because I'm always on the pc. People are always saying to me "did you see that programme last night" and I never have lol. Gissi would probably be quite happy with extra walks I suspect!
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
26 May 07
Lol yes he certainly would
@jedhimura (194)
• Philippines
30 Oct 07
uhmm.. One is ill try to go fishing! hehe, i'd always want to do that... Another option will be an adventure in the mountains... of course in safe mountain...do some cooking? hehe.. or maybe making your garden more beautiful than ever!
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@Stiletto (4579)
2 Nov 07
Yes - you would have the opportunity to do all these outdoors things I guess. Thanks for your response!
@FrancyDafne (2047)
• Italy
7 May 07
Ehy Stiletto, we have some things in common.... I'd like to occupy myself practising my bass playing, drawing and painting. Infact drawing and painting are my favourite hobbies, and as I have a child who is 7, I am a very busy person, and so I have never time for myself, so, if I could spend one month for my hobbies, I'd like drawing and painting. Unfortunately now I can practise these hobbies of mine only by night, after my son fell asleep.
@Stiletto (4579)
7 May 07
It's not easy keeping up with hobbies when you have young children is it? I remember that from when my daughter was small.
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@Stiletto (4579)
8 May 07
Oh she's not small anymore - 26 years old. She has a gorgeous baby daughter of her own so I'm a grandmother now as well! That's what happens when you have children very young I guess - you end up being a granny when you're fairly young too!
• Italy
8 May 07
Yes Stiletto, you are right, it isn't easy, but.... I try doing it the same.... Wow.... a small daughter? Compliments, how old is she now?
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@nancyrowina (3850)
2 Nov 07
I did have to spend a month away from the computer or at least the Internet recently, i found I just watched much more television. I also started sewing again I'm working on a quilt I'm making totally by hand which will take years to complete.
@Stiletto (4579)
3 Nov 07
I used to knit and crochet (I'm rubbish at sewing) but I haven't done either for ages and ages. I think this new year along with the usual resolutions about stopping smoking and losing weight I'll add "get a life again" to the list lol. Seriously there are lots of things I used to do - I used to do birthcharts for people and draw and all that sort of stuff. Nowadays - nothing! Just stuck in front of the pc ALL the time!
@Savvynlady (3684)
• United States
29 Oct 07
TO be without a tv is no big deal for me. A PC is a whole other thing. I have a great habit of reading anyhow, so that would be my thing to do and do the things I be putting off more.
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@Stiletto (4579)
2 Nov 07
Oh I know - I could easily be without tv. I very rarely watch it nowadays. Thanks for your response!
• United States
30 Oct 07
I would spend more time playing with my 19 month old son and teaching him about life.
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@Stiletto (4579)
2 Nov 07
Aww that would be a whole lot more fun than the tv or pc anyway! Thanks for responding.
@alamode (3071)
• United States
25 Sep 07
I'd cut paper! Make cards, books, pop-ups, altered journals, wall art, photo albums... As it stands now, I have so many emails from family, friends, and our business that I'm sitting here sometimes all day! TV isn't a problem because I don't watch it much. It would be great to have all that free time!!
@Stiletto (4579)
26 Sep 07
LOL I like that! "Rustic Cards". I'll remember that one for the future.
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@Stiletto (4579)
25 Sep 07
TV wouldn't be a problem for me either because I hardly watch it these days. Now the PC is a different matter though! Cut paper - that's an interesting one. I tried making my own cards but they looked like a 5 year old had done them lol! I'm not particularly creative in that way I'm afraid.
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@alamode (3071)
• United States
25 Sep 07
Then just call them 'rustic', or 'art cards'... have you seen whats out there??!! They always look bad TO US, but other people are thrilled!!
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@ephet05 (30)
• Saudi Arabia
3 Nov 07
play with my dogs and with my kids go shopping, go to my relatives house or go to the park with my family.
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@Stiletto (4579)
3 Nov 07
Well at least you would have plenty to occupy your time with. Thanks for responding.
@Eskimo (2315)
26 Oct 07
When I was young (seems like many centuries ago), we didn't have t.v. or computers (of course), and went visiting (relatives & friends), often. It would be easy to do this again. I enjoy walking, so would spend more time walking (and getting fitter). Playing board games (also chess, draughts and cardgames) was also a poplular pastime, and it would still make a pleasant evening's entertainment. I still spend a lot of time reading (and listening to audio books), so I would expect to continue with this as well.
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@Stiletto (4579)
27 Oct 07
You know I actually resisted having a pc at home for ages. I only got my first one maybe 3 years ago which was long after all my friends had one. Before I got it I used to actually DO things! I used to read, write, draw, go out .. lots of stuff. I rarely do any of that nowadays. However I have resolved I'm going to change all that. I've become a couch potato except it's in front of the pc instead of the telly lol!
@cutiedhes (507)
• Philippines
21 Oct 07
Whenever I get bored or have nothing else to do I just open my computer and surf in the internet watch shows or chat. Or sometimes watch movies in dvd. So if ever I have to live in one month with no tv or computer maybe i will really get bored and look for something interesting to do.
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@Stiletto (4579)
24 Oct 07
It would maybe not be such a bad thing if you think about it. I'm sure I could find more interesting things to do too if I wasn't on the pc so much. Thanks for your response.
@cmsk2005 (1770)
• United States
21 Aug 07
I will die probably, yes now i am 100% addicted to my laptop, its now like I can not go away for 1 hr away from my laptop, if my husband try to use it I strt so many unwanted things that he has to go away from it, I even do not go for cooking, these days i am reallly too much and feeing little guilty for this but cant leave t, what can i do?
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@Stiletto (4579)
23 Sep 07
LOL yes that's a little how I feel too. I spend so much time on the pc I would really be lost without it!
2 Aug 07
I'd go climbing or play on my slackline... don't have cable anyways. there's plenty to do outside!
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@Stiletto (4579)
3 Aug 07
Welcome to myLot 517246904! You're right - there is plenty to do outside if I could just drag myself away from the pc!
@laurika (4532)
• United States
27 Sep 07
I cannot really imagine my life without PC.Tv is not that big deal for me , but PC yeah.I am on the interent every day to communicate and be with my friends at least online, when tehy are so far from me.But I experience some time without tv and pc.It wasn't month, but it was a week, wehn I was moving from Europe to US and all our stuff was on ship.We just sit in the kitchen with my fiancee and talk.It was very nice though.thorugh the day I just went to the bakery , went for walk, read some books and always find something to do.It was not hard, while I am person who need to do all the time something.You just need fantasy.
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@Stiletto (4579)
28 Sep 07
I think the longest time I've been without pc access is maybe 3 days in the last 4 years! Actually it didn't bother me either because I was camping at the time so really I didn't have a choice.
@snyker (134)
• Romania
22 Aug 07
i think i would learn to cook:)
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@Stiletto (4579)
23 Sep 07
Yes I could do with some cooking lessons myself!