Comments on: My Week-Long Media Fast http://www.comingunmoored.com/2009/05/my-week-long-media-fast/ At last I had mastered the low art of coming unmoored. -- Joe Androe Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:22:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: chiqui http://www.comingunmoored.com/2009/05/my-week-long-media-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-1161 chiqui Fri, 29 May 2009 20:58:03 +0000 http://www.comingunmoored.com/2009/05/my-week-long-media-fast/#comment-1161 i've read a few pages of the "Artist Way" by Julia Cameron. Couldn't really finish. Busy housewife. So far I'm doing the "morning pages" Maybe it helps a bit. I don't do it religiously. i’ve read a few pages of the “Artist Way” by Julia Cameron. Couldn’t really finish. Busy housewife. So far I’m doing the “morning pages” Maybe it helps a bit. I don’t do it religiously.

]]> By: Gregory Johnson http://www.comingunmoored.com/2009/05/my-week-long-media-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-1155 Gregory Johnson Thu, 28 May 2009 23:48:33 +0000 http://www.comingunmoored.com/2009/05/my-week-long-media-fast/#comment-1155 Good for you! I don't have a regular daily or even weekly routine of checking the news, and I'm generally unplugged from the media. I have an opportunity to watch five televisions simultaneously at the gym, but usually prefer listening to music. I suppose to a degree many of us have signed up to our own favorite news sources and feeds (such as ComingUnmoored.com) to get selective news and reporting. I like the home-grown organic news that I get from this site and others. When I first stopped watching television some years ago, I notice that it really impacted my life in a positive way, so I decided to stick with it. ~ Greg Good for you!

I don’t have a regular daily or even weekly routine of checking the news, and I’m generally unplugged from the media. I have an opportunity to watch five televisions simultaneously at the gym, but usually prefer listening to music.

I suppose to a degree many of us have signed up to our own favorite news sources and feeds (such as ComingUnmoored.com) to get selective news and reporting. I like the home-grown organic news that I get from this site and others.

When I first stopped watching television some years ago, I notice that it really impacted my life in a positive way, so I decided to stick with it.

~ Greg

]]> By: James NomadRip http://www.comingunmoored.com/2009/05/my-week-long-media-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-1152 James NomadRip Thu, 28 May 2009 19:24:23 +0000 http://www.comingunmoored.com/2009/05/my-week-long-media-fast/#comment-1152 I don't watch much tv and rarely read the news, but no online activity is probably listed along with waterboarding and listening to techno as a form of torture in the Geneva Convention. Good luck with it though! I don’t watch much tv and rarely read the news, but no online activity is probably listed along with waterboarding and listening to techno as a form of torture in the Geneva Convention.

Good luck with it though!

]]> By: Simpler Living http://www.comingunmoored.com/2009/05/my-week-long-media-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-1150 Simpler Living Thu, 28 May 2009 17:52:04 +0000 http://www.comingunmoored.com/2009/05/my-week-long-media-fast/#comment-1150 I work in the news business, so I can't step away from it except when I'm on vacation. Even then it's hard; I want to know what's happening. My mother is visiting next week, so I'm taking a week's vacation to spend time with her. I'm planning on seeing if I can make it a week without turning on my computer or using my cellphone to check Facebook, e-mail or Twitter. (I won't be blogging, and someone else is going to approve any comments I get.) My mother also gave me my copy of "The Artist's Way." I'll have to look at that part again and tell her about what you're doing. She'll get a kick out of it. Best of luck, Stephanie. I hope it's illuminating! Naomi I work in the news business, so I can’t step away from it except when I’m on vacation. Even then it’s hard; I want to know what’s happening.

My mother is visiting next week, so I’m taking a week’s vacation to spend time with her. I’m planning on seeing if I can make it a week without turning on my computer or using my cellphone to check Facebook, e-mail or Twitter. (I won’t be blogging, and someone else is going to approve any comments I get.)

My mother also gave me my copy of “The Artist’s Way.” I’ll have to look at that part again and tell her about what you’re doing. She’ll get a kick out of it.

Best of luck, Stephanie. I hope it’s illuminating!

Naomi

]]> By: Michael Janzen http://www.comingunmoored.com/2009/05/my-week-long-media-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-1149 Michael Janzen Thu, 28 May 2009 16:47:51 +0000 http://www.comingunmoored.com/2009/05/my-week-long-media-fast/#comment-1149 I gave up TV a while back. We still have one of course and watch DVDs and Julia watches a show from time to time but we pretty much never turn the news on. I get all my news from being online but I don't even go looking for it. I find it on Twitter, through co-workers, online radio (KOZT), etc. (side note: KOZT is a tiny 'real' radio station on the Mendocino Coast and the morning news is done by Joe Regelski, who some of you might recognize as a well known SF Bay Area radio news guy. He's dropped out and lives out on the coast now. His news is fear-free and amazingly unbiased. If KOZT is the last real radio station, Joe is the last real news journalist.) My personal take is that the news (online, tv, and most radio) is a magnifying glass for all the bad in the world. Avoiding the TV also frees my mind and time for other things and generally helps me feel more positive and creative. I gave up TV a while back. We still have one of course and watch DVDs and Julia watches a show from time to time but we pretty much never turn the news on. I get all my news from being online but I don’t even go looking for it. I find it on Twitter, through co-workers, online radio (KOZT), etc.

(side note: KOZT is a tiny ‘real’ radio station on the Mendocino Coast and the morning news is done by Joe Regelski, who some of you might recognize as a well known SF Bay Area radio news guy. He’s dropped out and lives out on the coast now. His news is fear-free and amazingly unbiased. If KOZT is the last real radio station, Joe is the last real news journalist.)

My personal take is that the news (online, tv, and most radio) is a magnifying glass for all the bad in the world. Avoiding the TV also frees my mind and time for other things and generally helps me feel more positive and creative.

]]> By: Jamie http://www.comingunmoored.com/2009/05/my-week-long-media-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-1148 Jamie Thu, 28 May 2009 15:54:29 +0000 http://www.comingunmoored.com/2009/05/my-week-long-media-fast/#comment-1148 I've made it about three days through the media fast. Good luck to you! I’ve made it about three days through the media fast. Good luck to you!

]]> By: RowdyKittens http://www.comingunmoored.com/2009/05/my-week-long-media-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-1147 RowdyKittens Thu, 28 May 2009 15:00:41 +0000 http://www.comingunmoored.com/2009/05/my-week-long-media-fast/#comment-1147 WOW Steph, this sounds like a really cool challenge. I've heard amazing things about The Artist's Way; it's on my long reading list. I'll be at my parents place this weekend and plan on taking an internet fast. I'm hoping to get some writing done. Twitter has become a major distraction for me. LOL. :) WOW Steph, this sounds like a really cool challenge. I’ve heard amazing things about The Artist’s Way; it’s on my long reading list.

I’ll be at my parents place this weekend and plan on taking an internet fast. I’m hoping to get some writing done. Twitter has become a major distraction for me. LOL. :)

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