Take the escapism fast.
For the next 30 days make a commitment to yourself not to watch TV, play computer games, watch any films that don't radically change your perspective and read any unnecessary drama (including novels and news stories such as random killings in whatever countries) or surf the web with no real AIM.
Once you're prepared to make this commitment, finalise it using different motivational techniques. E.g. Give whatever amount of money means a lot to you to a reliable friend for a month. If you break your commitment he keeps the money.
I have a week left of my commitment and it has changed me.
After making this commitment you will have so much free time. You will end up forcing yourself to do more constructive things. As a result you end up having MORE FUN. You end up going places, learning new things and meeting new people.
On top of that it will also change you intellectually and emotionally. You will stop needing things to dillude out of your current reality. You will no longer need escapism. You will start to realise what life is really about. You will realise that by watching TV and all that you are putting your life on hold and not living a real life.
I cannot fully describe the true benefits to you. You have to EXPERIENCE them yourselves.
Make this change TODAY and try it yourself. If after 30 days you realise you don't like it you will at least appreciate your current way of living that much more.
Let me know how it works out.
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Yes, yes and yes...
You have nailed a simple way to completely change your life.
After cutting out all 'escapism' for a month... you may find it hard to go back and see it the way you used to.
Suddenly all the drama of TV seems... well... silly. And the news... pointless.
It's a marvellously freeing exercise.
And can be extraordinary challenging because when we constantly pursue escapism it is not our lives that we are running from... but ourselves.
And for many of us, stopping all these ways of running away and forcing ourselves to BE with ourselves can be the most difficult thing to do.
And ultimately the most rewarding.
I'll be interested to see how you feel at the end of the 30 days, and what you decide to do after that.
Much joy,
Kara-Leah
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