Taking a week off of social media, video games, and tv shows.
The goal of this mini challenge is to see whether I fill that extra time effectively or whether I find some other outlet to waste time with. Of course, this is over the thanksgiving break so I’m not making it easy on myself. However, I believe that I will rise to the occasion and choose to program over staring at a wall.
This is the initial post, the first day of the mini challenge, I will do a second post on Sunday the 27th, and a third post on Wednesday the 30th. I haven’t calculated how much time I usually spend with tv shows, social media, or video games per week. Frankly, I’m a little scared what those numbers truly are. So why am I doing this?
Lately, I’ve seen a sharp decrease in how much progress I’ve been making with my Android development. Recently, I was accepted into an Android/Java coding bootcamp in downtown Portland. Since then I’ve dropped the ball in constantly improving as a developer. Therefore, extreme actions need to be taken to relight the fire. So what does NO social media, video games, or tv shows look like for me?
Video games:
- Rocket League
- World of Warcraft
- Other Steam games
Social Media:
- YouTube
TV Shows:
- The Walking Dead
- WestWorld
- YouTube (this is the biggest time dump)
There we go. All of the items listed above, and any that I couldn’t think of, but fall into those categories are banned. Now, there are some exceptions to this rule that will involve watching videos, but they will strictly be centered around solving a programming problem or continuing my Android courses. Any missteps will be recorded. Here are some exceptions to the challenge.
Exceptions:
- YouTube, if google and stack overflow don’t solve my programming issue first.
- Udemy.com, is where the bulk of my time will stem from as I work through my Android Dev courses.
Okay, this should be an interesting week. I will post a mid challenge update on 11/27 (Sunday), to share what this experience has resulted in, good or bad. See you then!
