NoScreen Day Challenge!

Hey! Before starting, please excuse my atrocious writing skills. This is not really a guide, more like ideas for those who want to challenge themselves and the way I would do it.


What is NoScreen, and what is it not?

NoScreen is a challenge where one abstain from viewing screens for one day. Different modes are possible, each with its own difficulty. NoScreen is just about screens, so if you want for example to call a friend and your landline phone don't have a screen, it's perfectly ok. It's totally up to you to decide anything. It's really just a challenge. If you are interested in testing your self-control and self-discipline, that could be an interesting experience for you.

Why NoScreen?

A bit like NoFap, NoScreen is a challenge to better yourself. There are several valuable reasons for one to abstain from screens for one day.
_ Better and more profound sleep, and possibly easier to fall asleep.
_ Possibly reduced headaches and eyes aches.
_ Thrill of challenging yourself and stepping out of your comfort zone.
_ Increased self-discipline.
_ Porn can only be viewed on screen, right? Totally compatible with not using porn, but be aware that it could trigger masturbation.
_ Procrastination can be reduced if you choose to do stuff.
_ Great opportunity to take a day for you to breathe and relax.
_ Countless other stuff!

Choose your way

_ XTREM mode: no screen whatsoever. LCD, computer, phone, mp3 player, digital watch, ANYTHING. This is not for the faint hearted and actually may be impossible to do.
_ Digital mode: watching only digital screens, including watch, pedometers, stuff like that.
_ No music mode: if like me, you only have music on your non-digital mp3 player and your computer and can’t listen to CDs or vinyls, you can choose not to listen to music on that day. It’s possible, I did it, but it is very hard.
_ Music allowed mode: only authorizing yourself to watch your mp3 player screen. Abstaining from music can be excruciating and it’s just about self-control and discipline.
_ Different modes can be adapted to what you wish. No computer, no television, no phone, it’s up to you. You are your own master and only you know what’s best for you.

Prepare yourself

_ Choose your day carefully. If your work doesn't requires you to work with any screen, you might want to try it that day. Otherwise, wait for weekends or holidays. Put all the odds in your favour!
_ Answer all your important emails. Do all the Internet stuff you have to do. Warn your family, friends, your work, that you won’t be able at all to be contacted on this special day - depending of course on the mode you choose.
_ Make a list of all the things you wish to accomplish on this day if your goal is too avoid boredom at maximum.
_ Know your boredom triggers and avoid them. The goal isn't to be bored, but to be productive.
_ Be aware that it could be MO triggering, even though you won’t be able to watch any porn. it also can be withdrawal triggering so do it at your own risk.
_ You also can choose to purposely be bored, as it is a great way to get creative. Totally up to you.

Embracing boredom

The problem with NoScreen is that it can be really PMO triggering if your first trigger is boredom. The thing is, NoScreen is not supposed to bore you, unless you choose so. It’s an excellent way of doing stuff that you normally procrastinate because of what you’re doing on screens, or because you work using a screen. You have to make this day special, because it is. It’s a special day just for you. Here are some very basic few ideas to kill boredom, feel free to add more. Check WikiHow, they have great guides to kill boredom!

_ Don’t think about PMO.
_ Do the dishes.
_ Do laundry.
_ Clean your entire place, or even just your room. Clean your space, clean your mind.
_ Read a book you've always wanted to read or have to finish.
_ Pamper yourself in a home spa.
_ Take a long walk without money in your pockets.
_ Visit a place you've always wanted to visit.
_ Play an instrument.
_ Exercise more than usual.
_ Work!
_ Cook your own especially good meals. Bonus point if they’re healthy
_ Be creative. Express yourself.
_ If you’re religious, pray. If there is a celebration of your religion on that day, try to attend it.
_ Meditate, do breathing exercises.
_ Nap.
_ Go watch an exhibition, do stuff you've always wanted to do.
_ If you stay at home, put on your comfiest clothes. If you go out, put on your fav outfit.
_ Do a gratuitous kindness act.
_ Write a journal.
_ Learn a new skill.
_ Step out of your comfort zone. If you’re a procrastinator, do your work (I am a huge procrastinator, and started to write my essay by hand instead than on my laptop during my first NoScreen day, and wrote more than 1000 words). Don’t forget to take regular breaks.
_ Educate yourself. Read books on stuff that interest you. Visit museums, read self-bettering books, stuff like that.
_ Take some special time with your family.
_ Pet your pet.
_ Try stuff you never did before.
_ Be extra kind.
_ Be aware that daydreaming can strongly lead to a masturbation relapse.
_ Play games such as sudokus and such. Keep your brain busy so it won’t think about porn. Trick yourself into thinking you’re having a great time.

After NoScreen

If you had a good experience, you might consider to redo it. Personally, I am aiming to do it once a week. This way I make it a special day where I know I'm going to get shit done and take some time with myself without sexual pleasure. Also, if you choose the No Music mode, I noticed that coming back to music the day after resulted in very heavily increased pleasure to listen music. It might be linked to dopamine.




I hope it helped a tiny bit. I personally definitely enjoyed doing this challenge, it was very hard but I will redo it with great pleasure. Please please please tell me if you think this is interesting! And add everything you want, this is not a guide.

 

I thought I was great having a "no computer day" on Sundays and just building Lego instead but a no screen day is no mean feat! I do watch telly (does an old CRT tube TV count as a screen?!!).

I could forgo the phone, Mp3 player as they are the only "digital technology" along with my laptop that I possess. So next Sunday I will forgo all the above!

Interesting challenge I must say.

 

That's a really sweet idea you have there, CoCo! I've already tried some kind of challenge of that kind on some days in the previous weeks. I forced myself not to go on any social media sites during the day until i had all the things on my to-do list done and oh my lord, that was really effective! I really was so freaking productive these days that i tried to pursue this further the following days. Of course i failed but already keeping it in mind really helped. Just not going on social media sites is already such a strong trigger, i think for me it was even worse than not masturbating.
I also can relate to you with the music thing, yet for me it had a much more short-lived effect of really enjoying the music, it went back to "normal" appreciation shortly after.
When i'm home again on Tuesday i'm going to try to do NoScreen on at least one day of the week. Yet, what people have to keep in mind is that it is the general approach to the NoScreen thing, that counts, that they have to keep themselves aware how much of an distraction it is and in the following spend much less time with it than they used to.

 

Awww thank you so much guyz for your answers. Huge group hug!

I definitely feel you Stygian. I would also turn this into a lifestyle, but I am slowly realizing how this challenge is the size of Canis Majoris. I can't do shit when I'm not in front of the computer. It's not even solely about Internet. It's just, having all concentrated on one point, the computer, makes it really harder. I noticed than separating stuff, step by step, for instance exchanging my smartphone for a very basic phone and not to have my music player in my phone, eased the thing. I'm definitely trying to go even forward in this but it is a very broad task. Totally gonna steal your parameters! Except for NoFap, I simply can't seem to get out of here, this forum is my lifeline, you know. I love this NoBrowser idea. As for the news, any way I've never been interested in it so it won't be a problem for me (I know it's not great to be disinterested in such things). Yeah I haven't saw the video yet, but I know that these are pretty similar threads, I could have wait a bit before posting!

Ugh seeing your signature pierced my heart fast and clean Markguy. You have no idea how much I want you to recover. I completely agree with what you say, extremely interesting, I noticed that very quickly. Screens are EVERYWHERE. That's why I don't think that the Xtrem mode is possible. Besides, some screens are simply more useful than others. It totally depends on your approach. Is it just about "screen" (and so for example you have to switch your digital watch to a normal one, etc) or about being more productive? It really depends.

Thank you Spartan! Haha don't tell me about cookies ugh XD

Thanks wez41! I'm glad you like it! I found this indeed challenging and couldn't resist sharing it with you guys. About the TV, it's like edging for relapse, it's up to you, it depends of your approach. Personally I would think that it counts.

Totally what I noticed too hudrac_yador! It's funny and interesting how something that seems excruciating at first becomes a pleasure and then eventually a lifestyle. When I deleted my Facebook account for one month on April 15th, it really seemed like going to a funeral, but now I think that I will not even go back on it on May 15th, I'll just say hello to my friends and then go back for another month. I agree that it helps tremendously for urges, personally it wasn't Facebook but YouTube, and I swear that as I'm getting stronger with this I have less and less urges. Yeah the music effect lasted only one day but holy fuck how powerful was it. The only moment I had this feeling to really actually climax only with music was in concerts (I'm always at the first row anyway, I'm so short X) ).

I think that what makes NoScreen that efficient is that it is special. Apart from the fact that like stygian it can be turned into a lifestyle, the fact to dedicate it once a week is powerful because in your mind it's definite: one day, no screens, period. This day, I will be productive. It feels the same for me than waiting for Saturday to watch blogs. It's a special day dedicated to that.

10000% agreeing with your final words hudrac!


Haha, so I expect to see much less people connected here on Sunday then, right? XD

Stay strong guyz! Do not hesitate to pop me a message if you need anything.

 

Agreed- no TV either so then tomorrow!

I forgot about my e-reader too so tomorrow I will forego:-
E-reader
Mobile phone
Laptop
TV
MP3 player

Best of luck to everyone involved.......

 

Don't worry Mark, about using sleep and books as alternatives. Maybe it's best to make this day a special day to just relax and enjoy life, may it be for you or your family. Don't feel bad about not wanting to exercise

Yeah, actually what I first wanted this day to be is like a "special day" to trick my mind into being productive, like "ok this day you'll get shit done". I think it's two equally valid reasons to do this challenge. Test, try things, add more screens or take some, focus on different things. You'll quickly see what's best for you!

Thanks to you man for having tried, it's a real pleasure

Thank you jeff31, I deeply hope that it will be beneficial to you!

 

HI BAES!!!!!

SO I'm coming back to this!!! I'm as excited as if I were going to a CocoRosie concert and that means the fuckin world!!!! Basically the rules still are the same: from 0:00 to 0:00, I won't watch any screen. Music is of course allowed as there isn't any screen on my Ipod Shuffle. I dedicate this NoScreen day to reading and perhaps meditation.

I'M SO PUUUUUUMPED!!! WHO'S COMING WITH ME GUYS??? WE'RE INVINCIBLE!!!! WE'RE UNSTOPPABLE!!!! WE'RE SUPER SAIYANS!!!! WE'RE HEROES OF TIME!!! WE'RE ASSASSINS!!! WE'RE THE ARMY OF DUMBLEDORE!!!! WE'RE THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING!!! WE'RE MEGA GYARADOS!!! WE'RE EVERYTHING WE WANNA BE, EVERYTHING WE DESIRE, EVERYTHING WE THRIVE FOR, EVERYTHING WE'VE EVER YEARNED!!!!! WE'RE HIGH BUT GROUNDED!!! OUR BLOOD IS MADE OF TEARZ AND SWEAT AND WE GOT THE UNIVERSE AT OUR FEET!!! AND WHY? BECAUSE WE KNOW FREEDOM IS NOT TO DO WHAT YOU WANT. BECAUSE WE ARE MADE OF FLESH AND BONES AND KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL. BECAUSE WE ARE MADE TO BE HAPPY. BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN US.

WE, ARE, RAINBOWARRIORRRRRRRRZZZZZZZ!!!!


ALSO if tomorrow goes well, and if God willing, I'm received to Stage 2, I'm gonna ante up and do not one, but TWO NoScreen days a week. Fuck yaaaaassssss.


HAVE A BIG FUCKING NICE DAY MY FAV PEOPLE!!!!!

PS: running turns me into a superhuman, sorry not sorry