What Happens When I Remove Digital Stimulation?

If I reduce digital stimulation for 30 days, I'll become more open to experiences that feel meaningful.

Removing the easy option

I consume an absurd amount of digital content. YouTube, Reddit, series, there's almost always something competing for my attention. The strange thing is, whenever I've cut these things out for a longer period, I've noticed myself becoming interested in life again. Books become interesting. I work on projects. I actually say yes to things, and even plan events myself. So I want to know: what actually happens when I remove the easy option for 30 days?

Music, messaging and technology used for work or creating things are still allowed; the experiment is about removing digital entertainment I use primarily to consume or escape.

How I'll test it

For the next 30 days I'm eliminating YouTube, streaming, Reddit, news sites and other high-stimulation digital entertainment. I'm going to keep a daily journal during the experiment, using the following questions to observe what changes:, using the following questions to observe what changes:

• What did I spend my free time on today?
• Did anything today feel genuinely meaningful?
• What did I naturally feel drawn toward?
• What did I want to escape from today?

What I'm looking for

I'm curious whether removing digital stimulation will make me naturally gravitate toward things I find more fulfilling, rather than having to force myself to do them. I also want to see what happens to my cravings over time, what boredom pushes me toward, and whether I become more willing to seek out new experiences.

At the end of the 30 days, I'll look back through my journal and ask myself one simple question: what changed?