The Problem
I have amassed a hefty collection of entertainment over the years, I think I have come to a similar problem most people in my position come to be. We have a fair bit and either we don’t get around to watch/listen what we wanted from lack of mood or something else comes up.
I started getting really concious about having all this content and never getting around to it, and with some of my “spending sprees” especially in film and music. If you’ve developed a sizeable catalog of entertainment and having a hard time getting through everything at least once, then I’ve got something for you!!
The Solution
In the last couple of weeks, I’ve developed a mindfulness exercises which I think can help with this predicament. You consume the content on the original release date/publication before anything else for the day.
You might ask:
- What do I do if I have multiple movies that released on the same day? If you don’t have any other media around that release date you can try to schedule watching the movie every other day, or just have it running in the background while you’re doing other things (but I don’t suggest the former)
- You talk about film and music, but what about TV, Books & Video Games? You run the exercise on those too, but in the case of books and TV, those require a fair bit of time investment especially on the your reading speed and how much you can commit to reading, and log on a per episode basis.
By Example:
What I’ve got going on (on the month of writing)
Music
- 2023-04-18 God’s Trigger - Goldielou
- 2023-04-19 Surgeon Simulator 2013 - Black Heron
- 2023-04-19 birds / surfers - Plini
- 2023-04-23 #blessed - Gavin Castleton
- 2023-04-23 Cloudpunk - Harry Critchley
- 2023-04-23 Surface Sounds - Kaleo
- 2023-04-24 Battletech - Jon Everist
- 2023-04-24 Super Pollen - Daniel Romano
- 2023-04-26 Dogrel - Fontaines D.C.
- 2023-04-27 HUMAN - Steve Angello
- 2023-04-28 Animals as Leaders - Animals as Leaders
- 2023-04-29 Ambitions of Ambiguity - buffalo hunt
Film
- 2023-04-19 - Born to Raise Hell
- 2023-04-23 - The Back-up Plan