April fools videos were too tempting. Apart from that, havenāt had any occasion to watch it, I think.
This.
I watched one video with the new Roland synthbox
But beyond that, nothing and Iām proud
And I guarantee beyond that I gained a decent amount of quality in my life 
I started to reading again
So thank you for that absolutely amazing suggestion
A gamechanger
Actually, I failed miserably. I just wasnāt ready. So I need to get cut from the list.
Sorry, mates. I did give it my best shot. Which obviously wasnāt a very good best shot.
Well, I sort of made it. I decided to not watch videos on gear I did not own instead of avoiding YT all together.
That worked, with the exception that I wanted to buy a turntable as I just got about 200 records from my parents in law who were cleaning up their attic.
So, definitely not there yet, but progress nonetheless 
I tried for a couple of weeks and then failed miserably
I am ashamed
I also need to get cut from the list. Iām ashamed and Iām sorry.
However, I have changed my habits up for the better. While I still reach for my phone to fill gaps such as washing up, I donāt actually watch YouTube videos while performing mundane tasks. Iāve discovered the BandCamp Fan app, which allows you to stream your purchases. Iāve been listening to music instead of YouTube, which I find much less stressful.
Before this thread Iād have a video playing while in the shower for example, and Iād have to check it to see how long it had left to go, then idd be stressing about what to watch next, flicking through other videosā¦ All this drama at 7am canāt be good for the mind. Itās much better to unplug and unpick my dreams at that part of the day ather than fill my head with guff.
Reading your guys admittance of failing reminds me of that Seinfield episode where they try to not whack off.
Come to think of it, that episode was a little fucked up. Eh, maybe Iām remembering it wrong.
What does NGNY mean?
No Gear New Year.
A challenge for addicts.
Oh, failed already - haha 
I didnāt completely cut it out in the end (blaming sickness and sick days for the need for mindless pseudo-entertainment) but think I have this challenge to thank for slightly more conscious consumption.
ā¦as mentioned, i did the opposite and started premium this winterā¦never wasted soo much time ever beforeā¦damn.
Iāve found myself very distracted from making art lately.
The first thing Iāve done when I wake up is to go to YT and Iāve created a habit of listening to podcasts when going to sleep.
Most of the content Iāve consumed has been okay I guess but a lot of it isnāt.
Lately it has been internet drama as well.
Very ashamed to admit this.
Ppl I donāt know arguing about stuff I donāt even care about. ā¦wtfā¦
I will be without YT for the rest of this year.
No tutorials, no podcasts and no politics.
The tutorials bore me and donāt feed my creativity anyways. Useless.
Heck yeah!
good luck and agree with you, 90% is mindless creativity sapping waft.
and the trend for attention grabbing thumbnails and titles makes it such a trite and boring place, and only seems to be exacerbating the polarisation of society (dependent on what side of the algorithm it decides you fall on to generate clicks) like all antisocial media.
top tip to keep youtube music videos in your life (probably itās only useful non invasive aspect), install whosampled on your phone. then search music you love and open up a spiders web of sample sources and influencing videos all ad free, unlinked to a profile AND you can play them with your phone screen locked (this is a big thing for iOS users).
Yes it is mindless.
Life is too short for shit like that.
I have thought about still using it for music but then again Iāve got lots of stuff on vinyl I havenāt listened to enough and also I want to make more music on my own, and would prefer to isolate myself in that sense more.
Thanks for the tip still!
Definitely a lot of that going on ā¦ Iām seeing more and more political/social content fed my way with the apparent intent to just wind me up and get a reaction.