This is the first post in our Kill Your TV series, designed to help you navigate your television-less existence for the next 30 days. (You didn’t think we’d spring it on you and then leave you hanging, did you?) Today’s post is all about helping you through the first week without your beloved plug-in drug – and filling those hours with something meaningful.

While it may seem obvious to those of you who have been without cable for a few years now, we’re here to present the rest of you Kill Your TV participants with 174,203 (almost) things you can do with your life instead of watching TV. (We’re also giving you links to products we like in our newly opened Amazon store, to help get you started.) Take back those hours this month and do something productive, fun, enriching or restorative. Like what? Glad you asked.

Improve Your Training Performance

Stretch

Perform self-myofascial release

Go for a recovery walk/bike/swim/paddle/row

Read training-related books or articles

Do some skill work

Practice yoga

Update your training logs

Get a massage

Take an ice bath

Connect with your trainer or fellow gym-goers

Lay out your short-term and long-term training goals

Get acupuncture

Improve Your Sleep

Go to bed earlier

Read a book

Take a hot bath

Have sex

Develop a pre-bed routine

Prepare clothes/food/work for the morning

Buy and install black-out curtains

Read Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar and Survival

Read Dallas’ sleep article in Performance Menu

Improve Your Nutrition

Prep and cook food for the week

Try a new recipe

Visit a local farm or market

Clean out your pantry

Take a cooking class

Prepare a new vegetable

Read a cookbook

Make a weekly meal plan

Find a new nutrition book

Sign up for a CSA

Host a dinner party

Improve Your Family Time

Call or visit a family member

Play a board game or cards

Read a book together

Go outside and play

Cook dinner together

Help your kids with their homework

Take a family walk after dinner

Plan a family trip or vacation

Have a date night with your significant other

Work on a puzzle

Do a craft project

Write a letter or send a card

Organize family photos

Plan a party or an event

Improve Your Household

Train your dog

Finish that project that’s been half done for 6 months

Clean something

Organize something

Start a garden

Mow the lawn

Plant a tree or flowers

Have a yard sale

Start a compost pile

Wash your car

Send stuff to Goodwill

Get your oil changed

Do laundry

Go through stacks of papers and mail

Improve Your Fun and Play

Pick up a new sport

Go rock climbing

Learn to swim

Go for a bike ride

Have a picnic

Play with a slackline

Play boccee

Play ball with your kids

Climb a tree

Have a block party

Throw a frisbee

Go for a hike

Nap in the grass

Go to a local baseball game

Shoot some baskets

Improve YOU

Take an adult education class

Get a pedicure

Plan your dream house

Go to church

Volunteer

Learn to knit

Write something

Take an art class

Browse your local bookstore

Get involved with your neighborhood

Get involved in local politics

Finish your will

Join a book club

Meet with a financial advisor

Organize your business receipts

Take yourself out for dinner

Go to the dentist

Test drive a car you can’t afford

What Will YOU Do?

Okay, so we don’t quite have 174,203 things… but this is a darn good start. And we bet you can come up with even more ideas to fill those TV-watching hours. So what will you do instead of watching television during the month of May? Submit your best ideas to comments.

For other articles in our Kill Your TV series, click here.