Why I Take Netflix and Prime Videos on a Monthly Subscription(and Cancel Immediately)
Why I Take Netflix and Prime Videos on a Monthly Subscription(and Cancel Immediately)

#1 hack to save your money, time, sleep and to do something better

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Amazon Prime yearly subscription would cost me 30% less than If I pay monthly.

While there is no yearly subscription for Netflix, I tend to cancel my card whenever I subscribe for a month. So there will not be any auto-renewal.

I got into this habit of paying monthly when I figured I was binge-watching and lost control of my sleep cycle.

There are days where I pushed through my day at work because my before night went binge-watching a series.

Once I started taking a monthly subscription, there were days where I was bored in the middle of the month because there are no new films or series I would like.

I might be doing this over a year and I can say I might have taken Netflix or Prime Videos subscription only for 5–6 months overall.

By doing this, I saved money. I got my ‘Me Time’ for many weeks or months because I was not in the Netflix or Prime Videos Worm Hole. My sleep pattern was much better.

I consciously decided not to renew Prime videos even If I am keeping an order on Amazon to save delivery costs. It’s just a big No.

The way I see it. My time is way costlier.

I was spending a lot of time on Amazon Prime or Netflix where I was not having too much satisfaction.

Even worse, half the time was just going in selecting which movie or series to watch.

In my opinion, I saved a few hundred dollars(or Indian rupees in my case) that I would have saved taking a yearly subscription. Because I value my time way beyond what I would save on a yearly subscription.

In my experience, there is not a single time where I took Amazon prime or Netflix for two consecutive months. I used the time I had for reading books, writing or sleeping early. All of which made me happy.

I am not saying you should avoid watching any movies or series. My point is, you may not need them the whole year and you may want to cancel it on the same day you renew(so it ends on your next month). You will know if you want to renew it for next month or not.

You won’t even have the Fear of Missing out feeling when you do not renew your subscription. Try it for yourself and see if is helping you free up your time.
['Manoj Surya']
['Self Help', 'Happiness', 'Productivity', 'Sleep', 'OTT']