watch less tv

So I tracked my tv time for a whole week and it came out to about 31 hours of tv a week-An average of 4 1/2 hours of tv a day…I added up how many hours a day i sleep and it came out to be a little more than that, which means out of 7 days, I am currently only awake and productive for 4 1/2 days…and for someone who is only getting 5 hours of sleep a day, that isn’t good. I think i will start cutting back gradually-everyone on here is so adament about just throwing away the tv-I don’t think it is necessary to get rid of the boob tube completely. Every thing is ok in moderation. So instead of 4 1/2 hours of tv on average, how about i cut it back to 3 hours this week, so that it totals to 21 hours-that is eliminating 10 hours of tv a week, and getting my internal programming used to doing other things during that time. It is a good possibility that some nights i just won’t even get to the tv because I think a lot of it is reprogramming my habits. So, the easiest way to do that is to stay busy longer during the day, and leave the late night/done and don’t want to do absolutely anything anymore before i go to bed feelings for the tv….before i know it i will be passing out as soon as i turn the thing on!

So i have been logging my hours of tv use and it isn’t 6 hours a day as i thought it would be..more like 2.5-3..i so thought it was more, which means that my mind still thinks that is too much…maybe it is just because that is the routine for me when i “settle down” after working, eating, and doing house stuff, and i am questioning the routine….who knows! The test will be this weekend when i have more hours home in the day-

This is definetly one of my problem areas….having grown up on a mountain in the middle of the western mountains of maine i only had books, animals, and the tv as my friend…...as i have gotten older and pursued my acting and art career, i find i watch even more t.v. for “research” Damn, i look at about 6 hours of tv a day if not more, and i know that that time could be spent more productively…...with Tivo i can’t get rid of the tube completely but i definetly need to start moderating…who says Television is not a drug!!! Sooooo this weekend i am juice fasting and will need the tv for a little distractions…in the mean time, i will keep a diary starting today of how many hours i watch a day…it should be pretty enlightening..i will let you know what the results are on Monday after my juice fast!