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Untitled 2 months ago

I didn’t say give it up, but definitely watch only the shows worth watching.



QuakerMel is simplifying

no more local news 3 months ago

I’m just not going to watch it any more. It makes me really angry, with the teasers, the advertising parading as news, the bad grammar, the typos in their bullet points or on-screen captions, the vapidity of the news presenters (certainly not anchors!).

Now my local news will only come from public radio or news websites



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I no longer have the TV on most of the day 3 months ago

A few months ago, I decided not to keep the TV on all day anymore or fall asleep to the TV at night. I still allow myself to watch whatever I want, but only ‘by appointment’, and when that show is over, the TV goes back off. I don’t know if I could have done this before now—I’m much more comfortable being with myself these days.



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Ups and downs in pursuing this goal 5 months ago

Yesterday I was really disciplined about this. I didn’t turn on the TV when I woke up (which I usually do out of habit). I later turned it on to watch particular programmes and a film. And I got lots done during the day.

But today I seem to have a different mindset altogether. Yesterday I really enjoyed the peace and quiet; today I seem to want the distraction. And it’s not that I want it on for “company” or background noise – I’m really in the mood for watching something and am feeling a very mildly disgruntled that there’s nothing good on!

I know I’d prefer that all days were like yesterday so I’m going to keep trying. Rome wasn’t built in a day!



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I think I'm making a little progress with this 5 months ago

I’ve realised that most of the time the TV is on, I’m not really watching it. It’s just “background”. So I’ve started turning it off when I notice or putting on music instead. I’m not against TV per se – but Desperate Housewives has finished for the moment and I’m not sure there’s much else I really want to watch, movies aside. So if pay more attention to my viewing habits I might be able to get somewhere with this goal.



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Untitled 6 months ago

I’m going along really well with this goal, I didn’t even watch that much T.V in the first place, so it’s not a hard one.



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and.. 6 months ago

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Untitled 6 months ago

It’s just so much easier to sit down and watch T.V than it is to sit down and study-especially when your housemate is watching it. Half the time I barely even know what I’m watching!! So I’m going to try and limit it to the following shows and days:

Monday
Good News Week (1 hour)
Wednesday
Spicks and Specks (30 mins)
The Gruen Transfer (30 mins)

and when Neighbours is on, do something productive instead!! :P



Untitled 11 months ago

I figured it out: I waste almost 70 days/year, that’s 2 months and a week in front of a T.V. This revelation absolutely disgusts me. If I go on like this I would be wasting between 10-15 YEARS of my life in front of a box.
I’m going to seriously limit the time I spend watching t.v.



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Untitled 11 months ago

I´m with the same, every day, at 18:00 “gilmore girls” i´ve seen those chapters thousands and thousends of times, but i´m sorry,
I do love gilmore girls

But, at the moment, i´m watching less television, when i´m just watching the tv because i´m bored and i don´t have anything to do, i´m turning it off, that´s good :D



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