watch less television

The television is obsolete. Go online more often…it’s the future.

We end up watching stuff off of hulu.com on our laptop, or renting more movies to compensate. Which wasn’t really the point of getting rid of our tv last year. I want to be able to go several days without even thinking of doing that…but it’s really hard. I’ve had TV my whole life. But I want to read more and do other things, and I think that watching less tv would help with many of my other goals. It’s a bad habit and I feel stuck with it, but I really want to stop! If I can get down to watching shows only a few times a week, I’m sure I’ll feel much better.

I don’t know if it was county or nationwide, but our family participated in turn off your tv week (last month) and as a result, my dreams are becoming reality…
after years of hinting, suggesting and nearly begging at times, we are having our tv disconnected next week
During that week off,
We played games, went to parks, went to bed early, hung out on our porch swing, talked without distraction, read mags…it definitely opened up some energy for us! So much so, that, half way through the week, my husband brought up having it disconnected ( and he’s always been the diehard!) Needless to say, I can’t explain how glad I’ll be when I can actually double check this off my things I’ve done!!!

All I’ve done since the start of summer, with little exception, is watch TV, EAT, and go on the computer. And I’m gaining weight on to an already very heavy body. So I need to stop being such a loser and do stuff. I just had the worst school year, it might possibly be able to compete with grade 10. It was just awful. I just needed to relax for a while but I feel like I’ve gone about it in the wrong way. I just sit, eat, and watch TV. Its disgusting really.
I need to start doing stuff. I don’t really want to work this summer because a) I’m going to Sri Lanka in 3 weeks so no one will hire me, and b) Safeway kind of ruined me for working and I really don’t want to. I need something to fill up my days. Something that doesn’t involve money in any way.
I could take walks, read, find a way to hang out with my friends that doesn’t involve cash (which lowers the amount of things you can do to like 4). I just need to stop watching TV.

I’ve spent a lot of my free time playing with my dogs, pursuing my hobbies, and reading (lots of reading) in the past few weeks. The only time I’ve watched any t.v. is for movies my husband and I rented or to watch the 1 show I enjoy, Top Chef. The thought of just sitting in front of the t.v., mindlessly watching a show that barely holds my interest is becoming aversive to me at this point. I think this is really excellent progress, considering how much I used to watch and I feel comfortable crossing this off my list. If it weren’t for watching the occasional movie, I would want to get rid of the t.v. all together.

I havn’t had a television since januarty third (i was SUCH an addict) . I recently stayed at a house for 10 days with a tv, and guess what? i realised how ppointless it was. I tried watching tv, but got through an episode of firneds and had to turn it offf after that.

there are so many better things to do (documentaries and certain artistic or intellectual/ informative shows or movies are an exception to me)

you guys can do this! I dont miss tv at all! I’m so glad i got rid of it!

I think it rots my brain but i just cant seem to turn it off.

The T.V. shows are usually incredibly boring. I spend my time just staring at the moving images… I don’t even think about them… for some reason I enjoy doing it though. I think. But if you were to ask me what the show was about, I couldn’t tell you. I’m not really paying attention! Just vegging out.

I’m continuing to work on this goal and am doing a great job so far. It’s especially easy now that the tv season is ending and that I’ve been working late most nights. My work at nights will be slowing down soon, though, so to prepare I have made a list of the activities I would rather be doing than watching television-most are on my 43 things list :)
I hope this will help me continue to achieve this goal.

I would like to watch less TV and do more productive, rewarding things such as reading, researching PT stuff, walking/running with my husband, working out, cooking, listening to music, playing with my puppy, or having play time.