break my tv addiction

It keeps me up and all I do is watch this stupid thing (I watch in on my computer). I am going to start by one hour a night, working toward falling asleep again without it. We’ll see what happens.

One real joy – sad as it is – for the day for me is watching the excitement and drama on TV. My life seems so dull and I’ve never been very good at making friends. I’ve sat here and watched shows for three hours. I realize I’m addicted – but I’d much rather watch the interesting fantasy life of others than install trim in my living room. Guess I should start with minimizing the hours per day I watch? Weeks go by and I realize I’ve accomplished very little. I’m not even sure most of the time what it is I WANT to accomplish.

This morning I got up at 7:17am. I attended to my youngest son as he awoke shortly thereafter. I then proceeded to gather my strength, kissed my wife goodbye, walked her to the front door and went back into the bedroom with my son. After having watched a little of the morning show with my wife and then by myself, I changed to the channel to USA to watch Monk. i kept thinking in my mind this is not necessary, especially since I have already seen this episode. Abt a half hour into the show I left the room and got onto the laptop to get some necessary things out the way and start my day scheduled. I feel so much better now!

Today I watched t.v. at 5:30am and fell asleep around 5:45am. Then once I fully awoke around 8am I turned the t.v. off and kept it off all day and afternoon. I put it back on again at 8:45pm to watch the season premiere of Heroes, my favorite show. Then I proceeded to watch it with my wife while playing with my kids. It was great to watch so much less t.v. today! I was able to make a decision as well as help around the house!

i have lived my life emotionally centered. i have decided today i will live my life christ centered. i will do what i need to do, not what i want to do most of the time.

I have a Zen Drummer dying to come out but it is trapped inside a addictive bent toward watching TV. I especially am addicted to watching Obama and Hillary fight it out for the Democratic nomination. I want to do my drumming, meditating and writing but i find myself tuning into not only the Election but Friends, Lost. My brain is atrophying. I am losing clarity, motivation and self esteem. I have just logged on. I am thinking of getting DVR but i think that could add to the problem.

Suggestions . . .

i watch tv all the time! i cant help myself…
i rarerly do my homework! i want to stop this but i cant.
after watching 2h on channel E, 3h on LTV, 2h MTV and 2 h on other channels who can blame me!?

I wish I had time to watch t.v now! I just realized that I’ve been sitting here for over an hour and have not even thought about the t.v. Good.

I used to sit in front of the TV for hours. To my credit it was usually PBS or News. It was still a problem. No TV hooked up to my TV only a DVD player. Now the only time I watch is when I am visiting someone and they are watching it. That only lasts until I realize what am I doing and I leave the room.

to the internet addiction. It’s something I know I need to break and am juuuust not there yet.