Two years ago, I decided to give up cable television. For three days and three nights, this was very hard, but then I realized that I didn't miss it. In fact, I found myself having more time to... live! I was suddenly experiencing life more fully! I was walking more and writing more, spending more time outside and reading some of the great works of literature and information books that I had been putting off. It was wonderful! And when my husband and I decided to part ways a short time later (not because of the TV!), I decided to go against the advice of many well-wishing friends and relatives who thought I needed the boob tube for company.
Breaking the chains of the advertisements that blare at us through the glitzy packaging of programming has actually helped me a great deal. It took a while to fully experience it and sometimes it leaves me out of conversations that are centered around last night's show, but I think in the long run, it has been well worth it. What are your thoughts on this? Do you agree? Do you think I'm a crazy hermit lady? Please, let me know what you think!
You are absolutely not a "Crazy Hermit" lady unless that title appeals to you. Whatever your path ~ enjoy the journey and make no excuses for being you! YOU are awesome!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Houseonahill! Sometimes I think that the world is starting to spin so fast, we're all going to fall off! LOL!
ReplyDeleteSeriously, I find that slowing down a bit helps me to center and to focus...
Congrats on your blog, Cori. I think the deprogramming value of what you are doing is HUGE. Good for you & I know others will be inspired to "put down the remote and step away from the TV"! Yay! I remember hearing that our brain goes into a very passive mode when watching the "telly"...I think you are awesome to do this!
ReplyDeleteCrazy? Absolutely not! Well educated and a grreat example of living in the "now."
ReplyDeleteCori, I have done the same thing. I sometimes come home from work and never turn my TV on. I just want to enjoy the Quiet of my home. I read, I play bridge, and I now get to bed eariler.
ReplyDeleteWe just don't get the truth on TV in anymore. We get "lots of lies". I can live very well without the lies.
Thanks for your program on Tuesday evenings, and thank you for being a "free thinker"
KB
Well, I've been without TV for about 10 years. I don't really miss it (but when I'm in a hotel, it's quite a treat) but now I just play a bunch of computer games... and read... a lot. I definitely would be considered a hermit. I'm sometimes afraid I'll forget how to drive... All in all though, getting rid of the TV with its blaring corporatism and mega-greed was a wonderful thing. I also don't get a newspaper for the same reason. In my opinion, objective journalism is an oxymoron. Everyone has a bias and it shows. When I want to know about something, I use the internet to find a bunch of differing viewpoints... not perfect but better than the TV!
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