Benefits of Quitting Television
Remember when television sets were huge and had little screens? I had one of those big wooden ones with the dial to change the channel. It was great. Times are changing fast and technology is always improving. HD tv's and 300 plus channel subscriptions are not unfamiliar now. I made the decision to quit television. It was time to give it up.
I transitioned well. My girlfriend, however had a pretty rough time. She was addicted to MTV's lineup of FAKE reality tv shows like The Hills, Leguna Beech and all those other crap. "The Real World"? Ha! That title alone fails. I later found out that she was still watching her shows online via Hulu.com. I come to find out that News Corp, the same people behind Fox owns Hulu. Wow. She argues that I spend a lot of time on the computer and while this is true, I can choose where, when, and what I read to an extent. I spend most of my time reading and listening to music and I've noticed that I sometimes get an "information overload." I've learned so much on so many different subjects.
Since quitting tv, I started eating healthier and I got into shape. I also had found a new hobby in motorized bicycles. It's nice having so much free time. Now I wonder why I didn't quit sooner.
Quitting tv has lead me deeper into politics. I love learning how the world works even if it gets me mad. I have since learned to question the world and how things are. I do not like to follow the crowd and I see patterns in different facets of life.
I read that television can have a hypnotizing effect of people watching it. Sometimes, I turn the tv on even when I don't feel like watching anything. It almost feels like I need it to be on. Like an addiction. I read that "alpha waves" are emitted by the tube and these waves can be visible with the help of a video camera. It shows then as horizontal lines moving up and down.
They say these alpha waves move faster during key events like commercials and such. Maybe they are trying to hypnotize us more to make us consumer zombies. It's definitely interesting to think about. I guess that's why we get sudden cravings for certain foods that we just saw on tv. It could be subliminal or both.
Finally, I noticed that time seems to fly by while watching television. Not just minutes and hours, but months! Spending 8 hours a day watching television while multi-tasking and the hours just fly. Eating, doing homework, anything really. You wonder where all that time went and what happened to it. Even though it's only been about 5 months since I have stopped watching television, it feels so much longer. Years even. The information you absorb doing other things make it seem like you are spending more time than you actually are. It's a good feeling. It's the feeling of productivity. Quitting television has been great. I have so much free time now. I have gotten my body into shape and I am learning thing's I have always wanted to do but never had "time" for.
I transitioned well. My girlfriend, however had a pretty rough time. She was addicted to MTV's lineup of FAKE reality tv shows like The Hills, Leguna Beech and all those other crap. "The Real World"? Ha! That title alone fails. I later found out that she was still watching her shows online via Hulu.com. I come to find out that News Corp, the same people behind Fox owns Hulu. Wow. She argues that I spend a lot of time on the computer and while this is true, I can choose where, when, and what I read to an extent. I spend most of my time reading and listening to music and I've noticed that I sometimes get an "information overload." I've learned so much on so many different subjects.
Since quitting tv, I started eating healthier and I got into shape. I also had found a new hobby in motorized bicycles. It's nice having so much free time. Now I wonder why I didn't quit sooner.
Quitting tv has lead me deeper into politics. I love learning how the world works even if it gets me mad. I have since learned to question the world and how things are. I do not like to follow the crowd and I see patterns in different facets of life.
I read that television can have a hypnotizing effect of people watching it. Sometimes, I turn the tv on even when I don't feel like watching anything. It almost feels like I need it to be on. Like an addiction. I read that "alpha waves" are emitted by the tube and these waves can be visible with the help of a video camera. It shows then as horizontal lines moving up and down.
They say these alpha waves move faster during key events like commercials and such. Maybe they are trying to hypnotize us more to make us consumer zombies. It's definitely interesting to think about. I guess that's why we get sudden cravings for certain foods that we just saw on tv. It could be subliminal or both.
Finally, I noticed that time seems to fly by while watching television. Not just minutes and hours, but months! Spending 8 hours a day watching television while multi-tasking and the hours just fly. Eating, doing homework, anything really. You wonder where all that time went and what happened to it. Even though it's only been about 5 months since I have stopped watching television, it feels so much longer. Years even. The information you absorb doing other things make it seem like you are spending more time than you actually are. It's a good feeling. It's the feeling of productivity. Quitting television has been great. I have so much free time now. I have gotten my body into shape and I am learning thing's I have always wanted to do but never had "time" for.
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You know there are way better things you could be doing that just watching tv. Quit already! Save money and just get internet. Find a new hobby. Make some money. Start a business. Just do something productive. Television hinders production.