DAY 27!? Blog neglect and happiness is here to stay!!
DAY 27!!
So it’s been 3 weeks now!! I have been neglecting my blog a bit because I actually got busier with life. Been studying more, signed up for a french class. Take my dog for more walks. Listen to music more. Listen to talk radio. It feels like I took a happy pill.
3 weeks almost 4!! Sometimes I have pains of missing it. I’ll be walking around the house and I’ll realize right at this moment I’d be watching TV instead of organizing my books and finding new music on iTUnes or writing my friends in Europe or sending them cards. Gee, don’t think I lost anything by giving up on television. in fact I seriously can not believe how much happier I am! How this little sad cloud has lifted. I am more apt to be social.
I accepted an invitation Saturday night to go to a family’s bbq alone cause my man is out of town. I emailed a mutual friend and said that I’d be more than happy to have sushi with him sans guy, which is a first for me.
Friend is gay so don’t start thinking something.
Instead of emailing my mom yesterday I called her and told her about the BBQ. I look forward to the day!!
In my quest I have asked other people about TV and here how that has been going. Last week we went to dinner with friends and I told them of our sans TV life. The one friend went on and on about how we are going to have absolutely nothing to talk about! Huh?
We talked the entire night about life, politics and food and life!
When you watch television you are basically watching someone else work. They are making money off of you sitting there gaining weight.
I was always aware of that. “I am watching people work, I am not working but they are.” What I mean by working is anything but watching TV cause everything else takes work. In fact I read an article in some fitness girl magazine and it said that there’s death, sleep and then watching television in the burning of calories. It went on to say being stuck in traffic or scratching your butt burns more calories!
Back to my people. Mutual friends of ours have 2 children now and have recently moved from Chicago to LA and live in a tiny apartment with an 8 month old and a 2 year old. We found out that 4 months ago they gave up television! Huh? They have 2 children in a small apartment. Apparently their kids work on puzzles or draw. The parents watch them think of things to do instead of watching TV.
AT the BBQ Saturday night I told the Dr. (host of the party) my no watching television and he said “Great, its pointless and makes you less creative.”
I was speaking with his sons over dinner about it, they are my age. The older one, perhaps 27 said television sucks that its draining and serves no point. The younger 23 who is an under grad said he noticed the he would read more and study more and hang out with friends more when he was without a television.” That’s when I said the one year in college when I didn’t have a tele is the year I got straight A’s.
All I know is this. I am calmer, not as anxious to finish work, don’t care what terrorist level we are at, (government probably changes that daily anyway) don’t care what food will give me cancer next. I am sitting in my living room, the television is gone, I have elle fitzergerald on and my puppy is sitting next to me.
I am emailing my friends, putting some more books away that we have put in the living room when we got rid of the tv and I will head to the store. I haven’t shopped for food since I sprained my ankle. Am running quite low on all things pasta and protein. This afternoon I will go sit at my coffee shop, write my Great Aunt a letter and come home to practice.
Put away more books. Probably call my father. Basically live life, instead of watching it...
So it’s been 3 weeks now!! I have been neglecting my blog a bit because I actually got busier with life. Been studying more, signed up for a french class. Take my dog for more walks. Listen to music more. Listen to talk radio. It feels like I took a happy pill.
3 weeks almost 4!! Sometimes I have pains of missing it. I’ll be walking around the house and I’ll realize right at this moment I’d be watching TV instead of organizing my books and finding new music on iTUnes or writing my friends in Europe or sending them cards. Gee, don’t think I lost anything by giving up on television. in fact I seriously can not believe how much happier I am! How this little sad cloud has lifted. I am more apt to be social.
I accepted an invitation Saturday night to go to a family’s bbq alone cause my man is out of town. I emailed a mutual friend and said that I’d be more than happy to have sushi with him sans guy, which is a first for me.
Friend is gay so don’t start thinking something.
Instead of emailing my mom yesterday I called her and told her about the BBQ. I look forward to the day!!
In my quest I have asked other people about TV and here how that has been going. Last week we went to dinner with friends and I told them of our sans TV life. The one friend went on and on about how we are going to have absolutely nothing to talk about! Huh?
We talked the entire night about life, politics and food and life!
When you watch television you are basically watching someone else work. They are making money off of you sitting there gaining weight.
I was always aware of that. “I am watching people work, I am not working but they are.” What I mean by working is anything but watching TV cause everything else takes work. In fact I read an article in some fitness girl magazine and it said that there’s death, sleep and then watching television in the burning of calories. It went on to say being stuck in traffic or scratching your butt burns more calories!
Back to my people. Mutual friends of ours have 2 children now and have recently moved from Chicago to LA and live in a tiny apartment with an 8 month old and a 2 year old. We found out that 4 months ago they gave up television! Huh? They have 2 children in a small apartment. Apparently their kids work on puzzles or draw. The parents watch them think of things to do instead of watching TV.
AT the BBQ Saturday night I told the Dr. (host of the party) my no watching television and he said “Great, its pointless and makes you less creative.”
I was speaking with his sons over dinner about it, they are my age. The older one, perhaps 27 said television sucks that its draining and serves no point. The younger 23 who is an under grad said he noticed the he would read more and study more and hang out with friends more when he was without a television.” That’s when I said the one year in college when I didn’t have a tele is the year I got straight A’s.
All I know is this. I am calmer, not as anxious to finish work, don’t care what terrorist level we are at, (government probably changes that daily anyway) don’t care what food will give me cancer next. I am sitting in my living room, the television is gone, I have elle fitzergerald on and my puppy is sitting next to me.
I am emailing my friends, putting some more books away that we have put in the living room when we got rid of the tv and I will head to the store. I haven’t shopped for food since I sprained my ankle. Am running quite low on all things pasta and protein. This afternoon I will go sit at my coffee shop, write my Great Aunt a letter and come home to practice.
Put away more books. Probably call my father. Basically live life, instead of watching it...
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