Deliverable

T.V. has been a big part of my life for as long as I can remember. A kind of security blanket. I watched loads of T.V. growing up. I’d come home from school and start with General Hospital (shameful to admit, I know…) and watch straight on thru to The Muppet Show. I have a lot of good T.V. memories. Shows that I loved. (The Muppet Show was one of them… Space 1999… The Kroft Superstar Hour…).

It’s with alot of trepidation that I start this next challenge:

No television for 21 days straight.

My one caveat:

• I can watch a DVD if it is something I’ve rented from Netflix. I see the Netflix DVD’s as research, especially if it’s something classic.

I’m tempted to give up even the DVD’s in order to get the full effect of this, but I think I should allow myself those. We’ll see how it goes.

It’s time to let go of television. It’s become too much of a burden at this point. I become like the vegetable when I watch it. It’s comforting. It’s numbing. It’s got to go if I’m to move forward.

In preparation for this post I did a Google search and came up with a few sights that will hopefully help me:

Turn Off Your TV
TV Turnoff

Here’s a list of activies that one of the sites recommended as fun substitutes for watching television:

making a friendship bracelet, climbing a tree, attending a local play or sporting event, writing a letter, solving puzzles, crosswords or word searches, taking a walk, a swim, or a bicycle ride, inventing your own game and teaching others how to play, visiting a library, museum or zoo, listening to music, fixing something that is broken, planting a tree, cooking a meal with friends, making costumes out of paper bags, learning about the wildlife in your neighbourhood, writing a play, taking pictures and making a scrapbook, looking at the stars, going skating or roller-blading, learning a card trick, and reading a really good book.

I think the site must have been more geared towards kids, though I guess making costumes out of paper bags could indeed be entertaining.

I’m just going to pretend that I’m able to keep with this. I’ll make an X on my calendar for every day that I go to bed without watching T.V.

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