Comments on: 5 Reasons I Stopped Watching TV (or at least watch less)

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:27:00 +0000

Nez, couldn’t agree with you more. The best thing that happened to me was moving to a new place where the TV sits in a living room far away from the kitchen and most importantly, far from my computer. I used to turn it on while I worked just for accompanying noise, and it wasn’t until I started working in my new TV-less office that I realised how much time I’d been wasting getting distracted by rubbish on TV. Now, when we occasionally make the effort to go into that room and watch TV, it’s for something reasonably worthwhile.
BTW,thanks for the sci-fi book tip on Write to Done, I’m going to try it!!
cheers, Amanda

By: Nez

Nez — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:47:51 +0000

Barbara and Catherine, thanks for chiming in!

Growing up, the TV WAS my babysitter, but fortunately, somewhere along the way, I was able to wean myself off — perhaps just being too busy with school.

I’m not against TV — there are some great quality programs out there — my purpose is to say there’s definitely more to life that sitting in front of the ol’ tube (now flat screen, I suppose).

By: CatherineL

CatherineL — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:48:18 +0000

Great post. I don’t watch much TV either, and as you say, the benefits of not doing so are massive.

Many years ago, I was off work ill for a long time. And I started watching every single soap opera available – even the Australian ones.

And I soon began to realise that it was just not good for me. Soap operas can be quite negative as the stories are mostly depressing. And lets face it, we have enough crap to deal with in our own lives without watching other people’s misery the whole time.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:43:25 +0000

Hi Nez,

I’m not a big TV watcher, however, I have a few favorite shows I like to listen to while I cook, do housework, office work, or blog.

I think one of my favorites is “The Big Idea” (CNBC) with Donny Deutsch. It’s inspiring to hear success stories, which not only give me ideas for our business, but it gives me ideas to blog about. My favorite home improvement shows on HGTV are great for that too.

I find it extremely difficult to just sit…and watch TV. If I do, I have to be reading or knitting. I sit there and think about all of the other things I would rather be doing, and finally just get up, and work on my favorite hobbies.

By: Nez

Nez — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:04:11 +0000

I’ve found that the Discovery Channel or Animal Planet are often (not always) good. But of course, everything is geared toward the kids and what (we think) is good for them.

Thanks for commenting!

By: Ian Denny

Ian Denny — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:01:50 +0000

Ironically, that’s just made me think about watching the TV for a change! Like you, fatherhood has hijacked the goggle-box from the last 5 or 6 years.

I don’t bother because it’s usually kids stuff or reality shows.

But today I had to stay at home, and I’ve been working on the PC all day.

But for the next hour, the TV will be free.

I’ll go check out what’s happening while this rare moment persists.

Bye!