Mine got unplugged in August of 1996 !!
I get LOTS of other things done now... TV takes way too much
time that could be used for other things. Of course, now I have
to make sure that I don't spend too much time on the computer--
It took a few weeks to break the habbit of just sitting down to
watch whatever happened to be on the TV... but after a while,
I realized that the problem was: I didn't take time to realize
all of the OTHER things I could be doing, that were available.
Sitting around the TV is simple, but there's more fun+creativity
in inventing, dancing, friends, computers, writing, travel, etc.
In fact, within three weeks, I realizes it was not the TV that I
missed so much... but the fact that so much of people's social
conversations were centered around TV shows. It took ME a bit
to notice that now I had NEW things to chat about, that include
things I had been doing MYSELF, and not just watching on the tube.
Yea- there were a few programs I enjoyed, and new things have
come on the TV that I like, when I see them at friends houses.
BUT-- I still figure that I get more LIFE accomplished, since
I'm not sitting in front of the television for 20 hours per week.
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