Turning off the tube Day 4

"Buhutanese academics have conducted an impact study and reported that television has caused 'dramatic changes': increasing crime, corruption, an uncontrolled desire for Western products, and dramatically changing attitudes to relationships. One third of girls now want to look more American (whiter skin, blonde hair). More than 35 percent of parents prefer to watch television than talk to their own children, while nearly 50 percent of children watch up to 12 hours of television a day."

I can remember spending all day Sunday watching tv -curled up under a blanket running to the kitchen and back to the den to watch some more. They aren't pleasant memories as I look back and see how much time was wasted. There are deeper reasons why this was my behavior and why no one intervened but I don't want to get into that here (at least not yet). Anyhow the why of the past is not important right now. Now is important. I'm conducting this experiment but I don't seem to be able to go cold turkey. I'm allowing myself 1 tv show a night - though last night I slipped (more about that maybe another night). I'm determined to be brutally honest. I was looking forward to The Voice -I'm a singer and I really like this show. So I watched it tonite - the live shows are really long so a few hours have passed. But now that it is over the tv is OFF. And I'm writing which is improvement. I do feel somewhat hazy - I'll call that tv haze - and grouchy - side effects of tv I'm sure.

More tomorrow - it's another episode of The Voice so I'm owning up to it tonite. I don't consider this a failed experiment. It's only starting....

More tomorrow.

Good night