Adventures in the Real World
Today I canceled DirecTV - and ended a lifelong relationship with M & M advertisements.
I didn’t pick up another TV package. I will not be subscribing again. My TVs will be used for movies and gaming.
I’ve been really busy.
What this means is: I haven’t been watching television more than 2-3 hours/week. And when I do, I feel far more drained and ... lazy… than if I had chosen another activity like my Kinect, or cleaning, or reading, or wrestling with the dogs, or something active mentally and/or physically.
I’ve also lost interest in watching TV. When I did flip the TV on I couldn’t honestly tell you what I was watching or even _why_.
This kind of brain-deadness does not fit in with my values or with the person that I want to be.
So… away with TV.
Today was one of the rare few, of late, where I’ve had an extended amount of time to myself. I went and bought several books when I only intended to purchase 1. Then I came home, had some dinner, read, messed around online, cleaned more. All of this cleaning was done to very loud music with me dancing around the house. Apparently I’m in a better mood without TV on as well.
But most notably, in previous times I would have sat down on the couch with a few books near me then zoned out in front of the television: not very productive and honestly, not very fun.
So, it appears that ending this relationship with television is a positive move for me.
Oh - and by the way - canceling was actually quite hard and fairly expensive (though considerably less than paying through the rest of my contract). I was transferred 4 times and interrogated on each transfer. Not a single one of the folks I spoke to believed me when I said I was no longer watching television, and of course (as expected) kept trying for customer retention: but in the process ensured that I was so frustrated and annoyed by the end of the call that if I do decide to turn on a TV subscription again, it will most assuredly not be via DirecTV.
Now to turn off the Macbook Air and go back to moving around more. Yay for movement!
-Lisa, on May 5, 2012 at 9:54 pm .::. Comments and Reactions
