cutting TV is more important than meditation. If meditation forces you to watch less TV then that's probably where some of the "benefits" are coming from.
Dropping TV is the single most life-changing thing any modern person can do.
I used to think that. Then I did it, and it was true for about 8 years. Now the internet has all the TV I'd ever want to watch in an immediately summonable window right next to all the other info-crack which had taken the place of television. I'm thinking dropping the internet is going to be the next big life changer. I went on a laptop free vacation a couple months ago and felt like I had 6-8 hours of extra time per day. Watching a couple TV shows in the hotel room at night was actually kind of relaxing and quaint, like I'd taken a time machine back to a simpler age...
Same here - I waste a lot of time with the internet, including watching some TV online.
It's said that alcoholics and drug addicts have a clear path to getting clean - completely cut out the addiction from your life. But people who have problems over-eating can't make as simple a change to solve their problem. After all, you need to eat to live.
The internet is kind of like that for me - it's something I need to do work on and learn from, but is something I frequently over-use.
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cutting TV is more important than meditation. If meditation forces you to watch less TV then that's probably where some of the "benefits" are coming from.
Dropping TV is the single most life-changing thing any modern person can do. Mostly because it gets you to wander "what do I want to do tonight?"
Dropping TV is the single most life-changing thing any modern person can do.
I used to think that. Then I did it, and it was true for about 8 years. Now the internet has all the TV I'd ever want to watch in an immediately summonable window right next to all the other info-crack which had taken the place of television. I'm thinking dropping the internet is going to be the next big life changer. I went on a laptop free vacation a couple months ago and felt like I had 6-8 hours of extra time per day. Watching a couple TV shows in the hotel room at night was actually kind of relaxing and quaint, like I'd taken a time machine back to a simpler age...
Same here - I waste a lot of time with the internet, including watching some TV online.
It's said that alcoholics and drug addicts have a clear path to getting clean - completely cut out the addiction from your life. But people who have problems over-eating can't make as simple a change to solve their problem. After all, you need to eat to live.
The internet is kind of like that for me - it's something I need to do work on and learn from, but is something I frequently over-use.
I got rid of my internet connection. the frustration from using slow free wireless is enough to get me using way less than before.
Deserves a double upmod, for absolute truth and the coinage of a phrase that readily sums up my addiction -- info-crack.