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Lessons from a TV Detox: Stop Watching and Start Doing
by Molly Rider
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“Action may not always bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.” ~Benjamin Disraeli
Back when I was a ballroom dance instructor, I never watched TV. This was because online streaming wasn’t yet available, and I worked Monday through Friday from 1pm-10pm.
But, over the past couple of years (and in a new career as a solo-preneur), it’s become way too easy to watch TV episodes on my computer. My one or two favorite shows a week turned into binge watching other recommended series.
It all started out innocently enough. I enjoyed it as a way to unwind. But, it slowly turned into an avoidance tactic.
When I didn’t want to deal with the mounting laundry, or all the papers to file in my office, or those emails that had me cringing, I escaped into another TV show episode. It was great. I could get swept away into someone else’s drama for hours.
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Source: http://www.riseearth.com/2014/10/lessons-from-tv-detox-stop-watching-and.html
