To create a more balanced life.

So I’m giving up one of my bad habits.

The TV.

Not completely. (Are you crazy? And miss an episode of Survivor? No way, Jose.)

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To create a more balanced life.

So I’m giving up one of my bad habits.

The TV.

Not completely. (Are you crazy? And miss an episode of Survivor? No way, Jose.)

But I am toning things down a bit. I don’t have the time to lay out and watch hours of TV anymore. Don’t get me wrong, I wish I did, and I look back fondly on the days of my youth when I could spend several hours watching television. But now as I examine my life, I have to do some cutting back on things that I consider a time waster. And that, my friends, is what led me to cancel several shows.

A perfect evening for me used to look like this: Me on the couch, going through the recorded shows on my TiVo and making my own marathon as I stayed up late catching up on a week’s worth of shows.

Now my evenings look more like this: Husband and I talk about each other’s day over dinner, no TV blaring in the background. After eating, he cleans up while I read to my daughter. Then we get her off to bed and we both do work on our computers for an hour then go to bed. Together. It feels good.

I think this process is made easier by the fact that I don’t work in a salon anymore. It’s hard to not get caught up in the Housewives of Atlanta drama when your clients are chattering away about their latest catfight. Working from home, there is little pressure to watch TV. No one is telling me what I’m missing out on. For once, there is only quiet. (Mind you, my three year old daughter is dancing and singing at the top of her lungs in the living room, but I’ve learned to tune her out.)

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but life feels better now that it doesn’t revolve around the TV. Who knew?