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According to an article I read tonight, I have been addicted to television for quite some time. I really do spend an inordinate amount of time glued to the television set. It's actually quite unsatisfying.
I am now wondering if this is part of the reason that my weight issues have returned. Being without steady employment for the past year, I have really packed on some pounds. I wouldn't blame it all on the television, but watching it does tend to make me feel much less inspired to do anything productive with my time. I just eat and watch t.v. I turn it on as soon as I wake up and watch it until I go to bed. Even if I'm not really watching it, I usually have it going in the background for noise. How sad is that? I even considered going out and buying a television set with the money that my parents gave me for Christmas. I wanted to put it in my room so that I won't be lonely when I sit down to paint. According to the same article, that is one of the symptoms of television addiction. That is, a person who is heavily addicted to television eventually becomes incapable of spending time alone. He or she may actually become anxious about being left alone for any period of time. That's me, spot on.
All in all, it really disturbs me that an outside force has been controlling me to this extent for so many years. I wonder how much my brain has atrophied. I think that in 2010 I will try to lessen my dependence on television. Perhaps productivity will follow.
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I am now wondering if this is part of the reason that my weight issues have returned. Being without steady employment for the past year, I have really packed on some pounds. I wouldn't blame it all on the television, but watching it does tend to make me feel much less inspired to do anything productive with my time. I just eat and watch t.v. I turn it on as soon as I wake up and watch it until I go to bed. Even if I'm not really watching it, I usually have it going in the background for noise. How sad is that? I even considered going out and buying a television set with the money that my parents gave me for Christmas. I wanted to put it in my room so that I won't be lonely when I sit down to paint. According to the same article, that is one of the symptoms of television addiction. That is, a person who is heavily addicted to television eventually becomes incapable of spending time alone. He or she may actually become anxious about being left alone for any period of time. That's me, spot on.
All in all, it really disturbs me that an outside force has been controlling me to this extent for so many years. I wonder how much my brain has atrophied. I think that in 2010 I will try to lessen my dependence on television. Perhaps productivity will follow.
Click.