Comments on: Kill Your TV http://jay-photo.com/blog/2008/01/02/kill-your-tv/ Reflections on life, work and everything in between Mon, 10 May 2010 23:57:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jeff http://jay-photo.com/blog/2008/01/02/kill-your-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-41210 Jeff Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:56:29 +0000 http://jay-photo.com/blog/2008/01/02/kill-your-tv/#comment-41210 Wow - I came across your blog from problogger-inspired post "Lessons from an Ice Cream Truck". Good one, by the way. But this post "Kill your TV" made me comment. The same happened for us ...now 9 years ago! When "Survivor" first came on, my wife and I commented how much time we're wasting on such lame TV programming. Now, nearly a decade later - we haven't even owned a TV for 8 years. Warning from the wise: be prepared that, after some time, you'll feel social pain at the water cooler. Sure you'll have more free time and WILL accomplish more meaningful goals, but when friends are bonding over last week's debute medical/cop/reality/all-the-above show, you may feel out of touch. Killing TV is worth it, but don't brag about "how worth it" it is. Killing the TV is not for everyone. Since we permanently turned off TV, we managed to add so much more to our lives. Now, enjoying expat life in Prague, Czech Republic -Jeff Wow – I came across your blog from problogger-inspired post “Lessons from an Ice Cream Truck”. Good one, by the way.

But this post “Kill your TV” made me comment.

The same happened for us …now 9 years ago! When “Survivor” first came on, my wife and I commented how much time we’re wasting on such lame TV programming. Now, nearly a decade later – we haven’t even owned a TV for 8 years.

Warning from the wise: be prepared that, after some time, you’ll feel social pain at the water cooler. Sure you’ll have more free time and WILL accomplish more meaningful goals, but when friends are bonding over last week’s debute medical/cop/reality/all-the-above show, you may feel out of touch. Killing TV is worth it, but don’t brag about “how worth it” it is. Killing the TV is not for everyone.

Since we permanently turned off TV, we managed to add so much more to our lives.

Now, enjoying expat life in Prague, Czech Republic
-Jeff

]]> By: Alissa http://jay-photo.com/blog/2008/01/02/kill-your-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-23146 Alissa Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:29:13 +0000 http://jay-photo.com/blog/2008/01/02/kill-your-tv/#comment-23146 When we got back from Israel, we realized it was 3 weeks before we turned the tv on at all. We do download shows and watch them on the computer, but we watch on our schedule. And we watch only those shows we want to watch - we don't get sucked into the channel surfing void. We still have our tv, but the poor thing is taking longer and longer to "warm up" from lack of use. Good for you guys! I can't wait til we actually get rid of the tv and the giant armoire that encases it. Space reclaimed! When we got back from Israel, we realized it was 3 weeks before we turned the tv on at all. We do download shows and watch them on the computer, but we watch on our schedule. And we watch only those shows we want to watch – we don’t get sucked into the channel surfing void. We still have our tv, but the poor thing is taking longer and longer to “warm up” from lack of use.

Good for you guys! I can’t wait til we actually get rid of the tv and the giant armoire that encases it. Space reclaimed!

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