How To Make Television Your Slave and Not Your Master
Since its inception in the middle of the last century television has proven very addictive. Many people can’t get through a day without major time being spent in front of the set. Some of this viewing is purposeful, but much of it is just habit. The average American watches over 35 hours of TV a week, a number that goes up to 50 hours once you reach 65 or older. When you consider how many mindless commercials you must suffer through or ignore, the waste of time involved, if added totaled over your entire life, is mind-numbing. What a shame! Couldn’t this viewing mania be brought under control? Of course it can, but like any bad habit it will take some discipline and training. But with that you can work a major change and end up with much more free time to do other things. The secret to taming your television addiction is the use of the digital video recorder or, more commonly, the DVR. Most of my readers, I trust, already ...