I've come to the sudden realization that I have been wasting too much time in front of the TV and I feel incredibly guilty about this, and I can't really remember any really great memorable times I have had on the couch. I never really thought it was a problem, because my TV habit seemed rather modest compared to some... but then I did some math.
Over the past year, I figure I averaged about 2-3hrs of TV a day. That is 30-45 24 hour DAYS of straight tv! These also aren't regular days, because they are fully productive hours and don't take into account time for eating, sleeping and all that jazz. So I decided to re-adjusting for that.
When I was in university, I took a rather demanding program, and probably spent 10 hours of studying and class time everyday. If I convert the time I spent in front of the idiot box into time I spent in university studying, it converts to 73-109.5 productive days at school. Since university semesters are about 16 weeks long, an intense semester would take 112 productive days. This is almost the same amount of time I spent in front of the TV...
I was so absolutely disgusted with myself, when I realized how much time I wasted that and I didn't like feeling that way. I decided that some of that time was spend watching stuff that I genuinely wanted to see. However, I can only say that there are about 2-3 shows a week that I really enjoy. That converts to about 2.5 hours of TV a week. When I make the correction for this, my 73-109.5 days convert to 60-96.5.
Then there was the advertising... a TV show is about 22 mins long minus the ads. How much time did I spend watching useless, corporate propaganda? About 16 mins every hour, or 0.5-0.8 hours a day, or 182.5-292 hours a year. This equates to 7.6 - 12.1 24 hour days or 18.2-29.2 productive days.
That means I VOLUNTARILY signed up for a 2-4 week intensive advertising program, where all that I did was watch TV ads. It would be the same as me agreeing to take 2-4 weeks of my time to go to some workshop where all we did was watch tv ads for 10 hours a day. Not only was I not compensated for this, I PAID them for it with my time and my money.
As an HDTV cable subscriber, I spend a little over $100 month on cable TV. That is $1200 a year.
I always thought my time was valuable to me but apparently, it isn't. If I had taken that money and time, and just put in a few extra hours at a second job, or overtime at work. I would probably own a new 2008 busa today, or be able to take an extended vacation to someplace nice. I would be in better shape, and would probably have a lot more depth to myself and a less selfish, more dynamic personality with more hobbies and intrests.
Therefore, I am cancelling my cable suscription forever.
Edit:
[sarcasm]
PS: but the good news from all this is that I know which dumb guy the bisexual bachorette chose to date
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Over the past year, I figure I averaged about 2-3hrs of TV a day. That is 30-45 24 hour DAYS of straight tv! These also aren't regular days, because they are fully productive hours and don't take into account time for eating, sleeping and all that jazz. So I decided to re-adjusting for that.
When I was in university, I took a rather demanding program, and probably spent 10 hours of studying and class time everyday. If I convert the time I spent in front of the idiot box into time I spent in university studying, it converts to 73-109.5 productive days at school. Since university semesters are about 16 weeks long, an intense semester would take 112 productive days. This is almost the same amount of time I spent in front of the TV...
I was so absolutely disgusted with myself, when I realized how much time I wasted that and I didn't like feeling that way. I decided that some of that time was spend watching stuff that I genuinely wanted to see. However, I can only say that there are about 2-3 shows a week that I really enjoy. That converts to about 2.5 hours of TV a week. When I make the correction for this, my 73-109.5 days convert to 60-96.5.
Then there was the advertising... a TV show is about 22 mins long minus the ads. How much time did I spend watching useless, corporate propaganda? About 16 mins every hour, or 0.5-0.8 hours a day, or 182.5-292 hours a year. This equates to 7.6 - 12.1 24 hour days or 18.2-29.2 productive days.
That means I VOLUNTARILY signed up for a 2-4 week intensive advertising program, where all that I did was watch TV ads. It would be the same as me agreeing to take 2-4 weeks of my time to go to some workshop where all we did was watch tv ads for 10 hours a day. Not only was I not compensated for this, I PAID them for it with my time and my money.
As an HDTV cable subscriber, I spend a little over $100 month on cable TV. That is $1200 a year.
I always thought my time was valuable to me but apparently, it isn't. If I had taken that money and time, and just put in a few extra hours at a second job, or overtime at work. I would probably own a new 2008 busa today, or be able to take an extended vacation to someplace nice. I would be in better shape, and would probably have a lot more depth to myself and a less selfish, more dynamic personality with more hobbies and intrests.
Therefore, I am cancelling my cable suscription forever.
Edit:
[sarcasm]
PS: but the good news from all this is that I know which dumb guy the bisexual bachorette chose to date
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