What am I hoping to gain from this purge? Well, I guess I'm hoping that when it's over I will transition into watching TV with a purpose. I don't want to flip it on in the morning and go from thing to thing until the end of the day. I've found myself on many occasions watching things that I don't necessarily want to watch just...because.
Today was quite a bit tougher. I felt more isolated. I think it's because it's the weekend so everyone is around and wanting to hang out around the TV that I was kind of sequestered in other parts of the house.
It forced me to be creative...and bored at times. I think it's because I have to relearn what I like to do and who I want to be. TV has a way of wiping things away until you find yourself implanted in what you're watching, no longer completely real. It's a world of extremes: the heightened and exaggerated versions of real life. Your own life becomes mundane by comparison.
Do I really really want to live in constant drama? Not really. My calm, happy, routine of a life is what I want. Stable, true, dependable. Boring? Maybe, but I'd rather have that than a soap opera. Can I get an amen?
2 comments:
Amen!! Sometimes I feel like I'm way off track and when I stop to think about it, many times it's because I have escaped to the world of TV and am spending way too much time and energy sitting in front of it--like you said, watching things I don't even care about that definitely don't matter. Good thoughts--thanks!
Amen
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