Know what makes me roll my eyes?
When I say, “Hey, do watch American Idol?” And the reply is, “I’m too busy to watch TV.”
You have to love it – too busy to watch TV.
As if TV watching requires the dedication and commitment of singing in the church choir or chairing the Junior League or coaching Little League. Yeah, that’s really comparing apples to apples, isn’t it?
But wait, maybe I’ve been too hasty in my judgment. Just maybe the all-too-busy-one is really a super hero saving the world from destruction one event at a time. That would be dramatically time-consuming.
A former co-worker used to take every opportunity to expound on her lack of free time or rather, her self-appointed worth. If we heard it once, we heard it a hundred times. Didn’t matter what we discussed, Michelle never robbed us of the pleasure to hear how SHE DIDN’T HAVE TIME. More likely, she purposely didn’t watch TV so she could declare it – TO US!
It’s all a matter of perspective and priority. If you want to sit down, relax and watch a little tube, you will. You make time. If you don’t, you won’t. It’s that simple.
There’s no calculated formula for whether you have time or not. OK……fly in from work + take kids to sports practice + help with homework + cook supper + feed pets + chat on phone ++++ DIVIDED BY watching Chuck, Heroes, and CSI Miami = -5.75 hours. OH NO! The TV view-a-meter registers the huge flashing red “NO TIME.”
If you want to run a marathon, you make time to train. If you want to attend church, you get up early Sunday morning. If you want to get a ticket, you run red lights in College Station. See the correlation?
My son didn’t own a TV. A product of the computer technology age, he watched his favorite shows on-line. It worked.
How about that “old fashioned” invention the VCR? Practically every household has one or two. For years, my friend, Kathy, taped her daytime soaps to be replayed during the mundane chore of ironing. She’s now graduated to a more high tech operation—my personal favorite, THE DVR.
What a great little tool -- which, by the way, if you’ve been reading my blog, you’ll know I was only introduced to my personal DVR four blessed months ago when I refused to be labeled as one who clings to the obsolete. I take full advantage of its revolutionary capabilities. My most difficult task is viewing a recording before next week’s episode.
When I say, “Hey, do watch American Idol?” And the reply is, “I’m too busy to watch TV.”
You have to love it – too busy to watch TV.
As if TV watching requires the dedication and commitment of singing in the church choir or chairing the Junior League or coaching Little League. Yeah, that’s really comparing apples to apples, isn’t it?
But wait, maybe I’ve been too hasty in my judgment. Just maybe the all-too-busy-one is really a super hero saving the world from destruction one event at a time. That would be dramatically time-consuming.
A former co-worker used to take every opportunity to expound on her lack of free time or rather, her self-appointed worth. If we heard it once, we heard it a hundred times. Didn’t matter what we discussed, Michelle never robbed us of the pleasure to hear how SHE DIDN’T HAVE TIME. More likely, she purposely didn’t watch TV so she could declare it – TO US!
It’s all a matter of perspective and priority. If you want to sit down, relax and watch a little tube, you will. You make time. If you don’t, you won’t. It’s that simple.
There’s no calculated formula for whether you have time or not. OK……fly in from work + take kids to sports practice + help with homework + cook supper + feed pets + chat on phone ++++ DIVIDED BY watching Chuck, Heroes, and CSI Miami = -5.75 hours. OH NO! The TV view-a-meter registers the huge flashing red “NO TIME.”
If you want to run a marathon, you make time to train. If you want to attend church, you get up early Sunday morning. If you want to get a ticket, you run red lights in College Station. See the correlation?
My son didn’t own a TV. A product of the computer technology age, he watched his favorite shows on-line. It worked.
How about that “old fashioned” invention the VCR? Practically every household has one or two. For years, my friend, Kathy, taped her daytime soaps to be replayed during the mundane chore of ironing. She’s now graduated to a more high tech operation—my personal favorite, THE DVR.
What a great little tool -- which, by the way, if you’ve been reading my blog, you’ll know I was only introduced to my personal DVR four blessed months ago when I refused to be labeled as one who clings to the obsolete. I take full advantage of its revolutionary capabilities. My most difficult task is viewing a recording before next week’s episode.
I'd be remiss not to mention is anything more awesome than fast forwarding through commercials? Why, it practically cuts the viewing time in half! I’ve considered taping EVERY show I watch just to save a time. But you know what? I personally am not that busy.
My advice to all you anti-TV busy-bodies, don’t try to impress with how important you think you are, just state the obvious -- I don’t watch TV, I do other things.
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