My Shocking Experience With A TV Yesterday

Over 2 months ago, I removed the sole TV from my house permanently. I haven’t had cable or any other means of adding channels since 1997 and I was watching an average of only 45 minutes a day so the transition to no TV wasn’t that hard for me.

The one strong connection I did notice was when I sat down to eat. I wasn’t sure what to do with myself since I was eating almost all meals in front of the TV.

I substituted a nice view of my back yard through a window that gets a lot of sun and have eaten all my meals there since. I no longer think of the TV when I eat and enjoy watching the birds out the back window.

I have been surprised by how I still reference things I saw on TV in conversations. I thought that TV would quickly fall from my mind and me speech but It hasn’t. I still reference TV in my conversations and believe that this may continue for some time.

Which brings me to my shocking experience with TV at a friends house yesterday.

I arrived at his house to pick him up. I was buying him lunch for his birthday. I enter his house and gazed upon his giant flat panel TV only to be taken aback as I see graphic scenes of a large scale shooting spree at a college in Virginia. It was quite unnerving to see but even worse to here.

I noticed two things right away. The first was how the news reporters were hyping up what was already a very shocking incident that needed absolutely no hype whatsoever. The second what the continuous loop effect created by the reporters repeating the same statements and observations. It seemed like I was watching a loop. When there was a tiny bit of new information, it was injected into the loop and the loop was restarted.

I was honestly shocked by the whole thing. The event itself struck me as very unfortunate but the news reporting was what turned my off the most.

Think about that for a moment. There was an event in which a large number of youth were killed. I was saddened by that event. I thought what a shame and utter waste it was. Then… I moved on. However, I was shocked by the actions of the news reporters. I wondered why they wanted to make me relive this event over and over and over. That sickened me more than the event itself.

My total time of watching that TV was less than 5 minutes and look at the effect it had on me.

What is your 1, 2, 4, or 8 hours of daily TV watching having on you?

Richard Lee

Why I Only Spend 3 Minutes Total On Mopping My Kitchen.

As promised, here’s the update on Automation part 2.

I am the proud owner of an iRobot Scooba. This little robot has cleaned my 200 square foot kitchen 4 times since Saturday. Admittedly, I watched it quite a bit the first three times to see how it worked. But, the fourth times it ran I wasn’t even there. I turned it on, pressed the clean button and left the house to go enjoy a nice breakfast at a local cafe. After breakfast, I enjoyed a nice scenic drive and returned home to find the Scooba sitting in the corner of a spotless kitchen floor.

It took about 3 minutes to empty and clean the parts that have to be cleaned every time it’s used. Additionally, I plugged it in to charge for the next time I use it.

How long does it take you to mop your kitchen?

Don’t forget to include prep time and the clean up afterwards!

I have to say that the Scooba is an amazing piece of electronics because of the battery of sensors contained on and in this little thing.

Now that I’ve seen exactly how well iRobots are engineered, designed and made, I’m going to get one for my living room this Summer.

So… why am I doing this. Am I showing off that I have some extra cash to by high-tech toys?

No.

I am seeking out ways to free up more and more of my time.

Any time I read about a way that someone else has freed up there time, I try it out. If it works for me and I like it, I implement it. It’s just that simple.

I don’t enjoy mopping and it’s a huge waste of time but it has to be done.

Would you be smart enough to invest in a system that reduces your mopping time to 3 minutes maximum? You should be.

Free up your time to work on your Internet business.

Free up your time to do the things you want to do.

Richard Lee