I Don’t Have Cable In College And I Don’t Think I Ever Will Again
From the time I started college, I have had a TV in my room.
I can’t sleep without turning the TV on and just letting it play.
Most of the time I am not actually watching it.
I just like it for the noise and light.
Before I started college I used to watch cable all the time.
I used to be obsessed with making sure I watched my regular weekly shows that I was into to.
I would be extremely upset if I missed them because then I could not engage in conversation with my friends at school.
Once I got to college I did the same thing.
I made friends and we watched shows together and I would watch plenty of cable by myself.
I would time it correctly so that I could get home from class and watch Sabrina the Teenage Witch for a couple hours.
Yep. That was the life.
At least I thought it was anyway.
After a year at my old college I transferred to my new college and decided to make a change.
I realized that I could have been doing so, so much more with my time rather than watching cable.
When I transferred I still put a TV in my room and I got an Apple TV and I only really watch it when I am going to sleep.
Honestly it’s been the best thing I have ever done.
I like to focus on positive things in life and I never noticed how much of a negative impact that TV had on me.
I started realizing that it was altering the way that I viewed reality.
It sounds crazy but I was living as if I was on a TV show.
Not only was I living my life like that I was also missing out on the life going on all around me.
Life moves fast.
Do not waste your time on watching TV.
Honestly you can go out and live a life that’s so grand that you would never need cable again.
I’ve found myself being able to do so much more since I have cut the need for cable out of my life.
I have found a love for running and I’ve run two half marathons and am training for a full one.
I had a love for outdoorsy things before ,but since I’ve cut cable out of my life I love it that much more.
I used my friends longboard all the time and I just bought one for myself so I am completely excited.
I used to look at a lot of things on TV and would say to myself why can’t I do that or I would say I wish I could do that.
The truth is I can and you can too just cut useless things out of your life, such as cable.
This world has so many things to offer.
I always see this quote on things like twitter and tumblr and it says “You were not born just to pay bills and die.”
You also were not born just to waste your life away sitting and watching cable.
Besides all the good shows aren’t even on cable anymore.
It doesn’t benefit you at all.
Get out in the world and do something that does benefit you.
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