technology

The technology that i gave up for 4 days was tv. I pretty much regretted that immediately because i missed the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Even though i knew i watched a significant amount of tv i didn't realize exactly how much until i had to pointedly not watch. One the positive side, giving up tv showed me how much free time i had and i was able to use it to finish the art projects that had accumulated so far. The first day i didn't watch tv was the easiest i would say, because it was new and i was excited to start the assignment. I always had work i could have been doing and i was able to accomplish a lot more than usual.

the second day i was still excited but found it a little tricky to stick to my conviction. The way my house is set up, the first floor is a wide open space with my kitchen having a full view of the tv in the living room. Unfortunately, just because i gave up tv for 4 days doesn't mean that my family did too. So whenever they watched tv i had to leave and be isolated in my bedroom. My boyfriend, Aaron had actually come down from school this weekend for valentine's day so i spent a lot of my time with him. This, of course, made things much easier. <3 One the third day, it was Valentine's Day and I really didn't have much of an issue with staying away from the tv. I had some family come over during the day so most of my morning consisted of getting together food. My mom was happy though because usually my sisters and I are very distracted by the television and she's constantly reminding us to clean off the table, vacuum, etc. Then that night we went out to dinner at a Chinese restaurant where there were no TV sets so there was no temptation there. Afterwards however I felt a little sorry for my boyfriend. We usually enjoy watching a movie or Law and Order SVU on tv, but since i had given up tv and couldn't watch, he couldn't either. But he was a good sport and we enjoyed playing a sort of trivia game as a way to keep ourselves entertained. The change of having someone to give up television with me was very nice and much welcomed. Final Day This was our vacation day and i was the most tempted on this day to watch tv. I always saw tv as a way to shut my brain off and just be entertained and relax so it was pretty hard for me to stay busy when i would ordinarily be relaxing. But on the other hand i also saw it as unproductive time where i could be doing something else and accomplishing things in this spare time. I saw this more during the past weekend because i did more things in a more timely manner and did accomplish more, as i always felt i would if i hadn't watched tv. Although i saw a difference in my daily work when i gave up tv, i was still excited to watch and cathch up on the shows i had missed. I also found that my boyfriend who is really into sports and watched the winter olympics every night was a little upset that i wasn't caught up. Even when i got to class the next day and everyone was talking about the opening ceremony and the sports i didn't know what they were discussing and i felt very much out of the loop. It was interesting to see that tv was something that so many people have in common and that was very much emphasized by something as popular as the Winter Olympics going on during the time i gave up television. Giving up TV was a difficult thing for me to give up because i felt like it kept me in touch with my peers and gave me time to shut down.