Cold Turkey
I’ve decided that watching television is a big waste of time and I’m not going to do it anymore. I’m just going to watch one last episode of Lost tonight and after that I’m through. I’m quitting cold turkey. Where did that phrase come from? What do turkeys have to do with quitting and why do they have to be cold?
On the nights I apartment run, I’m going to watch television because it makes the time go by so much faster. I don’t know if I could successfully do a twenty minute apartment run if the television wasn’t on. The whole time I’d have to look at the timer, and you know what that does to time–makes it drag. So I’ll only watch television every other day because that’s when I run.
I’m going to keep watching news programs because news doesn’t count as television watching. We all need to be informed. I listen to NPR during the day to get most of my news, but seeing pictures as I listen helps me process it better.
So that’s it. I’m giving up television cold turkey, except for on apartment running days and watching the news. I’ve already started watching Amazing Race this season so I need to finish the season to see who wins, but other than that I’m not going to watch any television at all.
