At the end of last year, I shared I would attempt a year of no television. How is that going for me? Well,
for the first 21 days, it was going well. Then, I began to slowly slip
back into some all habits. A program here... one there... before long, the
television was on for large portions of the day.
Now, I am back on track.
The television has been silent all
day. I had to remind myself to focus on doing other things. Read, clean, work, sort...
I am fortunate to have several new gift
subscriptions. Here is the short list of the newspapers/magazines; Economist, Wall Street Journal, and New York Magazine. I am grateful that I have several choices to substitute for sitting passively in front of the TV. This afternoon, I picked up the New York magazine and read Alex Baldwin's article, I Give Up. If my sole source of news is from the television, I will have a poor substitute for the whole story. I hope you can access
it online. You will see a more complete picture of Alex Baldwin.
Another piece is about the photographer Graham Macindoe. He takes photo of his decent into addition. The article is My
Addiction Through my Eyes: One photographer's self-portrait of the years he
lost to heroin. This piece is also brutally honest.
