What should your new year’s resolution be for 2010?
2010 is close (don’t stop just yet) and I want to address a resolution for next year. I challenge you to:
TURN OFF YOUR TV
The amount of crud on television has reached fever pitch. Earlier this year while away on holiday I turned on the tv in the hotel we were staying in. As an outsider to public television the amount of adverts and propaganda was astonishing! The shit people watch is amazing.
There is no excuse to watch public television anymore with an abundant source of entertainment available to you. If you are going to watch TV at least choose something you can control. The nature of television is that you turn it on and there is always something on that is of mild interest to anyone, so you watch it. This is the way TV is designed. Do you really need to watch that 100th show about renovating a house? or reality television? Does knowing everything about sharks really help you?
Its been a few years now since we cut the cord and all I can say is that its great to be in control of what I watch. There are plenty of great new media sources out there that you can watch on your terms.
For example, as an entrepreneur, I watch these:
So my advice is to turn off your TV and choose your destiny! At worst you can get 5 minute summaries on YouTube of the shows you will soon forget, like this one of Lost
