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Curb The TV Habit In 3 Easy Steps

So you’re not quite ready to throw the TV away, but you’re limiting the time spent viewing television in your home? Here are some easy tips that have worked for my family.

1) Identify when and why you watch and change your habits

Do you usually turn the tube on when you get home from work? Why?
Do you turn it on in the late afternoon when the kids get home? Why?

Sometimes the TV goes on when we’re tired or bored. If you’re tired, you either need to: get more sleep or get more exercise. So instead of automatically flipping on the television, why not go for a 10 minute walk to refresh yourself? Or, take a nap!

If you’re turning on the TV to “zone out” and decompress after a busy day, try developing a new, healthier habit.
Some examples:

Brew a nice cup of hot tea and drink it slowly.
Write in a journal.
Put your feet up on the couch and listen to music.
Do crossword puzzles (a recent study showed that people who do crosswords
on a regular basis are less likely to get Alzheimer’s disease.)

2) Make TV watching inconvenient.

A TV does not belong in the bedroom! Keeping one there is bad for a marriage and bad for your love life! It also contributes to insomnia. Put the television in an inconvenient place like the basement. Unplug it. Cover it with a blanket.

3) Give up cable.

I decided a long time ago that I would never have cable. I can think of about
a thousand other ways to spend $50 a month (Starbucks, anyone?) plus my
husband would probably spend all his time watching the Discovery channel
instead of talking to me!

If you live in a semi-rural area, you might not even
get any channels if you cancel your cable service. But that would be a good
thing if you’re trying to limit TV! You can use the TV as a “movie machine”
and rent DVDs so that you can at least control the content better.

Here’s to turning off the TV and turning on life!
Author Resource – Carrie Lauth is the author of The Natural Mom Business Guide, a complete step by step course to building a natural business on the Internet. It contains tried and true advice to help you start, build, and market an online business. To find out more go to: Natural Mom Business Guide

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