The Televison

I do not understand what is appealing about watching TV. The whole concept is a little screwed up. We laze on our sofas in sweatpants and t-shirts, watching other people enjoy themselves, weather real or not. Then we somehow form these sick connections to made up people. Their sorrow becomes our sorrow. We share their joy, their feelings of accomplishment. We share their joy. We take this TV family and live with them. We are content in our TV world. While our real life responsibilities waste away. We have a million chances to experience our own joys, sorrows, accomplishments, and yet somehow we push them all aside an hour a night to watch other people live. The most disturbing part is some times I catch myself watching people on TV watch people on TV. I comfort myself with the fact that aside from a few shows to which I am addicted, I mostly just watch the discovery channel or national geographic. In these show people are exploring new things adventuring to exotic places. I am learning. I cant possibly feel guilty for watching this. Until I realized that I should be there first hand discovering new places, climbing mountains, living my life, learning, and growing Maybe these things are not possible for me now, but if I would take less time watching TV and more time tending to my responsibilities and trying to accomplish my goals they could happen for me very soon. So while I am not sure I could swear of TV entirely. I am promising myself that I will never again watch TV if something better or more exciting is going on