After giving up TV, I found myself reading more and saying 'yes' to more social activities with friends.
And while I don't quite think I reach that level of TV consumption, it's safe to say I'm pretty into TV. I appreciate the seemingly endless number of entertainment options that exist on various platforms, and often take recommendations from those whose opinions I trust in deciding what to watch.
Still, when my editor asked for a volunteer to take a week off of TV, I didn't think I'd notice a significant difference in my day-to-day life by being that person. So in an effort to determine how dependent I actually was on television as entertainment in my own life, I offered to take the experiment on. I committed for a full week, from April 5 to April 12.
The experiment also tested where I focused my attention: Swiping through Instagram stories, for example, lost a bit of its luster. I stopped viewing them as frequently as a result, and paid a bit more attention to things around me in somewhat mundane scenarios. Subway ads caught my interest a bit more than usual, as I looked up instead of at my phone during my commutes.
It wasn't too hard to avoid television while out, either. I don't belong to a gym where flickering screens are lined up against the wall broadcasting an array of competing options, and my bar and restaurant preferences always tend in the direction of quiet and candlelit, rather than sporty, anyway.
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