Michaeldpollock.com Website Review

HOW I OVERCAME TV ADDICTION, RECLAIMED MY LIFE AND GAINED TWO MONTHS PER YEAR. Nobody on their deathbed ever wished they’d spent more time watching television. Life is short, and there are too many things that are more important and fulfilling than sitting in front of a television for hours on end. That’s not to suggest you should stop watching TV altogether, but I’ve come to see it as something best placed at the edge of life, rather than the center. Remember always that you are just a visitor here, a traveler pas*ing through. Your stay here is but short and the moment of your departure None can live without toil and a craft that provides your needs is a blessing indeed. But if you toil without rest, fatigue and weariness will overtake you and you will be denied the joy that comes from labor’s end. > “The more television you watch, the more you see people who seem > richer than you. Research shows that you will then overestimate the > income of real people, and underestimate the value of your own. So > the more television you watch, the more dissatisfied with yourself > you become. You’ll also spend more money: By one estimate, > you’ll spend an extra four dollars per week for every hour of > television you watch. Of course, television is about drama, which > means violence, infidelity, and amoral behavior, and you end up > overestimating the frequency of these things in real life. You may > conclude that the world is less safe than it actually is, and decide > that you’d better stay home and watch more television.” >  > “The mood state Americans are in, on average, when watching > television is mildly depressed.” > “People have romantic notions about television. In the highest > realms they think it’s some sort of art medium, and it’s not. > Others think it’s an entertainment medium, it’s not that either. > It’s an advertising medium. It’s a method to deliver advertising