No Reality TV

Wow, that went really fast. Perhaps it’s because I am so well rested? We have two projects nearly complete - the second will be complete on Monday. We are well underway on the third and fourth. I haven’t really thought about tv that much today - I think I’ve settled into a groove.

One thing I noticed is that my mind is working in different ways. I think it may similar to when you quit eating salt and then all of a sudden your tastebuds come back again. It’s like all kinds of ideas are coming to me - like they did before, but differently. It’s good, although I still couldn’t describe the ‘difference.’ Perhaps it’s much quieter all the time instead of quiet here and there. I find myself stopping and really noticing things again.

I had a conversation with a dear friend tonight. She commented that she didn’t really think we watched tv and was stunned to see the list. I remember the time she spoke - it was the beginning of 2005 - March to be exact. At the time we would record a few shows and watch them on the weekends. We were fanatical about Amazing Race and a few others, but were really not what I would describe as ‘addicts.’ I commented that tv or whatever it is you ‘escape’ with is what you mind-meld into when you don’t want to look at your current reality.

For us, we hit a glitch last year with a business project that didn’t go as planned. Everything else around us seemed to be business as usual except for that. But ‘that’ one thing took us into an abyss of reality-tv frenzia.

So today, as I write this, I can honestly say it feels good to be back. I’m not totally ‘back,’ yet I know I’m feeling and sensing a lot more now that I’m not spending four hours a day numbing my mind and my senses. Things are more colorful.

All in all, it’s the bitter AND the sweet that makes each what they are. It’s the contrast that puncuates our experience, and I can’t say that the last year hasn’t made me realize so many things that I’m not sure I would have known in such a very real way. It’s late. I don’t really know if this makes sense. It does to me, so maybe it doesn’t matter.

This has been a great week. Like fasting, I recommend everyone take at least a 7-day sabbatical from the tube every once in a while and join life again. Of course, not everyone is a junkie; for those who are… try the lighter side! It’s refreshing.

Sweet dreamzzzzzz….

Tina