Saturday, October 17, 2009

Media Overload

So my husband and I have come to the conclusion that we spend WAY too much time on various forms of the media. We spend hours a day on the internet, watching tv, and playing video games (he plays, I watch). After class on Thursday, I decided that this is not good. I think what really hit me was talking about how we use media to fill certain needs, and talking about how a lot of us use facebook to stalk people we don't even really know anymore. I definitely do this, and I think it's kinda creepy. So I'm thinking that we need to have a plan of action. I'm thinking that I should only check my facebook once a day, purge all of my "friends" who I don't ever talk to and probably never will, and ration tv and video game exposure. Not drastically, like none at all, but more like having an hour to three a day of total media exposure. Rather than waste hours of time, we could do dishes, laundry, clean the apartment, finally get our wedding pictures developed and displayed, get some exercise, and enjoy some time together. The sad thing is that while I'm typing this, I'm looking at facebook and watching supernanny. :( Baby steps I guess, right?

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