Sunday, September 02, 2007

Free from TV

I finally did it. I just called to cancel our cable television service. Over the years as our local cable company kept raising their monthly rates, I kept downgrading our channel lineup. Not once did we regret this decision.

After reading an article in The Wall Street Journal about the potential links between television viewing and autism in children (which the organization Autism Speaks disagrees with) my husband encouraged me to get rid of the cable service completely. In theory, I agreed and dreamed of an even more simplified life without television. However, I must admit that I enjoy watching television and was quite happy with our basic service at $22 a month.

Then last week when the cable company messed with our channel line-up and I found my beloved Home and Garden Television replaced with the Sci-fi channel, that was it. So, today I did it. On Friday, September 7th our cable will be disconnected and I will find out if life free from TV brings our family more simplicity. I will keep you posted.

1 comment:

  1. I'm very interested to hear how it goes for you, Carolyn. I loved the story about the cable line-up; it's interesting what triggers us to make changes.

    I gave up my television years ago, and don't miss it at all. It's not that I think everything on TV is junk; I don't. But my life is full, and I can't think of anything I'd give up in order to have TV time.

    OK, once in a while I have my neighbor record a show for me - like a few episodes of Clean Sweep, so I could see what that show was all about. But that's really about it!

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