Broadcast TV was a great choice when a> there weren’t a lot of other options and b> when everyone else was watching the same thing, so you needed to see it to be educated.
Now, though, you could:
* Run a little store on eBay
* Write a daily blog
* Write a novel
* Start an online community about your favorite passion
* Go to meetups in your town
* Volunteer to tutor a kid, in person or online
* Learn a new language, verbal or programming
* Write hand written thank you notes each evening to people who helped you out or did a good job
* Produce small films and publish them online
* Listen to the one thousand most important operas
* Read a book or two every evening
* Play a game a Scrabble with your family
None of them are perfect. Each of them are better than TV.
We’re still watching movies and a handful of very select shows on Hulu, but as of today, we are officially a TV-free household. And I think we’re all looking forward to it.
Great! Doug and I just did this as well. We stopped our direct tv and watch a few things on hulu and netflix. It is difficult, but eventually you get into a groove and find other things to do.
I’ll add to the list:
promote your business in social media sites! =)
Chris and I still don’t have broadcast tv and we’re doing just fine.:)