TV got you down?
Dear Savvy Woman,
We just turned off our cable. Ahhhh! I feel like a dieter who’s successfully removed all ice cream and cookies from the house, and while munching on baby carrots is feeling refreshingly good, I’m still wandering in to the kitchen apres dinner, hunting for the sweet stuff!
The experiement: We are exclusively relying on Netflix to bring us our home entertainment a la the screen. Although we haven’t worked our way over to Nip Tuck or Living Lohan (is that a Que possibility yet - i’m not even sure), we just might. After the carrots and grapes (The Bucket List, and The Moses Code were our health food this weekend) lose their luster, we are prepared to get lured back to the white flour and sugar of Reality TV and B-Movie Comedies.
The nice thing I’ve found is that I can have just one cookie when it comes to TV. It’s taken a change in relationship, but I’ve learned that the whole plate has me feeling low, not to mention a little sick.
And, just like everything, a little won’t kill ya.
I bring this up, my savvy friends, because TV is really powerful at creating company and sucking the creativity, not to mention connection, out of us. No date or fun plans? TV will put it’s arm around you on Sat night and whisper sweet nothings. For hours.
I have a client, ‘Jill’. Jill and I started working together and the focus was on looking at how she was approaching her life as a single woman who was ready for a healthy, long-term partnership. To get her started with a healthier foundation, we deleted some phone numbers from her cell that were ‘no longer serving her’ , and we took a look at some outdated beliefs and limited ways of thinking. We also changed her relationship with TV. This was front and center in her life, and she called it. She knew right away that she needed to change her TV habit. What happened? Her energy soared: she exercised more, she spent more time creating in the kitchen which she loved doing. Jill swapped the time that was spent in front of the TV and now spent it reading, reflecting, and visioning - all excellent ways to connect you to yourself, create presence and focus on positive outcomes.
So…let’s get real. Cable got you down? Like, down for the count? Don’t fear! Make the change in baby steps. Set some boundaries - 30 min. a night, a certain show or two, and leave it at that. You can still indulge, it’s OK. You will find that some very cool things unfold the more you get away from the tube and into your life. And, know that you can dip back into the good stuff now and then.
From my savvy heart to yours,
Leslie
The Savvy Woman’s Love Coach
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