$7.99 A Month
The day I die I imagine that I will be laying in a facility, staring at the ceiling, thinking about how I spent my time on earth. I imagine I would be thinking about the relationships I made, the things I accomplished, the places I traveled too, the career I chose, and the things I wished I had done instead.
As weird as it sounds, this is something that has been on my mind lately: living with “no regrets”. Living with “no regrets” sounds like a thing that churches would title a cheesy sermon series or the phrase that a scared straight campaign would adopt.
There have been many things in my life that I have made happen that have gone along with this mentality, such as getting engaged and married at a younger than normal age or more recently canceling my internet and Netflix account.
How easy it is to come home, plop down on the couch, and get sucked into the TV for hours upon end. I’m not talking a casual hour of TV but rather 4-5 hours a night of “The Office” reruns or some other show that takes you to another place.
For eternity’s sake I’ll be nice and round down: combined use of internet/phone/netflix per day in my life was AT LEAST 5 hours. AT LEAST. That’s easily, AT LEAST 45 hours a week or 150 hours a month or 2555 hours a year, not counting the summer when nothing is going on or the weekends or the breaks from school.
HOLY HELL!!!!
So instead of going into the “what I could have done with that time” I’m going to go the “what I plan to do with my time” route.
I plan on going out and doing things without thinking about rushing home to watch TV.
I plan on not sitting on my computer all night and ignoring my wife.
I plan on reading books and building relationships.
I’m going to be free from being bound to technology.
It’s socially acceptable to pay $7.99 a month and waste away in front of the TV, all the while not getting out and doing things that really matter.
So here’s to getting off my ass and taking back my sanity.
-BYS
-BYS
I guess you won't be watching "The League" with me now... :(
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