A few months ago I got rid of my cable. I realized the other day that because of this, I have more free time or rather, I spend less time watching tv.
How did this occur? Well for one, I now only have about 25 channels (my antenna is awesome though half of them are Spanish religious channels) which means I don't have the freedom to switch through hundreds of channels to find something to watch, or watch reruns on demand. Though with netflix I have plenty on demand, there are few shows that I would actually want to watch every episode of, and only how much I can stand to watch in one sitting of one show (I do not do good with marathons save for Doctor Who with friends).
In the cable days, I was able to dvr shows while working or, at the time studying, and would then skip through the commercials when I watched them. Now, the majority of the shows I watch are online the following day. However - random fact about me - I can't just sit and watch something. I have to be doing something else (like blogging or surfing the internet) while to television is on. When I watch from my computer, I can't do these things which makes my chances of watching something even less (unless it happens to be during dinner time). Therefore, I hardly watch any of these shows anymore.
So what do I do with this new extra time?
1. Job applications
Still trying to find a job to call my own. (spoiler alert: I will be writing a blog post entitled interview roulette)
2. Working on my novel.
Six chapters in.
3. Entertaining my cats.
They enjoy the extra time. Though....now I wake up with one of them sleeping on the other pillow in the morning.
4. Volunteer work.
5. Cooking. Or trying new recipes.
Anyone want a spinach riccotta stuffed shells, sweet potato lasagna, baked pasta with tofu topping, or mini zucchini pizzas let me know and I'll send you the recipe.
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