No 1 : Get a TiVo No 2 : see number 1 Recording shows and watching them in batches in your own time has an astounding affect on productivity. You don't watch

No 1 : Get a TiVo No 2 : see number 1 Recording shows and watching them in batches in your own time has an astounding affect on productivity. You don't watch any advertising, which has many benefits, including not being hooked into any new shows. Just this alone will give you back hours a week, because, right now, it's likely you're spending 2-3 hours a week just watching advertisements. It also allows you to watch TV when you feel like it. Unlike the way the author tries to pretend you're going to stretch, exercise or write letters while watching TV, most of us do it to just relax and do nothing. But the important thing is to slot that time in to when you want to relax, instead of when the TV producers decide they want you to watch something. I went cold turkey on TV for 5 years and gradually let it back into my life, TiVo makes it watchable under your own control. Still not as good as having no TV, but in a household sometimes you don't get to make that choice.