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My wife and I recently quit watching TV altogether -- we used to watch a movie nearly every night -- and have switched to reading. We are both sleeping better -
by olivierestsage 6y ago
My wife and I recently quit watching TV altogether -- we used to watch a movie nearly every night -- and have switched to reading. We are both sleeping better -- a lot better. I find myself wanting to recommend it to everyone I know who has trouble sleeping, but it's quite tricky (maybe even impossible) to talk about quitting TV without coming off as horribly snobbish/elitist.
Edit: the very negative reactions so far in this thread are an example of what I mean. But I do get it, since prior to quitting myself, hearing something like this probably would've pissed me off.
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- phaedryx 6y agoI've found reading before bed is better as well.
- okokok___ 6y agoThe good thing about this is that there is an endless amount of books out there as well. As the article author says, some people are running out of shows to watch on Netflix. You will literally never run out of books to read.
- nasalgoat 6y agoMy inability to find quality hard sci-fi I haven't already read would beg to disagree.
- silicon2401 6y agoThat's a good point. It's easy to 'never run out of books'. It's quite easy to 'run out of books in the particular category I like'. If anybody has recommendations for books like Zombie (fiction) or Children of Time (a novel told in part from the perspective of an advanced, non-human society), I'd be very happy to hear them.
- Yetanfou 6y agoWell, widen your horizon then, read something completely different. Alternate history, real history, a classic or 2, hard science (without the fiction part), some philosophy, etc. I tend to move from genre to genre to avoid getting stuck in a rut, something I started doing when in primary school after having read half a bookshelf of adventure/western style books and getting thoroughly fed up with the genre...
- nasalgoat 6y agoThe same advice applies to screens as well. Lots more than Netflix out there.
- xmodem 6y agoI totally quit TV long ago and haven't looked back. Didn't do much for my sleep, though.
- perplex 6y agoDid the same and quit TV completely about 10 months ago. Fairly quickly after, I noticed that I am reading books every day and sleeping better (I now fall asleep consistently at same time every night.) There is something about removing the high stimulus of TV watching that allows my brain to appreciate being productive. It's been easier to be motivated to do things I truly want instead of defaulting to the veg state each night.