Television

There is such thing as watching too much tv.

After returning from an adventurous six months in Asia, I wasn't sure where I wanted to live and work.  I did know that I wanted my next move to be more long term than my last three ventures.  This involved a lot of deep reflection, contemplation, and traveling between areas for interviews.  After turning down and being turned down for a few jobs, I chose to move back home for the next step in my career.

The availability for jobs in my field are few and far between in my hometown.  I had a couple good interviews, but weren't hiring for a couple of months.  There was also a lead from a couple months prior that I was hoping would pull through sooner rather than later.  It became the waiting game as I sat around and hoped that one of these possibilities would pull through for me.  This resulted in way too much time on my hands and little money to do fun things.  During these three months, I watched way too much tv.  Grey's Anatomy and I reconnected starting with season one and working our way everyday via lifetime and amazon back to season 8 (the current season).  When I was sitting around I would catch whatever daytime talk show was on at the present time--Rachel Ray, The View, The Today Show, Dr. Oz, and the list goes on....At least these shows are more informative and positive.  I'm proud to say I did not get sucked into daytime dramas such as soap operas or trashy talk shows.

It almost sounds like I was depressed watching all this television.  But the truth is I was in major decompression mode from the 6 month adventure I had just had, followed by a few weeks of traveling around the eastern half of the US.  I was actually very happy during this time and the decompression/after-adventure reflection was just what I needed.

When you are leading a productive life, I think tv is one of life's awesome little pleasures.  In Asia, I had one American channel that played season's past shows.  And the internet was too slow to watch my faves online.  Television in the right dosage is just what we need sometimes.  After a long productive day at my new job, coming home to Grey's Anatomy or Revenge makes me smile.  Sometimes we all need a little break from reality to enter another world for an hour (or two).


“The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it's all that matters.” 
― Audrey Hepburn