Iām right on track with you. This morning picking up my Bible with a focused study. Determined to focus on faith and health and relationships. Everything has suffered due to social media. Thank you for your encouraging post.
We have children and a DVD player, so Barney, Berenstain Bears, and Little Bear are on for a limited play in the mornings. Nighttime we use the t.v. for Wheel of Fortune and Andy Griffith. We also use it to watch other DVDās weāve collected over the years with the older kids too.
Andy Griffith is one of the shows I watch regularly. Iām not glued to the TV as I am doing other things such as exercising or cleaning something, but I do try to catch my favorite scenes.
They also take me back to my childhood and watching TV with my now deceased parents.
What if the classic TV shows were programming our minds? For sure, Hollywood tried to do that very thing with movies. Some people canāt be hypnotized and some people canāt be programmed.
Wholeheartedly agree John and am actually practicing something similar, it was a very conscious decision (just took longer to get there than I might have preferred, looking back ha) that has conferred enormous benefits on many levels... cheers!
Glad to see that there are a number of us thinking the same way. I was wondering whether or not I was walking alone, but I guess a lot of us are figuring it out.
John, I am glad you are finding some peace. I have a question for you: how did you get the picture that has the caption "Look at flowers instead of your phone"? Honestly, did you take that picture with your phone?
Hey, I totally understand. Although in the past I always avidly followed politics and news, currently I have a new routine. So, first thing in the morning I read my daily devotional and the accompanying Bible verses, instead of grabbing my phone. I get my news from The Epoch Times delivered to my email; I can pick and choose what I want to read. During the day I try to get outside and be active. In the evenings, I usually listen to music, although there is one comedy show that I like. Otherwise, I hardly ever turn on the TV unless thereās a good movie I want to see.
All of these changes have been very beneficial for me.
Getting off Facebook and other social media two years ago added a good 2-3 hours of productive and creative time to my day. I have no regrets. Daily shock and awe and fear porn is addicting and sabotaging to our health.
Excellent advice & good for you John! I tell everyone I can at every opportunity to join Benjamin McEvoy's Hardcore Literature Book Club found on YouTube. We do deep dives into classic literature. We recently studied Dostoevsky's "The Idiot," the poetry of William Blake, the Bhagavad Gita & are now reading Elena Ferrante's The Neapolitan Quartet which Ben praises as the greatest work of the 21st century thus far. Damn the screens!
Iām right on track with you. This morning picking up my Bible with a focused study. Determined to focus on faith and health and relationships. Everything has suffered due to social media. Thank you for your encouraging post.
Love your comment- my thoughts exactly! Start the day with scripture and prayer and then turn your eyes to all the beauty out there! šš¼āļø
This is the way !
I agree, but you donāt have to destroy your TV. Just donāt watch current TV shows.
I watch classic TV reruns from a time when lifeās lessons were taught and values that were reflected were decent and loving.
I have NOT WATCHED A SINGLE EPISODE of nighttime television in over 4O years.
I watch the news only for weather information.
I donāt watch sports either as I donāt deify people because they can play a game at a collegiate or professional level.
Same over here!
We have children and a DVD player, so Barney, Berenstain Bears, and Little Bear are on for a limited play in the mornings. Nighttime we use the t.v. for Wheel of Fortune and Andy Griffith. We also use it to watch other DVDās weāve collected over the years with the older kids too.
No news shows for years.
Andy Griffith is one of the shows I watch regularly. Iām not glued to the TV as I am doing other things such as exercising or cleaning something, but I do try to catch my favorite scenes.
They also take me back to my childhood and watching TV with my now deceased parents.
What if the classic TV shows were programming our minds? For sure, Hollywood tried to do that very thing with movies. Some people canāt be hypnotized and some people canāt be programmed.
Grow vegetables. Dig in the soil with your hands, Sweat, get bitten by ants & mosquitoes...
Harvest and eat the vegetables.
You almost lost me by referencing Woody Allen but I get your message.
Same hereš
Loved everything you said . It definitely resonated with me. Iām reading E.M.Bounds on prayer. He says we donāt prayer enough or ask enough .
Wholeheartedly agree John and am actually practicing something similar, it was a very conscious decision (just took longer to get there than I might have preferred, looking back ha) that has conferred enormous benefits on many levels... cheers!
Glad to see that there are a number of us thinking the same way. I was wondering whether or not I was walking alone, but I guess a lot of us are figuring it out.
John, I am glad you are finding some peace. I have a question for you: how did you get the picture that has the caption "Look at flowers instead of your phone"? Honestly, did you take that picture with your phone?
Good question! I only looked at it long enough to activate the camera.
I am going to get a camera so I don't have to use my phone any more.
Beautiful John, God Bless you! I have been thinking about doing something similar.
I have came to the same conclusion John. Thanks for clarifying my thoughts.
Hey, I totally understand. Although in the past I always avidly followed politics and news, currently I have a new routine. So, first thing in the morning I read my daily devotional and the accompanying Bible verses, instead of grabbing my phone. I get my news from The Epoch Times delivered to my email; I can pick and choose what I want to read. During the day I try to get outside and be active. In the evenings, I usually listen to music, although there is one comedy show that I like. Otherwise, I hardly ever turn on the TV unless thereās a good movie I want to see.
All of these changes have been very beneficial for me.
Wonderful comment on how to live a meaningful life.
Getting off Facebook and other social media two years ago added a good 2-3 hours of productive and creative time to my day. I have no regrets. Daily shock and awe and fear porn is addicting and sabotaging to our health.
YES!
Excellent advice & good for you John! I tell everyone I can at every opportunity to join Benjamin McEvoy's Hardcore Literature Book Club found on YouTube. We do deep dives into classic literature. We recently studied Dostoevsky's "The Idiot," the poetry of William Blake, the Bhagavad Gita & are now reading Elena Ferrante's The Neapolitan Quartet which Ben praises as the greatest work of the 21st century thus far. Damn the screens!