HEAR HEAR!!!
Bravo Phya!!
Reps to you when it will let me.
I was really upset the day a TV set showed up in the bedroom! 
And if I had done what I wanted to do - Iād be getting out on parole about now. j/k 
Thank you, glad it was well received.
Iām a victim of time wasting due to TV. As a kid Iād watch hours of TV during the weekend, falling asleep at the TV, waking up and watching some more. I guess I made it get old real quick. 
My mom also used to fall asleep watching the TV starting from after dinner. Itās a depressing sight to me sometimes, especially considering she doesnāt sleep in her actual bed. She has made the TV couch her bed, even if it lies flat, itās not a mentally healthy arrangement if you ask me. I used to do the same thing, though with the TV in my room.
Now I like to watch TV now and then while I eat, or sometimes Iāll regress to my old habits and fall asleep watching TV like I did last night..sigh..I try and avoid reality shows, I mostly watch comedies, or stand up.
But I do think that the quality of life would increase in some aspects if TV were not such a large part of many peoples lives.
This is an excellent point!
Itās much like a productās quality and marketing; without good marketing, no one can discover the quality of your product, but if it is a low quality product, people will get buyers remorse. Being aware of it helps you recognize marketing for the fantasy it is, but does not make it powerless. The experience of opening a beautifully packaged bottle of lotion or being approached by a fit, well dressed, good smelling man simply remains enjoyable. Iām just not going to think that pretty lotion will magically turn my skin into honey kissed porcelain with the feel of a juicy peach or that the attractive men will be the white knight to sweep me off my feet and make me happy forever. I just enjoy the experience of seeing how nice the box looks on my table, holding the pretty bottle in my hand and feeling how the texture of the lotion is smooth just like I enjoy seeing the handsome manās broad shoulders and slim hips, feeling delicately feminine to his tallness, hearing him present his wittiest anecdotes and smelling his well chosen cologne.
I can tell fact from fancy, and value both for what they are. Staying away from television, radio, magazines and newspapers has helped me a great deal with that. My mother is much like yours with the television, sometimes I cringe a bit when I notice how much influence the media had over her expressions, opinions and beliefs. Sometimes she is afraid Iām becoming dumb because I donāt follow the news, even though she knows I read several non fiction books every month and absorb an ungodly amount of information online. It just unnerves her that I donāt know what she belives to be every educated personās duty to be aware of. Sometimes people tell me they wish they could just throw out their TV, but you can tell they feel sort of obligated.
I canāt say I never waste any time, sometimes I am glued to the internet, or doodling some nonsense or just sitting in a chair for an evening. Then again, sometimes I have my best ideas while not in any directed activity.
I actually feel like I have more time and energy when I spend them wisely. If I go to the gym on satuday morning, sew a bit in the afternoon, then do a bit of reading, go out for dinner with a friend and then attend a dance workshop, Iāll likely feel more energized than someone who just went shopping, picked up a pizza and plopped in front of the telly.
Amazing ā¦ sounds like my mother as well. The couch was her bed and the TV her constant companion. Sad ā¦
When i raised my children the only channel on the TV was PBS ā¦ and maybe that was excessive and maybe not ā¦ but i can tell you that my grown children have great television viewing habits. PBS, discovery, history channel etc.
Nor do i watch the news except on a rare occasion. Nothing much there except to feel badly about the state of the world. Love a good comedy .. i love to laugh!!!
I do try to stay fit, eat right, read, and otherwise try make myself the best person that i can be.
I am sure there is so much more to post ā¦ there have been so many amazing comments and great observations ā¦ but I am not much for long posts
Ooooh, yea, actually Iām a sucker for those documentary channels. History channel is great for learning about how things happened, Discovery is great for how things work, TLC is cool for just random information. Iāve learned a lot from watching those shows.
TV for a companion. Makes a young man wanna cry. Really though. It is depressing. Iām actually gonna stop here. Not much more to say, just gotta spend my own time wisely. 
Good man, excellent line of exposition.
DOH!
I hate being absent minded. I need to post it in plain sight!!
It is the beauty of her character and the content of her heart that is to be most prized above all.