Giving Up TV for a Month Changed My Brain
<i>During the first few days we were at a loss for what to do. It had been our routine to watch whatever is on TV after dinner, and suddenly we were both dumbstruck for ideas. So we went to sleep at 8:30 p.m.</i><p>Two things about this confuse me.<p>1) Running out of &quot;stuff&quot; to do. Maybe it&#x27;s because it&#x27;s been literal years since I&#x27;ve watched scheduled programming and don&#x27;t understand the habits involved anymore, but I can&#x27;t understand this idea of not knowing what to do with free time. We watch what&#x27;s likely way too much TV on some days, but all the things they &quot;discovered&quot; they could do with all this time are still things we do regularly, without cutting off the TV entirely.<p>2) How do people just &quot;go to bed&quot; early because they get bored? I&#x27;m actually jealous of that idea. If I just decided to &quot;go to bed&quot; early, it would most likely involve me staring at either the ceiling, my phone, or a book for a few hours.