This is Part Two in the series - How I Became A SuperHuman Of Sorts When I Quit Watching TV.
What I claim will happen when you quit watching Television, and a series of prescribed actions to begin your quest
I plan on outlining some of the benefits of what happens when you quit watching television. I don't embark on this task lightly, and I assure you that everything I claim is from direct personal experience. I have nothing to sell you, and my only wish is to free you of the accursed dominator drug par excellence, Television. Once freed from the shackles of this vice, I'll expect YOU to do you part to help others. That's all I request in return.
The first of the SuperHuman powers I achieved from quitting television was the "power of concentration". I'll admit, after I did some careful benchmarking concerning my mental alertness and state, I concluded that TV had me running at near dimwit capacity. The biggest area that I was really lagging in was that of "concentration". I have very serious trouble being able to hold a thought in my mind, to the exclusion of all others. I found that I was constantly pestered by the sounds of the Television.
The first exercise I outlined for myself was to make note of the thoughts that would run through my mind as I watched television, and I did the resolutely for at least one week. Once I compiled my results, I was amazed at the number of random thoughts that would enter into my mind in a twenty four hour period. And I discovered something else rather incredible. Almost all of the "thoughts" I had originated from something I heard on the television.
I was always someone who tended to leave "the television on in the background" when I was doing work in my house. I didn't realize that this constant commercial spew was having a pronounced affect on how I actually thought. I was amazed at the constant negativity that founds it's way into my consciousness, until it dawned on me that it was simply the endless barrage of marketing messages that I was exposed to daily.
"Go to truck driver school. Get bariatric treatment. You are too old, fat, ugly, flat-chested, or whatever. Buy a pill, attend a class, view a webinar. All of the same old responses to the same old stimuli. Marketing keeps on telling me I'm bad, and my subconcious mind is left to ponder on that fact, even when I'm engaged with doing something else.
This is no blind experiment. All of my results are easily verifiable.
Make sure you do as I did in order to verify your own results. Start a journal at once when you quit watching Television, and make sure to journalize your thought patterns. It's not an easy assignment, I understand, but it's one that will pay dividends in so many ways. If you keep a detailed record of your task, it will not only show you how far you have come, but it will also give you a guidebook to help others. My journal is the basis of my series of postings, and the fact I kept careful record of the results of my efforts will hopefully inspire others to do the same.
I realize how long my postings in this series are, and I apologize because I tend to be a man of brevity. But I feel that thoroughness is the best approach for me here since I'm telling people about something that I consider to be of the utmost importance. To me quitting television is a sacred act. I know that statement might bring guffaws and loud laughs to many in my audience, but if you read all of the postings in this series, you'll understand what it is that possesses me to make the statement. I'm so impressed by all of the results I've experienced from quitting TV, I simply cannot hide my passion.
Gather all of the materials you need for your current assignment
I already told you what I wanted you to do, but now I'll mention in it in more specifics. For the next week you'll record as many of the "random thoughts" that enter your mind, specifically when you watch television. As a matter of course, you can also label the thoughts as "negative" or "positive" using the qualititave assessment normally used for those words. Do this religiously for the next seven days before you attempt the rest of the exercises which will be outlined in coming posts.
