i once unplugged the TV for a month. It was summer, the season of long walks, barbecues, and reruns. But I knew it I really wanted to prove I could avoid evening television, I'd have to survive a New England winter without it. In the darkest, coldest months,I would no longer be able to escape. This winter, I had my test.
A year ago I moved into my own place. It was just a few minutes away from my former roommate-and her television. Friends offered me a spare TV,but I said no. Living alone was an opportunity to choose how I wanted to live. And I thought that being TV-free would help me do all those things I wanted to do but didn't have time for.