"NO TV?!?!" why/how do you do it?

Josh and I had been discussing getting rid of our tv service for a while now. We hardly watched our basic channels from DirecTV, and if we did it was mostly for background noise. As we were looking at trying to get rid of our debt, we decided that TV was not necessary for our lives. So I made the phone call and canceled it. DirecTV must be desperate though, they begged us to stay as customers, even going as low as giving us 5 months free (we only paid around $30 a month) I still declined the offer. I just stated that we have changed our priorities in life, and TV is not a priority for us. I think he fell off his chair, as there was a long pause after I finally said it the second time. Yes, we do still have a television or 2 in our home to watch movies. We are big Netflix fans, but we don't find it necessary to be connected to channels of TV. Now the fun part is telling people we don't have TV. They kind of give you a funny look like....you do know it is the 21st century. I don't mind though because these are the things I have enjoyed since we haven't had TV for 2 weeks.

1. The quietness to destress when I get home.

2. I can actually have a conversation with my husband without yelling over the TV.

3. I have finished reading a book, and looking forward to all the reading I will do in my "spare" time.

4. When the internet gets boring, I don't have the TV to rely on now to avoid doing housework, so I have noticed that I have been doing a bit more of it lately.

5. Working on a fall themed puzzle. I love putting together jigsaw puzzles! I've missed doing it.

6. Playing board games or card games with my husband.

7. No distraction while I'm grading papers!

8. Spending more time with my favorite cat Mara.

9. We've done more work outside our home.

10. Loving that I don't have to look at all the Ads on TV to try to get me to buy things.

I still can get my news streamed live on the internet, watch our favorite episodes of the few shows we enjoy, and still like the fact that we are not addicted to the big tube!

Life is good.