According to the A.C. Nielsen Co., the average American watches more than 4 hours of TV each day (or 28 hours/week, or 2 months of nonstop TV-watching per year). In a 65-year life, that person will have spent 9 years glued to the tube. The most disturbing stat to me in this report is that… Continue reading 10 Great Reasons to Turn Off the T.V.
Category: Personal Health
The Purpose of Anger
I have a confession to make: I never knew my own capacity for anger until I had children. Now don’t get me wrong – I know that we adults can be pretty difficult, too. But we have just learned (usually) that it isn’t socially acceptable to throw a temper tantrum when we don’t get our… Continue reading The Purpose of Anger
What I Learned From a 30 Day Facebook Break
It’s no surprise that studies have proven and continue to prove that people who limit time on social media are happier. At the beginning of January, I decided that I was allowing too many extra minutes to get sucked up on Facebook and the internet in general. I decided that I would take at least… Continue reading What I Learned From a 30 Day Facebook Break