Faded, Close Call

Since I have moved there have been a lot of changes in my routines as you can imagine. One of those has been my tv viewing habits. For many, many years I utilized a DVR to record episodes of my favorite shows. I would open up the menu and see all of these recorded shows I felt I needed to watch and I did just that, pretty much watched it all. This was something that I spent a lot of time doing with my significant others. Even after I split from Cindy I continued that habit although there were a number of shows that I cut from the list.

When I first moved I continued this behavior, recording shows to be watched back as I pleased. However over time I started to have these episodes pile up. I would start deleting all of the prior ones and only watch the most recent. Eventually I just said, f it, and deleted the recordings scheduled and stopped the practice altogether. At this point it has probably been at least 4-5 months since I discontinued recording tv content for consumption later. Sure I will binge stuff on streaming services if it interests me but my days of spending large blocks of time watching recorded content seem to be behind me.

It’s not like I made a conscious effort to stop watching as much TV it just has sort of faded away and now that it has I can’t say I really miss it. Absence and time can make a significant difference in behaviors and feelings about them. It’s a lesson I could apply across various aspects of life.

It looks like Hurricane Idalia is going to pass far enough to our west to avoid causing major impact to our area. With my new living arrangements the only prep I did was take the trash cans into the garage, there seriously is not much more to do than that.