If the first thing you do after work is watch TV or if your weekends are filled with marathon couch surfing, then give this list a read through.

You might find that you’re missing out on some of the best things in life by spending all your free time at in front of the tube.

Plus you’ll be saving on electricity and cable bills

43 Things To Do When You Stop Watching Television

by Nneka from BalancedLifeCenter.com

Over a year ago, I stopped watching television. In fact, I don’t even own a television. It’s saved me money, freed up my time, and given me back my opinions. When I tell people I don’t have a television, they always respond with shock and awe, followed by either admiration or scowl.

I usually get the following questions:

* What do you do with all that time?
* How do you know what’s going on?
* Don’t you get bored?

Here are some answers:

1. Save $2000 a year from cable and electricity.
2. Engage in your life instead of watching people pretend to live theirs.
3. The average American spends 28 hours week watching television. Reclaim your time.
4. Make love passionately for hours.
5. Visit another city, state, or country on your savings.
6. Go to the spa every month.
7. Go salsa dancing.
8. Take bellydancing, yoga, pottery, name-of-the-class-you’ve-always-wanted-to-take-but-didn’t-have-the-money-to classes.
9. Learn to invest.
10. Pay off your debt.
11. Read a book a week.
12. Enroll in courses for a degree.
13. Get a part time job.
14. Cook.

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