Comments on: Hot Mama Turns Off TV to Start Living Dream https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2011-01-23/hot-mama-turns-off-tv-to-start-living-dream.html Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:01:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: 17 Small Rebellions You Can Start Today | Escape Adulthood with Kim & Jason https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2011-01-23/hot-mama-turns-off-tv-to-start-living-dream.html/comment-page-1#comment-360397 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:01:06 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=11546#comment-360397 […] Turn off your TV and go outside. […]

]]> By: Jason https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2011-01-23/hot-mama-turns-off-tv-to-start-living-dream.html/comment-page-1#comment-344278 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:17:22 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=11546#comment-344278 In reply to Marnie.

Holy cow. You must be a glutton for punishment (I mean self improvement :)

]]> By: Marnie https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2011-01-23/hot-mama-turns-off-tv-to-start-living-dream.html/comment-page-1#comment-344270 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:59:01 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=11546#comment-344270 In reply to Jason.

Haven’t started the t.v. one yet but Monday I start my “no sugar” challenge. Yikes!

]]> By: Jason https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2011-01-23/hot-mama-turns-off-tv-to-start-living-dream.html/comment-page-1#comment-344263 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:21:54 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=11546#comment-344263 In reply to Marnie.

Holy cow! Tough challenge, Marnie! How’s it going so far?

]]> By: Marnie https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2011-01-23/hot-mama-turns-off-tv-to-start-living-dream.html/comment-page-1#comment-343914 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:20:03 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=11546#comment-343914 Turning the t.v. off for 21 days is one of the personal challenges I have lined up for myself on my blog. It seems like it’s going to be one of the tougher challenges even though I don’t watch very much. I LOVE a good sit-com and laughing out loud. I’ll miss that!

]]> By: Jason https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2011-01-23/hot-mama-turns-off-tv-to-start-living-dream.html/comment-page-1#comment-343876 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:37:22 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=11546#comment-343876 In reply to Ali Manning.

I’m sure you probably do feel out of the loop sometimes, Ali. But I’ve found that even without watching TV, you eventually become aware of the important stuff. And the rest of the other stuff, isn’t. Thanks for hangign out with us here!

]]> By: Jason https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2011-01-23/hot-mama-turns-off-tv-to-start-living-dream.html/comment-page-1#comment-343875 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:35:04 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=11546#comment-343875 In reply to Josh Bulloc.

We’re in the same boat, Josh. A lot of our favorites have gone off the air (Ed, Scrubs, Arrested Development, Numbers, etc.) and it has turned out to be an unexpected benefit, as we now have fewer shows competing for our attention. Fortunately, we haven’t added a ton of shows to replace them, which is the key :)

]]> By: Jason https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2011-01-23/hot-mama-turns-off-tv-to-start-living-dream.html/comment-page-1#comment-343874 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:32:35 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=11546#comment-343874 In reply to Beto.

Yeah, Kim and I have had a mantra lately of quality over quantity. We don’t want a lot of stuff cluttering the place up, but we’d like for the stuff we do have to be nice :)

]]> By: Jason https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2011-01-23/hot-mama-turns-off-tv-to-start-living-dream.html/comment-page-1#comment-343873 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:30:47 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=11546#comment-343873 In reply to Michelle.

Why not try writing them all down, putting them in a hat, and picking one out? That could be super fun!

]]> By: Jason https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2011-01-23/hot-mama-turns-off-tv-to-start-living-dream.html/comment-page-1#comment-343872 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:28:49 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=11546#comment-343872 In reply to Vanessa.

The weather report s a weird thing to be addicted to, but at least that’s better than the other stuff usually on the news. Nightmare fodder if you ask me! :)

]]> By: Ali Manning https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2011-01-23/hot-mama-turns-off-tv-to-start-living-dream.html/comment-page-1#comment-343864 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:09:30 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=11546#comment-343864 I love this idea – stop watching other people make their dreams comes true and get off the couch to pursue your own.

I find most of these shows totally unrealistic. They never spur people to real action. Oftentimes they make it look too easy – a whole house get renovated in a 30 minute show with the help of oodles of money and a crew. I have friends who are addicted to cooking shows, but never cook at home – go figure? Sometimes it’s easier to watch others do things than invest the hard work and time to make it happen for ourselves. And is it really in the interests of the shows and advertisers for us to turn off the TV set and go pursue these dreams anyway? They want us to keep coming back for more.

I haven’t watched TV for years now and while I sometimes feel out of the loop when my friends are talking about the latest show or funny ad, I don’t sweat it too much. I prefer to spend my evenings reading books or other online resources, such as great blogs like this one :)

]]> By: Josh Bulloc https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2011-01-23/hot-mama-turns-off-tv-to-start-living-dream.html/comment-page-1#comment-343838 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:22:58 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=11546#comment-343838 I am not one of those people that mindlessly watches TV but I have to admit that I get addicted to certain shows (like Lost). This last year some of my favorite shows ended and I was excited because I could feel free from needing to watch them. Now I have only 1 show I watch each week. To keep myself entertained I now read books; they are so much better because I can pick them up or put them down when I wish.

Josh Bulloc
Kansas City, MO
How can I help?

]]> By: Beto https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2011-01-23/hot-mama-turns-off-tv-to-start-living-dream.html/comment-page-1#comment-343834 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:32:56 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=11546#comment-343834 After decades of resisting keeping up with the TV Joneses, we finally upgraded to a nice HD set last Christmas. However, I didn’t use to watch much TV before that, and I still don’t, since I need all the free time I can get after work, gym and family to make my dream of building a comic and span a new career out of that come true – just like you did, in a way. :)

However this also means that when I decide to watch something on TV -most likely, a movie- I’m setting out that time to really enjoy whatever I’m going to watch and the quality of our new TV, which makes it all more worthwhile.

]]> By: Michelle https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2011-01-23/hot-mama-turns-off-tv-to-start-living-dream.html/comment-page-1#comment-343814 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 03:10:25 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=11546#comment-343814 Exactly the thought that has most recently been in my head! Now just to narrow down all the ideas itching to get out of me so that I can start somewhere!

]]> By: Vanessa https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2011-01-23/hot-mama-turns-off-tv-to-start-living-dream.html/comment-page-1#comment-343808 Sun, 23 Jan 2011 23:52:57 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=11546#comment-343808 I couldn’t agree more! It is good to not feel bound by the box. My hubby is addicted to the nightly weather report, but thankfully it only goes for 10 minutes and helps us decide which dream to follow that week (surfing, homemaking, hosting guests, travel …)

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