http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/health/research/20happy.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Turn off the tube!
I was addicted to television for a good part of my life. I remember getting to college and having increasing amounts of connection and fun and realized at one point, my sophomore year that...wait-a-minute...I hadn't watched TV in months! AND my life was actually better.
It's sad now, to think how surprised I was by that, but keeping the tube out of sight has only led to positivity in my days.
Now, if I could just break myself of Mtv's online episodes of "My New BFF" or "The Hills." I know. It's embarrassing.