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I got a chuckle from reading this article. I have been through this many times.

Here is what I did that was successful (in the shorterm), but it is drastic.

I took the TV out of the main room and put it in the closet. This was a big deal as it is a big TV. My goal was not only to eventually cancel cable but to stop watching TV.

I lasted for 3 weeks and then a big sporting match was coming on that I JUST HAD TO SEE! I hadn’t yet canceled the cable…it was still active.

So, I set it all back up.

My experiment lasted 3 weeks and I realized how much time is available when TV is not.

Now, like you, I’m back to my LOST addiction and many other shows.

But I will do this again in the near future as I really found a different kind of life without TV.

@tehnyit – I think loading myself with tasks is what really made me realize I should cancel cable. It has been distracting me and the family from better avenues of fun and productivity.

This is not the same situation as you are in, but the idea of loading yourself up with tasks that you enjoy doing is usually a good way of getting away from the TV habit. In my situation, I found that spending the time with my family was certainly a much better way of spending my time.

Good luck!

With digital TV, I get a reliable signal from the attic antenna, and the picture is crisp and clear. With rabbit ears, I get drop-outs. YMMV, depending on your distance from the transmitting tower, stuff that’s between you and the tower, and stuff that’s around you generating ghosts.

Beth felt that the anti-spam box was fixed. Seems about the same to me. In Firefox, there’s a pale green background. The other boxes, such as for my name, have a visible gray border. The anti-spam box where I’m to type in the anti-spam word does not have one, rather its background is white, but the contrast between it and the pale green background is low.