Tomorrow marks my 9th blogiversary! This has been a stressful year, but a year of growth as well. I found a writing group I meet with at least once a month, if not weekly, and I’ve been reading more than ever.

The last few weeks I’ve challenged myself to try cutting back on T.V. in the evenings. I went a full week and a half only having the television on as I was getting ready for work in the morning, so I still knew what was going on with the weather and traffic, and then another two weeks only turning it on in the evening once I was really ready to settle down & not still trying to work on something. To my surprise, I did not find the quiet spooky, and on nights when I had tasks to accomplish, I got through more of them more quickly without the distraction. I also realized that social media is an even bigger time-suck than I imagined; I’d been blaming the combination of it with T.V. for keeping me distracted for such big chunks of time, but now I am very aware it can eat up nearly an hour of my time all by itself.

I’m not sure that this experiment will cause me to make any major changes in the long run (Only Murders in the Building does come back this week, after all), but I do think it’s something I’ll keep in mind for those weeks I feel more overwhelmed or want to try to get ahead.