How much time do you waste playing candy crush? Watching TV? Playing video games?
Do these hobbies make you happy? Or just content? Could you be doing something else with your time?
Did you know the average American adult will end up spending 9 years of their life watching TV?
Did you know that video games and TV are linked to obesity and disease?
Did you know that studies show people who watch TV are less happy?
They say that people who do not watch alot of TV have their own opinions and perspectives of the world, which causes ease and happiness. People that watch alot of TV are biased to the negativity they have spend hours listening to, which makes them feel out of control of their society and unhappy. Crazy huh?!
Study from Harvard:
"...Television is still the most widely-viewed screen worldwide, but these TV habits are part of a larger trend: Globally, people are spending more time sitting at work and at home, and there’s mounting evidence that this “sit time” is a major contributor to the obesity epidemic. Sedentary activities—not only TV watching, but also working at desk jobs, using computers, playing video games, driving cars, and the like—burn few calories and may replace more active pursuits. Increasingly, though, there’s evidence that watching TV—and, especially, watching junk food ads on TV—promotes obesity by changing mainly what and how much people eat, less so by changing how much they move.
Research conducted at Harvard first linked TV watching to obesity more than 25 years ago. Since then, extensive research has confirmed the link between TV viewing and obesity in children and adults, in countries around the world. And there’s good evidence that cutting back on TV time can help with weight control—part of the reason why many organizations recommend that children and teens limit TV/media time to no more than two hours per day. This article briefly outlines the research on how TV viewing and other sedentary activities contribute to obesity risk, and why reducing screen time and sedentary time are important targets for obesity prevention..."
CAN WE DO WHAT WE LOVE AND STAY HAPPY & HEALTHY?!
WE HAVE 2 CHOICES:
1. LIMIT the time spent on these things - is your time throughout your week being spent evenly? Make the time spent on television and candy crush equal the other aspects of your life like family, friends, charity, alone time, work, fitness, nutrition, reading, and sports...
Eg. Now, I only play candy crush until I run out of 5 lives, and I only watch 30 minutes - 1 hour of TV per day.
OR
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