damn....i'm really lazy

I have recently discovered that I live my day-to-day not by the hours on the clock but by the number of episodes of Game of Thrones I can get through from the moment I wake, to the moment I sleep.

           
 I hadn’t realized until now that the majority of short-term goals I have set myself are based solely around the consumption of screen culture; the only things I wish to achieve by the end of the day/week/month is to have completed a television series or a director’s filmography. Now either I am slightly more abnormal than most, or the convenience of downloadable media (i.e. TV and movies) its progressively diminishing our ability to achieve things we might otherwise be inclined to achieve. Honestly…. what were we all doing before the advent of DVDs, computers/laptops, flat screens and IMAX theatres? I have nearly forgotten what a person can do with their spare time without the use of these things. I hate to say it, but I think I would be a whole lot more productive Uni-wise, maybe even take up recreational reading, or teach myself to knit.

         
   My laptop has found a home on my bedside table (along with my IPhone), and is ALWAYS, without fail, the last thing I use before I endeavor to sleep. Watching movies and/or television on my laptop has become a fundamental part of my everyday, and I fear that without the intake of some sort of media at the end of my day I will become knowingly aware and upset over the situation. The worst part of this realization is that now, having learnt this horrible trait, I don’t even feel compelled to change it; I don’t believe any concerted effort will be made on my part to instill a change of ways.