Just cancel that shit. I did it about a year ago and I now I wonder why I ever paid to have all that crap piped into my house.
I used to be a big TV watcher, in the winter of 2012-13 I spent a large chunk of time parked on the couch watching sports, movies, series, news.... everything it could mash into my blank face (it was a period of post-break up reflection).
Since I stopped watching TV (not just Sky, all broadcast TV) last May I've rediscovered the joy of reading, of walking, the cinema, I took up running, I started learning guitar. I make up own mind up about current events. I have no fucking idea what the royal family are up to.
I don't understand where I found the time to watch 3 hours of TV a day, twice that on weekends.
I moved into a new flat last May and it wasn't straightforward how I could get an aerial feed into my room. After about 6 weeks I realised I didn't miss TV so I made the leap.
TV is an out-dated medium anyway, like newspapers. Consign it to history.
I still own a smashing Samsung LED TV and indeed still pay the licence fee. I like watching movies and some big series like Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones (although I'm getting bored of the latter) but it adds up to about an hour or two a week. Anything that features Stewart Lee or Charlie Brooker will not be missed.
When I see the news or adverts or the reality shows the style and content is almost indistinguishable from the dystopian broadcasts imagined in Total Recall and RoboCop. It's mental.
So if you want to save money on your TV bill just cancel it. Cancel SKY, bin BT, fuck netflix. It's scary when you think of what you'll do for all those hours. Don't worry. You'll find a hobby, a new passion, rediscover an old one.
Personally I took up running and I'm in the shape of my life physically and mentally.
Join us.
