After just a little more than a week with an xacto blade under the television set, I've noticed the following results:
1) My partner's tv viewing habits have not shown signs of significant change. He prefers comic book inspired shows and a little sci-fi, never news or other kinds of programming. He'll often practice the guitar, or do other tasks like change strings or catch up on musician discussion forums while the tv plays. The only noticeable change is a slight increase in attention to the latter kinds of activities while the shows are on, that I've observed.
2) I've been getting sleepy early, sometimes up to an hour before I normally would before bedtime. I usually see about 1.5 to 2 hours of whatever he has on tv between the time I get home from work and bedtime. I almost always bring a book into bed and read it. I'm pretty good at blocking out the "noise" - like I can turn the distraction dial down in my head. Partly from living with a musician for nearly 30 years (he may need to actively listen to himself go through "In the Mood" or somesuch 500 times, but I certainly don't), partly from working backstage in theater (after seeing and hearing a show a dozen times one learns quickly to simply listen for the cues for the other 32 or so performances 6 nights a week, unless it's really, really good). I'm sure it seeps in at the edges, though. My sleepiness is a new thing since placing the blade.
FWIW, past habits around night time tv viewing (the only time it's turned on in our house) vary from night to night. A good one third of nights, he will be out on a gig until bedtime, so no tv. Unless there happens to be a good British mystery on PBS or something like that - that's aboout I'll watch of my own volition. Or a nature show featuring crows or insects- I'll turn the sound off and just watch those!
Now putting a blade on the router...I'm encountering some interesting internal resistance to that! Which probably means I should do it.
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Date: 2018-05-19 02:34 am (UTC)After just a little more than a week with an xacto blade under the television set, I've noticed the following results:
1) My partner's tv viewing habits have not shown signs of significant change. He prefers comic book inspired shows and a little sci-fi, never news or other kinds of programming. He'll often practice the guitar, or do other tasks like change strings or catch up on musician discussion forums while the tv plays. The only noticeable change is a slight increase in attention to the latter kinds of activities while the shows are on, that I've observed.
2) I've been getting sleepy early, sometimes up to an hour before I normally would before bedtime. I usually see about 1.5 to 2 hours of whatever he has on tv between the time I get home from work and bedtime. I almost always bring a book into bed and read it. I'm pretty good at blocking out the "noise" - like I can turn the distraction dial down in my head. Partly from living with a musician for nearly 30 years (he may need to actively listen to himself go through "In the Mood" or somesuch 500 times, but I certainly don't), partly from working backstage in theater (after seeing and hearing a show a dozen times one learns quickly to simply listen for the cues for the other 32 or so performances 6 nights a week, unless it's really, really good). I'm sure it seeps in at the edges, though. My sleepiness is a new thing since placing the blade.
FWIW, past habits around night time tv viewing (the only time it's turned on in our house) vary from night to night. A good one third of nights, he will be out on a gig until bedtime, so no tv. Unless there happens to be a good British mystery on PBS or something like that - that's aboout I'll watch of my own volition. Or a nature show featuring crows or insects- I'll turn the sound off and just watch those!
Now putting a blade on the router...I'm encountering some interesting internal resistance to that! Which probably means I should do it.