Wednesday, April 26, 2006
E for Effort.
So
Adbusters run a few different campaigns and I've been thinking about them quite a bit in a quest to inspect the "other side" of the coin. The first is their annual
Buy Nothing Day in November. The second is an annual
TV Turnoff Week that began on Monday.
My TV's been off (and on) a few times since Monday and thinking back to years past (when I actually did unplug the tube for a week) it is obvious that somewhere along the line I missed the point. You see, with the TV off I would spend more time socializing with friends and/or going for coffee, going to a pub, dining, shopping or buying tickets for shows, museums, galleries or galas -- something different each day.
"That's great!" I would proudly proclaim... "I survived a whole week without watching the damn TV. Gold Star."I found it easier still to participate in Buy Nothing Day. I would just sit at home and watch TV for the day. No problem!
"That's great!" I would proudly proclaim... "I survived a whole day without spending any money. Gold Star."Thinking about how keen I used to be to
Buy Nothing and
Turn Off TV makes me think about
21st Century Living:
Can you supersize ambition?
Does that make you ambitious if you supersize ambition?
Around here, our ambition hurts more than it helps
Around here our ambition throws an non-perishable item in a donation bin at Christmas
And it pats itself on the f'n back because it thinks it's done something decent
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