Week Long Fast From Television

Many of you know I am writing a book on Christian Disciplines and currently focusing on the Discipline of Simplicity. One of the topics that keeps coming up is my television and how does it fit into living simply. I personally hate the thing deep down or at least I want to. At the same time I fall into the same trap as many others do in that, I sit down to watch one thing and end up watching three, or I want to keep up with the weather since we just had hurricane Fay blow through so I watch all day. I wrote everyday with the television on during Fay and read most of what I had scheduled to read, but it was always there staring back at me.

The other factor is, I home school our two sons and they started back today. They are not allowed to play video games during the week while school is in session. To them I should have just taken food. Summer was a time of fun and relaxation but now is the time to pay the price of learning. The seven year old gets it but the five year old does not. So I am fasting from one of the things I like to help them understand why we give things up.

I will keep you updated as to my progress and feelings on the whole thing. So far I have done fine, but I assume it is like any fast; the first day is always the easiest.