Everyone has habits they must cease and desist. Television watching is a big one. She takes your time from you with ease. You just sit there on the couch… maybe you try to make an agreement with your TV, to only watch her for five minutes, or watch only one sports game. Soon enough, you can’t turn her away. She has lured you in. You’re hooked!

You know you shouldn’t be watching. You’ve got blog entries to write, a new product to create and promote. A non-automated business to run. Your excuses are so lame: “I’ll only watch this show”, or “This show will give me an idea for a new product”, or “It’s important to know the news”. You must cease and desist from this. I did. In fact, I don’t even have a television in my home.

At first, there may be a withdrawal period. You may have absolutely no idea what to do with yourself. You can sit down on the couch, but it’s different now. There’s no television to keep you occupied. This is good, but you don’t know it yet. Maybe you can have someone sit across from the couch and you can talk to them. Hopefully it won’t be about something on television you watched. Maybe it will be a brainstorming session about the next blog entry you’ll write, or product you’ll create.

If you’re reading this, you’re not watching television. That’s good. But don’t go back to it when you’re done reading this. Do something productive. Something you’ve been putting off for a while. Something that you know you should be doing daily.

- Aaron Brandon