Turn off TV week

Tomorrow heralds the start of an international event - Turn Off TV week (http://www.tvturnoff.org).

A study in America revealed that:

On average, children spend more time in front of the television than they do at school.
40% of Americans frequently or always watch television during dinner.

How much TV do you watch?
How does this impact on your life?

What would it take for you to turn off or reduce your television watching over the next week?

If you watch 2 hours per day, just think, you have 14 extra hours in your week to do other things.

You could take up a new hobby, try a new sport, play games with your family, go out for invigorating walks, read a new book - how do these sound?

For just one week, why don't you change your habits and do something different? Let me know how you get on.

Changing weather, changing habits

A few days ago, I was walking around in jeans and a T-shirt. It felt like spring was finally around the corner - my washing was drying on the line and the back door of my house was letting in lovely fresh air. Yet today, I wake up to snow! Now this is a rare sight in Portsmouth - where I am just a few minutes away from the water, and where it snows about one day of the year!

It is a beautiful day today - and believe me, it will last for just a day - and it has made me think about how we can change things in our lives.

We all have habits, those things we do automatically. Whether that is having a glass of wine with a meal, or making the first coffee of the day. Many people do things on autopilot when they get up in the morning and rarely think about what they are doing or why.

We all have habits, some of which are acceptable, and some which can be detrimental to our life.

What habits would you like to change?

What new habits would you like to bring into your life?

Did you know that you can change a habit in three weeks?

You might want to give something up, like a food or drink, such as chocolate, tea or alcohol, stop procrastinating, or switch off the TV in the evening for some quiet time. Or you might want to start to do something different like find time to read for 30 minutes a day, go to the gym, or schedule some play time for you. Whatever you want to do, you can change this habit.

Just start today, do something different and in three weeks, and it will become part of your life.

Take my challenge today, and let me know how you get on. Now, I am going to play in the snow!