can’t live without it?
This guy at my job asked me the other day how I can live without cable.
And the thing about it was, he was asking that question incredulously. As if I was the first person he’s ever met that doesn’t pay for cable. Wow. Perhaps I am. He was absolutely shocked that I never got into watching the So.pranos, and that our other co-worker doesn’t have the channel that created it. I could see if he were shocked that I said something like I never have dessert, or I don’t have running water in my house, but come on, it’s just cable.
You know how I live without cable? I watch whatever channels I can see on my television. I read blogs on the internet. I read the news, I check message boards. I spend quality time with my honey. I read books and magazine articles. I call my friends and family to talk. I visit people.
I think my life is actually pretty normal. I just happen to have an extra $100 in my pocket every month that my co-worker and many other cable subscribers don’t have.
I’m not anti-television or anti-cable, per se. I’m just pro-debt reduction and pro-savings. I can afford to pay for cable, if I want it. I just would rather do something more useful with my money, that’s all. Especially while I’m still in the battle against revolving debt, and dreaming about having my own home. I’m sure I’ll subscribe to some kind of cable service at some point - maybe one of those dishes, even. But I’ve got too much going on in my life to be worried about TV.
