Binge-watching has built a stigma that absolutely turns me
off, the potato chip stigma, as Stevie would say. This automatically had me
under the impression that as a student- athlete there was no possible way I
could partake in this real time trend. Binge-watching is for people without
agendas, who have time to waste, and no other priority than class, social life,
and maybe a mindless job. Inevitably, I found out I was very wrong over spring
break. My plans to road trip to Florida failed and that left me to an empty
apartment and Netflix. I began to binge-watch gossip girl…Yep, guilty…
Mindlessly watching TV makes me feel lazy and somewhat
anxious. But making this connection about binge-watching in class was a slight
epiphany. Binge-watching on Netdflix meant I was in control and I was CHOOSING
to watch 5 episodes a day because for once I had a reason to use my down time
for something I WANTED to do. Watching TV means surfing through channels and
mindlessly wasting my time. With Netflix I felt like I was accomplishing
something. I was making it through 3 seasons in one week. Gossip girl, a show I
thought I would never enjoy became a “what is going to happen next” phenomena.
I got satisfaction out of thinking about what would happen next and being
right! I’ve never been the person that had to watch a show every Tuesday night
at 7. That would mean the show had control over me. Through Netflix I
controlled when I would watch the next episode and exactly what episode I would
stop, take a break, and let the suspense build. So yeah, its mind boggling… I
enjoy watching a TV series and letting it consume my day as long as I am
control when and which season…
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