My spring break binge

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…