Comments on: How Olympic binge-watching can help you live a more fulfilling life

By: Ana

Ana — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:22:09 +0000

The Olympics brings up all kinds of nostalgic memories about childhood & summer for me. Its been a LONG TIME since I’ve watched them (2000?) due to various all-consuming life stages. I’ll have to figure out how to stream coverage from my computer this year so we can watch together.
I don’t know if I would say that you “find the time” and then can fill it with something else fun when you are done with the binge-watching. I think I am more likely to take the time from something else temporarily and then have to give that time back. But maybe you are right. Hmmm. Maybe I’ll track my time this August and see…

By: lauravanderkam

lauravanderkam — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 15:08:03 +0000

In reply to Jennie Evans.

@Jennie – I generally don’t watch much TV – I know that from my time logs – but in my case, the situation is worse. I know all the characters and actors because I’m reading stupid magazine and web articles about them. So I’m not even getting the benefit of watching the TV shows themselves! How awful is that? 🙂

By: Jennie Evans

Jennie Evans — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 21:47:14 +0000

Love a beautiful gymnastics routine. Probably because I’m not very flexible myself I am in awe of others. But besides Olympic viewing the other day a friend and I were talking about tv and I said that I didn’t watch much tv. Then as we were talking and I had seen every show she was talking about… I realized maybe I do. I may go weeks with no tv viewing, but a long night up with a sick kid may have me literally binge watching for 6 hours. Or maybe I have a sinus infection and I’m stuck home, or any number of events occur and bam! So once I started thinking about it I probably watch 15-20 hours a month. Guess I do watch a good bit of tv after all.

By: June

June — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 20:42:03 +0000

I’m also looking forward to watching the Olympics (likely streaming from the web) with my kids. I haven’t been into the Olympics since I was a child, and now I will watch with my two elementary schoolers, who have their own budding athletic dreams.

By: lauravanderkam

lauravanderkam — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 19:56:52 +0000

In reply to SHU.

@SHU – I’m hoping I can hook the toddler on Olympic watching so we can watch it from 5:30-7:30 A.M. instead of Thomas the Train. I also had a young child in the summer of 2012 whose sleep was somewhat questionable and — funny that! — I have another one now. One of the highlights of attending a conference in the summer of 2012 was the ability to go back to my hotel room at night and just watch HOURS of Olympic coverage, knowing if I went to bed at midnight I could set my alarm for 7:30 A.M. and *no one would wake me up before then.* Ah… Maybe I need to find a good long conference in August this year 🙂

By: SHU

SHU — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 19:14:58 +0000

I’m SO excited for the summer Olympics this year, because I actually feel like it’s the first time in years I actually DO have time to watch them! 2008 was residency (ugh) and 2012 I had a newborn and every moment of sleep counted. This year I want us all to snuggle up to some gymnastics, swimming, and track! I LOOOOOOVE Simone Biles, by the way. Just unbelievable.