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From Television Addict To Book Addict
Around the middle of last year, I made a life changing decision. I realized I was watching too much television and it was affecting me in a negative way. I was recording over twenty shows per season on my DVR cable box. This would require me to watch for to five hours of shows every day. I became more and more frustrated and irritable. I would just shut out the rest of the world and watch TV. This all changed when I started reading again. I have always loved to read. I used to be a very avid reader. However, life got in the way and I stopped reading. Most of the books I was reading either applied to work or my gaming hobby. However, books that really made me stop and think, ones that made me question what I really knew; none. One of the first books that got me fired up was “The Epic of Gilgamesh”. Being a Dungeons & Dragons player, this classic piece of literature really hit home for me. Here was a fantastic tale that stimulated my creativity and made me ask questions about what I knew. It was the first time I realized other…