Jessica McFarland

I don’t relax enough. I work regular hours at a job I get paid for, and then I come home and usually do more work, for which I don’t get paid.

I realised it was starting to wear on me, making me pessimistic and stressed out and generally not a fantastic person.

I used to know how to relax, I’m sure of it. One day I decided to seriously think about it. When I used to relax, I mean, seriously relax, de-stress, forget about everything, what was I doing?

Reading a book? Books are lovely and I adore them, but they aren’t enough to hold my attention if I have a lot going on.
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So, I don’t have a television set.

(That’s about to change.)

I had so many reasons, good, sane reasons for not owning a TV:

• I don’t want to shell out £145.50 for a TV license fee (and I’m too aware of my foreign national status to wilfully flaunt authority).
• I live in a tiny flat, and it would take up space that I can ill afford.
• I own many films that I can watch on my computer for free.
• Not owning a TV is often seen as some nebulous moral high road. I’m not sure why, but it definitely is.

But mostly,

• There’s never anything on! Unless you count “Dumb, Hare-lipped and Pregnant” and other shows of that ilk.

And yet, I’m getting a TV anyway.
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