Stop Watching TV to Get More Done

The answer I give to everyone who asks me, “How do you do it?”

Desiree Peralta
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6 min readDec 9, 2024

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“I’ve read 80 books this year,” I told Claudia, one of my long-term besties. She opened her eyes as if I had told her the secret formula for happiness.

“That’s impossible; you have no life outside your library, then,” she joked. “My goal was to read five books, but I don’t think I’ll be able to even get to three. I don’t have your time.”

She was wrong. I don’t have all the time in the world. I have a small business and create content for different platforms. I go to the gym, go out with my friends on the weekends, and get a good eight hours of sleep. Sometimes, I feel I don’t have time for myself to breathe.

However, there is one small detail that differentiates me from Claudia. She watches too much TV.

“So, did you see that the last season of Too Hot Too Handle came out?” I responded to her, looking for the confirmation I had already imagined.

“OF COURSE! I watched all the episodes last night; I almost couldn’t get up for work today because I stayed up late.”

There you go.

Most people who “don’t have time to do something” have time to watch videos.

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Desiree Peralta
Desiree Peralta

Written by Desiree Peralta

Turning ideas into reality. Programmer by profession, Writer by passion. Finance and business advice. | Weekly money advice https://dessyperalt.substack.com/

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