There are so many reality TV shows where you can watch other people do what you want to do. On the shows, people lose weight, get a job, start a business, become a top singer or model, find a spouse or countless other activities. You can waste precious hours each day watching other people live their dream or follow their heart. It doesn’t stop there, most people that watch reality TV, continue to watch the same shows season after season. You can literally sit on your couch for years watching other people live their lives while your life is passing before your eyes.
The Biggest Loser
My wife enjoys watching “the Biggest Loser” because it makes her feel good that people are doing something positive with their life. There are cases of people who have been on diabetes medication all their lives and now can all of a sudden get off the medication because they no longer need it. There are people who can hardly walk up the stairs to their houses and now can run up staircases at work. The show is inspirational and we should all take a lesson from it. The lesson I suggest taking is a little different from what most people would think at first. My favourite part of the show is when someone is kicked off and they show him or her 6 months later after having lost an additional 100 pounds. The most inspirational part is seeing what people can do on their own if they are determined, not what people can do while being pushed on public television.
The Lesson: Do It For Yourself
So take that lesson from the show. You are not on TV and you’re not competing for a prize. Everything you do is for yourself, your health and your happiness. So get off the couch and start doing what you want to do instead of watching others do it.