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a wider range of expression, without a nervous preoc-
cupation with coming off like a man’s man.
I also started noticing how much we seem to love
vulnerability in others but don’t trust it in ourselves.
But we can learn to trust it!
Just a little at first. Then we can build that vulner-
ability until we’re not afraid to open up into an ever-
widening spectrum of self-revelation. By losing face, we
connect to the real excitement of life. And what if I don’t
always come off as an indifferent man’s man? Frankly,
my dear, I don’t give a damn.
22. Kill your television
My brother used to own a T-shirt store and one of
the most popular shirts for sale said, “Kill Your Televi-
sion.” I bought that T-shirt with the picture of a TV be-
ing blown up. It still makes people nervous to look at it
when I wear it today.
You can actually change your life by turning off your
television. Maybe just one evening a week, to start with.
What would happen if you stopped trying to find life in
other people’s shows and let your own life become the
show you got hooked on?
Cutting down on television is sometimes terrifying
to the electronically addicted, but don’t be afraid. You
can detox slowly. If you’re watching too much televi-
sion and you know it, you might find it useful to ask
this one question: “Which side of the glass do I want to
live on?”
When you are watching television you are watching
other people do what they love doing for a living. Those
people are on the smart side of the glass, because they
are having fun, and you are passively watching them
have fun. They are getting money, and you are not.