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By Melanie
Bowden When you think about other activities (sex, sleep, playing with your kids, hobbies) that you're giving up by watching television, it can be an eye-opener. Julie Morgenstern, the author of, Time Management from the Inside Out, has found in her work as a professional organizer that TV and e-mail are the biggest time suckers. "You need
to step back and look at your big picture goals," she says.
"What activities fit into your goals regarding family, career,
friendship? You may find that watching TV does fit in - maybe discussing
a particular programme with your kids helps in developing that relationship.
It just needs to be a conscious choice that connects with your values."
Morgenstern suggests you keep a TV journal for a week and also use
a technique called time mapping. A time map is a visual diagram of your schedule. On a calendar, block out time for different activities and see if TV fits in. After a week, analyse your relationship to TV and the other tasks you want to do. Some questions to ask yourself: "What's the value of TV watching?, What am I getting out of it?, and What would I rather be doing?" Don't make if easy to be a potato. Instead of being a passive watcher, Morgenstern advises a more proactive approach. "Fill your time with things you cherish," she says. "You should have a plan in place for your time and don't watch beyond what you've planned. When your show is over, turn the TV off." There are also ways to make TV watching harder. Most of us arrange our living room furniture around the TV. Kathy Fetsko Petrie, a writer and mother of three who watches less than a half hour a day, suggests you put the TV away in a cabinet or a back room. Then arrange your couches and chairs for conversation and reading. You may see TV watching as a way to decompress after your day. Since studies have shown that watching television doesn't lower your stress level, and in fact may increase it, you're better off trying other activities. Could you do something that is more relaxing like yoga, reading, or listening to music? Black wins out in respectful fashion By Hadley
Freeman Showing respect
through fashion seemed to mean the same thing to most actresses:
a long black dress. The result
being that when Oscar winners Catherine Zeta Jones and Nicole Kidman
posed next to each other, the former wearing a double-strapped,
long, black empire dress, the latter in a Gaultier couture black
column, with three straps at the right shoulder, it looked as if
they were wearing the same frock, but that one of them had put it
on incorrectly. Tim Robbins
opted for a black tuxedo - adding gravitas to the peace signs he
flashed at waiting paparazzi. Best of the
night, though, was Cameron Diaz who, in a beautiful pleated Prada
gown, showed that long and black needn't look unoriginal. Not everyone felt the need to show their respect in black. Renee Zellweger
opted for red in a beaded, backless Caroline Herrera number, and
Jennifer Lopez decided the evening called for a sheet, beaded and
dyed green, wrapped about her like a toga. Although Julianne Moore
lost out on awards, she can be consoled that she was one of the
most beautiful sights of the evening in an emerald, ruffled YSL
dress. But let's hope it's back to normal next year.
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