it depends on the day, and what you mean by “watching”
i often have a show on in the background while i work, i can actually replay the same show a few times in a day if i want to … just to get shit done. i like the background noise of people talking. it kinda makes it like i am working at an actual office. this is one of the things i learned about myself when Hunter was very small and our lives turned upside down.
i *like* the background noise of other people existing while i work.
there is a trick to it though. it’s best if the tv is in another room. and it’s best if it is a talk show format… they are very formulaic and the rhythm of the tune in, tune out, music makes for a real … sort of … metronome type of background rhythm that helps the day pass productively.
anyway … because of this … some days, like yesterday, i could “watch” tv for like 9 straight hours. but really i am not watching much of it at all. i might tune in for a moment here or a break to eat there. but for all intents and purposes, it is just background noise. it has been since the isolation of the youngBun times. it’s the illusion of other people being around.
makes the voices i hear seem less crazy 😉