Hi, my name is Mikki and I am a recovering TV addict. As a child, my family lived in the country and only had an antenna. We got 6 channels on a good day, 3 if it stormed. There wasn’t that much to watch so it wasn’t a problem. Fast forward to college and I was let loose into a dorm with cable television and a lot of time on my hands. Suddenly the colorful world of television was at my fingertips. I watched hour upon hour of any show I thought was remotely interesting.

As I got older and got more responsibilities, my television watching kept up, just after work and weekends. The screen was constantly lit up. When I got pregnant (and sicker than a dog), the television was a great distraction. Those early months of maternity leave were spent binge watching shows on Netflix. But then Mac got old enough to start paying attention to the television and I knew something had to change. So I came up with my rule about electronics.