Like a freight train, I moved on, shifting instead into the latest season of Cobra Kai, which I'm loving for its heart and, of course, the martial arts action.Įarlier this week, I pulled up Bill & Ted Face the Music, the 2020 sequel to the Bill & Ted movie series. I immediately felt uncomfortable with the editing and visuals, both of which work hard to imitate anime rather than be their own thing. I loved the Cowboy Bebop anime, but 10 minutes into the live-action Netflix series, I stopped it. I've already started practicing my new approach. "Life's too short for " is a cliche, but it's a meaningful one. As devastating news on the pandemic and climate change piles up, I become more keenly aware of the scarcity of time. I'm trying to change, because media time should be precious. I can't just skim a 50-page academic essay. I've been like this in my MFA program, too. I liked the feeling of completion, even if I didn't like the journey. I blame the fourth grade reading contest I participated in when I racked up over 60 books in a single summer and won a bike. This might partly stem from childhood, when I would start a book and then drag my way through the pages whether I liked it or not, just to be able to close the cover on the other end. Thank God Walking Dead is finally wrapping up," wrote one Reddit user. You've invested this much time watching this show, you just wanna see it end. It's like when shows that were initially good, start turning into crap. I'm not the only one who has a sunk-cost relationship with media. LifeProTips is a place where people give each other advice, and it seems this thread hit a nerve, logging nearly 42,000 upvotes and over 3,600 comments. ![]() There are too many bad movies/series out there, just start a new one or do something else." Don't feel obligated to watch them all to the end. I'd already been tossing around the idea of turning off movies, shows or series that aren't doing it for me when I came across a thread on Reddit's LifeProTips subreddit that articulated my thoughts: "LPT: Stop watching movies/series you don't like. I don't really do New Year's resolutions, but I have one for 2022, and I'm determined to keep it: I will no longer fear the stop button. I had already invested a lot of time into it, so I hung on. I watched it past the point of enjoyment, including the final season, even after it was clear to me it sucked.
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