Why You Should Stop Watching TV? According to some researches, the average American watch the TV about 5 hours per day. This means a great amount of time wasted in one single day. For that reason, this text will show why people should avoid watching TV. First, watching TV do not stimulate activity in one’s brain. In fact, it slow down your brain activity owing to the fact that the more pictures in movement one sees the less creativity one develop. Second, it is countless the number of advertisements put on TV. An average program last 1 hour which means approximately 20 minutes of advertisement. Not only viewers would spend time watching their favorite series, but they have to bear the commercials. Third, TV sensationalize everything. The news and realities barely show people crying, fighting or sexual content. Lastly, many viewers would unconsciously link TV with lower life satisfaction. Getting to know the successful life of famous sportsmen, singers and actors creates envy on people which wonder why their life is not as well as theirs. Moreover, showing on a daily basis people facing critical problems just creates a sense of unfairness on people. I have been avoiding watching TV for almost a year. Although, I needed to do so for learning purposes that involves training English and Portuguese listening skills. However, it seems to me that now I have more time to do other activities.