Yes, I spent an entire month of the summer watching 5 seasons of Friday Night Lights, but hey–I sold an essay about it so there’s a good justification right there.
In all seriousness, I felt guilty about the time I was spending in the fictional world of Dillon, Texas, but then I realized all the tedious tasks I accomplished while I watched. I’m decent at multi-tasking and I simply cannot just sit and stare into a screen.
What did I do during those 76 (or so) episodes? Read about it on The Mid!
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Nina Badzin hosts the top 1% podcast Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship. She's been writing about friendship since 2014 and has had friendship advice in NPR, WSJ, Real Simple Magazine, The Daily Skim, The Guardian, The Telegraph UK, Time Magazine, and elsewhere.
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