A while back, I remember seeing this bumper sticker for the first time. It was when I was a kid, and the message totally made me roll my eyes:

The bumper sticker was on the back of some hippie-mobile and I imagined the owner was some outdoorsy granola with a little goatee and a lot of body odor.

At the time, I watched a lot of TV. So I figured the “Kill Your Television” statement was extreme, to say the least. I thought, “What’s wrong with watching a little TV? Sure, it slowly sucks my life away … but what’s the harm in that?”

Anyway, fast forward a few years and now I don’t even own a television. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not some snob with a big head and lots of opinions. But maybe there is something to that bumper sticker I saw all those years ago. If you don’t believe me, then check out this cool example from history….

In 1666, when he was 24-years old, Isaac Newton was spending his summer out in the country. (As it turns out, he was avoiding the city at that moment because people were dying from the plague.) Without any television or other distractions, Newton ended up having a perfectly enjoyable time. Over that summer, he checked off a few things from his to-do list … like:

• Developing calculus
• Coming up with a theory on the movement of light
• Writing his famous “Theory of Gravity” (which revolutionized physics)

All of that because … well, because he unplugged his TV. And that got Newton’s brain buzzing. So, now that the summer has finally arrived, what amazing stuff do you have up your sleeve?