One mistake I keep repeating is leaving my TV on as I doze off at night. Although I have the "Sleep" function, there are times I forget to activate the "Sleep" function. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night or after midnight just to turn off my TV. There are even times when my mom or dad would enter my room just to turn off my TV.
Does this happen to you also?
[question posted by dolce_vita78]
responses and comments:
I never ever leave my TV on and I dont live with my parents so they couldnt turn it off even if I did! Sometimes I wish I could fall asleep with my TV on when its cold outside and its warm in bed, on days like that I send my partner to turn it off! [angelsmummy]
It's really nice to have someone turn it off for us. happy [dolce_vita78]
im an Interior designer + a graphic & digital animater im always living with my computer therefore im not using TV most of the time but 3years before, i alwats with TV prison break, HEROES, Dr house was my favorite progs.. bt when the times come to sleep, im switchin of it & going to bed [tuanshamilfazeel]
Hi dolce... i never leave my TV on. I always turn it off before sleeping. I am very particular with my electric bill as it gets higher every month and so I give it a lot of attention. Turning off the appliance every after use is the only way to cut cost with the electricity. [Gareth126]
Thanks for reminding me on that... [dolce_vita78]
Hi, No i never leave my TV on. I always switched it off whenever i go to sleep.happy [Angelindisguise]
hi dolce, I always turn the tv off when not in use. But there was one time that I got so sleepy and I forgot to turn my tv off. The funny thing is, I woke-up in the morning with my tv still rolling. lol As much as possible I don't want to leave it on to save at least power/electricity. [danitykane]
Hi Dolce_vita, I very rarely watch tv but I am guilty of falling asleep with my reading lamp on as I quite often take a book to bed but as the TV is downstairs if on that is always switched off before I go upstairs. Huggles. Ellie :) [ellie333]
I think that I should also bring my TV out of my room so I won't be sleeping with the TV on. =) [dolce_vita78]
Hi Vita, I am not at all having this habits of leaving the television on especially in the night time, because it would make the noise and very difficult to have the good sleep. Whenever I am going to sleep I would make the confirmation that my television would be OFF or not if not OFF then I will switch off and then go to the bed for the sleep. Whenever the television is on it would gives lots of noise and sounds so it is not possible to have the nice and deep sleep especially in the night time. Most of the television would have the facility of sleeper time facility and will use that in order to avoid this situation , anyhow better to switch off the television prior to go for the sleep in the bedroom. If I am watching the games or serial or documentary films for long time then I would fixed the sleeper time in the remote and then go for the bedroom for the sleep. Have a nice day. [Binthu]
I hope I will never forget to turn off the TV before I sleep or at least activate the sleep function. [dolce_vita78]
No and never I leave the TV on when going to bed. I even make sure that the plug was removed since even if the appliance is not on, there is still small/minimal amount of electricity being used. I like to save and conserve energy, thats one value I have learned from my father. [maria1081]
I am so used to activating the sleep function everytime I turn on the TV. When I go to bed at night, I use the TV to get to sleep. So I just put it in 15 minutes and usually I am asleep before it turns off. During the days, I also set the sleep on just a few minutes after I leave the house. This way I don't have to bother turning it off as I go out the door. [bounce58]
My wife will have the television, or a DVD running via the TV, on at every opportunity - except when we go to bed. If she goes in the kitchen and leaves me in the lounge with it on, I invariably switch it off. It is there IMHO to watch things which we want to watch - specific selected programmes only. The rest of the time it can stay off. [astonysh]
usually not, but my parents have this bad habit to leave the tv on also when they go out, i think that is a bad habit because a television use power and we pay it, we have to save energy because it's good for the earth environment, and a television on for all the day, expecially old television, can burn and let all hte house burn. so i don't leave the television on when i go out. [codris]
Hi codris: You have made me remember that, when my mom waits for my dad's arrival at night she waits watching tv and sometimes she fell asleep while she is watching tv. For me it's a funny scene because my mom seems like a little girl at this moment trying to keep herself awake. Thanks for your answer codris. Hope you are having a nice day. Happy new Year and Keep Mylotting. Take Care. -Alvaro. [starsailover]
Hi dolce_vita78, I have my tv downstaires and normally have it on all the time for company while I am on my computer, we have a tv in our bedroom also where my hubby Watches it a lot but then he switch it of when going to sleep. Tamara [tamarafireheart]
I don't sleep with the tv on. My daughter does this every night. I don't bother to cut it off any more. She can no longer sleep without it. [giftsandbagscom]
Hi dolce vita: It use to happened when i was a teen but thanks to my mommy and daddy complains i stop doing that. I remember that I didn't like that they were angry with me because of that because to me this was like a stupid mistake, just as leave the room without closing the door or to let the lights on but it was necessary. Well sometimes i admit that i leave my stereo on but it's not something regular now. Thanks for asking me this question. Hope you are having a nice day. Happy New Year and Keep Mylotting. Take Care. -Alvaro. [starsailover]
Sometimes I also leave my music player on... [dolce_vita78]
I go to bed and turn the TV on and then I usually fall asleep. I can't sleep without the TV on. Once I wake up I turn it off. [missybear]
I have never experienced that before as I would often turn off the television by the time I really do feel so sleepy. The times that I would leave it on would be when my nephews are watching. I'd be doing something else as they should or would be watching those shows that they like to watch on television. Good thing for cable channels and those child-friendly shows. Whenever I see them out roaming, I'd ask if they turned off the television, they would scamper off to turn it off. (^_^") [ratyz5]
Hey dolce! And a very Happy New Year to you my dear friend! Great to see that you are still here and I am hoping that you will still make time this year to be with us because I have truly missed you! As for the leaving the tv on, sometimes I do fall asleep watching tv, but my boyfriend turns it off! And then I wake up and I'm upset! I wake up so many times a night that the tv would never be on for long! I have Insomnia, so even it I do doze off, I know I will be up witin a half hour again! No need for a sleep timer! [Opal26]
Hi Opal! I hope you get over your insomnia... [dolce_vita78]
Hi, dolce_vita78. Yes, this has happened to me plenty of times. Especially when I used to stay with my grandmother. I would leave the T.V. or lights running all night long. And when I wake up the next morning my T.V. will be turned off. I start to freak out.cry But I only realized that it was my grandmother that turned the T.V. off.rolleyes I have been thinking that it was a ghost that turned my T.V. off. I was scared silly. I do this sometimes. I can be looking at T.V. and the nest thing I know, the T.V. is now looking at me. I tend to fall asleep with the T.V. on so many of times. This is a habit that I am trying to break. You are not the only one.wink [cream97]
I usually turn the sleep alarm on my TV, I'm pretty good about it. If not, and I end up leaving the TV on at night..I'll usually wake up a few hours after I've gone to sleep and shut the tv off. lol. [maezee]
I dont have a tc at room =[ but there is 1 at the living room, that i remember i never left it on to go sleep! lol but you should try to save some energy by turn it off lol [lightdiamond]
That is something that I have never been guilty of and it is something that I will never be guilty of either. We don't have a television in our bedroom, we only have one in our living room and when I am ready to go to bed for the night I will turn the television off before I go to the bathroom for the last time. It is a habit that I've had for a long time. I think that it's a bad habit to sleep with a television on so that is the reason that my husband and I have decided that we don't need to have a television in our room. [dorannmwin]
No, I usually dont. But when I am taking a bath I just have the volume louder so I can hear it. Idont have my tv on my room. The good thing is if I cant sleep I can turn on my cell phone tv to see whats going on. I dont have tv in my room. [bagumbayan]
Hi there! If I am the last one who is watching a TV programme I ensure that I switches off my TV, before I am overtaken by my sleep. As soon as I realise that I am dozing off and things are getting out of hand and I am losing interest in the programme due to tiredness or otherwise, I immediately turn my TV off and then go to sleep. [dpk262006]
yes sure,but when i forget to turn off the TV my mother always angry with me and because of that if i want to sleep i always make function sleep when i sleep,i dont want happen that anymore so i always turn off,my mother always do same with me she always use function sleep when she want to sleep she says expensive our light,.. [PFS0002]
No,no,I feel queti like watching television,a story to television is a beautiful feeling to see the process a very enjoyable [yezhanjun043]
No it does not because the first thing I do after turning the tv on is set the sleep timer. It is a habit I got into because I used to fall asleep and wake up and the tv was still running but not now. [happy6162]
I never leave my TV on. But when i feel sleepy i just add the timer on and make sure that tv switches off in 15 minutes or so. That way i can rest assured that tv will be shut off. So i never leave tv on as long as i remember. [starscream]
When I was younger I used to leave the TV on, but as I grow older, I had changed. Maybe because I do not like watching TV anymore. =) It is very seldom that you will find me in front of the TV, I don't know but I would rather surf the net, read a book or sleep than watch TV. =) [Mebgem]
i dont have this habit to leave my TV on.i find that my sleelping time is early,so i know that i should turn off TV and go sleeping.at the same time,i dont like watchingTV,i can watch program online,so this thing could not happen in my life. [bingchen]
yup. I sometimes leave my TV on. My mom is used to being upset when my sisters or I have it on. [indocorner]
yes, I rather always have my TV on, about 20 hours on day. When I go to my bed I make sleep function on my TV. [mairuszj91]
No i am always off the tv its my habit i never leave do this mistake but my husband always doing this i am fed up with him this habit but still i off the tv when he leave on tv. [poojarai2007]
I usually leave it on most of the time because I know my hubby will just watch television once he goes to the room. I make myself sleepy by watching all these series that I watch. Of course, I do not mean to leave the television open but it just so happens I doze off so easily, most of the time. Funny but it works and we also have the sleep function but never get to click it right before I doze off. [sublime03]
Yes, I usually leave the TV on. I can't sleep if it's too quiet and the TV serves as my background noise whenever I sleep. It's like music that makes me drift to sleep. I try to activate the Sleep function but most of the time I forget about it and I wake up with the TV still on. [arystine]
No, I don't do that. I value the bills for electric. So I watched television to the time needed. And besides, I can't sleep while there is light is on. [kent_help2smile]
It happens with me sometimes. You know when you are watching something just lying down on couch, you go to sleep. Even sometimes you feel lazy to turn it off, we think we will do it after somethime but we go to sleep ignoring the TV sound. [jaya999]
After finishing your meal, do you forgot to wash your hand no naa then how can you forget to switch off t.v............ [Kadarkhan]
i usualy switch off t.v whenever i done with it, because saving electric city is important so that i next generation should enjoy what we are enjoying today [Kadarkhan]
I leave my television on every night, because I cannot sleep without noise and music doesn't help because I start thinking a lot and feeling like I want to write or sing or dance lol. [cherishxbunny]
Nope, I never leave my tube on when I go to sleep, because I rarely use the TV. * Most often, when I want to watch a TV program, I will use Linux's TV Time Television Viewer program and watch the television show via my computer that I've got hooked up to my cable box. That-a-way, I save electricity and can minimize the TV Time window when an irritating advertisement comes on and do something else on the PC...such as MyLotting. You can also have two windows going on, Firefox below, TV Time above and multi-task your entertainment with your writing. [CraftyCorner]
Hi dolce! ^^ No i didn't or never leave my tv's on, i'd usually turn it off before i fall asleep, that time is when i feel sleepy, i'm doing that because i'm afraid that i will wake up at midnight because of the sounds, besides a waste of energy and money blush It's better to turn off the TV when sleepy, so you'll never leave it on at midnight happy Have a good watch [maxilimian]
hi dolce. yup, same case here. this happens to me sometimes especially since it is my daughter who ends up watching the telly late at night. she can't seem to sleep without the telly on. i always do put the sleep function on, usually at 2 hours, but sometimes the telly shuts down and my daughter is still awake and she wakes me up to turn the telly back on! lol! crazy! anyway, i've explained to her that she should start sleeping earlier and not stay up late watching the telly. otherwise, i'll be taking out the telly in her room. so far, she is complying and sleeping earlier than usual. [allen0187]
hello dolce! nope! i don't usually do this...and if there's any incidence that we left the tv open while we are sleeping, its very rare and it don't happen at night! it usually happens in the afternoon...haha coz during night time, after watching the programs that we are following, we will turn the tv off and go to sleep or just spend some more time with the computer... [ckyera]
I used to. I am trying to get better about this pan. It's part of my plan to lower my carbon footprint, one of my New Year's resolutions. It's easy to remember now that I don't have cable. I only use the TV for audiobooks, DVDs, and VHS tapes--much less likely to be left on. [cripfemme]
My husband usually falls asleep with the TV on. We like to have either the TV or radio on at night, and if it's still on in the morning, whatever. That TV is almost 20 years old, and it still works. LOL It's a great old TV. [danishcanadian]