My Background Noise

This week was a crazy busy week. With midterms starting and papers being due what feels like every other day, I feel bombarded and overwhelmed with all that I have to get done. This past week I feel like I have done nothing but go to class and do homework- it has been quite a week. Amongst all my studying, I'm the kind of person who likes background noise (except for when I'm reading) when I'm doing work. Like I've mentioned before, I'm not the biggest fan when it comes to silence when I could have music or the TV on. This week ,TV has been my background noise and primarily they have been reality shows or one other show: The Office. There are a couple shows that I watch at night with my husband but when I need some background noise- The Office is where it is at. Now I have watched this show so many times but I just never get tired of it! It still makes me laugh and I still get the same happy feeling when Jim and Pam finally get together and cringe whenever Michael says something that is just hard to hear. But I love it. This has made me reflect on how TV shows can really impact our lives. My first memories of The Office are when I was younger and actually watched it with my family as the episodes came out on TV. Another memory is when I watched the whole thing on Netflix during the summertime. Another is when I watched it with my cousins for their first time. And now I'm watching it again as a senior in college. I feel like I have grown up with The Office and it is amazing how much media, especially TV shows can go with us through life. This is an amazing realization I had this week that sometimes it is in the things we watch that can trace back to wonderful memories. There are so many positives to media and I'm grateful for The Office and how I've been able to have it with me as I've grown up.