My viewing habits have drastically changed within the past month in quarantine.  Whereas before I would hardly watch any form of media during the week, due to the access to Addlestone library that kept me on task, focused and deathly afraid if I picked up my phone my friend would throw it across the room.  I would usually utilize youtube throughout the week for educational purposes- such as how to get that perfect crease in my Air Force dress blues that have been thrown in the bottom of my closet a month before. I would save my movie/ TV show/ and youtube video watching for the weekend, usually watching a movie every Friday and Saturday night.  Recently, I have just gotten exposed to Disney movies on Disney+ as I never watched them growing up so I have been watching things like Monsters University and Ratatouille. If I was particularly busy that week I would use this time to watch the films for this class as I enjoyed them just as much as other films I would have been watching.

After COVID-19 hit and I was forced to the confines of my mother’s house, I have noticed a huge change in my viewing habits.  I no longer watch any movies outside of this class- particularly because of how much school work I have and spend all night doing.  My viewing habits are now a reflection of what my brother and mom want to watch and guilt me into watching. We usually watch one episode of either Survivor or 90 Day Fiance/ 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days every other day.  I do love these shows but I would typically not watch them if I were in my own apartment due to not having cable, and rather wanting to utilize my time more productively.  Although my media intake has not increased that much through tv and movies I have become seemingly addicted to Tik Tok- a platform similar to vine where you can watch one minute long videos that usually have sound or music dubbed behind them.  I believe my mind has convinced me these short videos don’t take up too much time of my day like a movie or Youtube would, but it is easy to lose track of time and if you add up all the short breaks I use and watch videos, I probably spend 2 hours a day on there.