Comments on: i know, you know, that i can’t get away

By: daddio

daddio — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 03:48:37 +0000

so you could always call you old dad to just talk. you know, i had such a wonderful time in turkey and it sounds like you had only a so so time. though you would be curious when i fed you my teaser line. didn t want to type out 2 weeks of my adventures, but i do want to share them with you. you are not addicted to the net, you just make choices. sometimes we realize that we could have made better choices in life. someday you will be dead….i hope the people at you wake will entertain themselves with the stories you lived in life and now seem worth telling again to remember the essence of what you brought to this world and the people you touched.

By: Amity

Amity — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 11:55:49 +0000

How about instead of putting it in terms of cutting back on your internet use (which you obviously enjoy), you just carve out more time for reading, music and other things you have been neglecting? I know that this means actually cutting down on online time but it’s the way its framed that can make the difference between feeling ‘deprived’ of something and merely making time for something else.

When I started feeling down about how little I was reading, I made a pact that I would read before bed, even if it was only a few pages, and on the train instead of using my phone. I also dedicate at least one uninterrupted hour to reading each Sunday (sometimes more if I’m lucky). It’s not a huge amount and sometimes I do find myself checking email and Facebook instead of reading at the ’set’ time but mostly I’ve stuck to it because I didn’t feel like I was actually giving up anything. Does that make sense? I guess it’s like the difference between declaring yourself on a diet and just making a few small changes to your eating habits. Putting a limit on something just makes it that much more desirable!

By: lisa

lisa — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 03:01:08 +0000

Hope you find your mo-jo. My jogging mix is missing some new updates from you and my stack of books to read is getting pretty high. I guess we all have to find the right balance.

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 09:56:40 +0000

i know – i try to limit myself, but it never seems to work for very long

i’m most distressed that it’s impacting on things i love, like reading and music.

By: lisa

lisa — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 04:04:45 +0000

it the multi-tasker in all of us. We are trained early to bounce back and forth. The internet feeds into this.

I think the cold turkey is a great idea….take a weekend of no online. Or try limits that you don’t go online more then 30 min a nite or not at all after work.