I just lost three hours of work. It's my own damn fault, but if I hadn't been distracted by chat windows, facebook games, web comics, link aggregators, et al, it wouldn't have happened.
The details aren't worth repeating. The point is, I'm taking a sabbatical from the wonders of the web. It's overdue: for weeks I've found more and more time has been disappearing into the maintenance, collection and dusting of my imaginary extensions.
So I will check my email twice a day, in which time I will allow myself to move my cars in Parking Wars exactly ONCE. I will not play Packrat. I will not sign into Gmail chat or AIM. And, unless compelled for a particular assignment, I will not touch the blog or wiki. All my work will be offline. I will write letters and bake bread. I will learn to play "November Rain" on my acoustic guitar. I will do most of the above.
I'll be back in a week, a better man.
Comments (2)
The web is our spice. I realize by commenting I draw you back to it. We cannot run.
I hope you enjoy your fulfilling lifestyle. I'm going to look at pictures of LOLcats and type rude things to strangers on youtube. This, above all, is the way of modern gentlemen.
Seriously though, good luck, the web is seductive, and too often the internet dream becomes an endless, pointless reverie.
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March 25, 2008 8:21 AM
Posted on March 25, 2008 08:21
You can be selective and still be using the web all the time. I only IM by appointment (about 3 hours my whole life), have never seen facebook, and don't know what a link aggregator is. And email don't come in automatically. I have to manually 'get mail' to receive new ones. I would go insane otherwise.
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March 25, 2008 9:48 AM
Posted on March 25, 2008 09:48