Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working

And I still spend a lot of time fooling around on the net…but I also spend a lot of time actually working. For the next five months at least, I’m going to be camping about 50% of the time…so I think that I’ll be away from the internet enough to be able to say I’m done with this goal. Actually I’m just tired of having it here…but I do think I’m not as addicted to the computer as much as I used to be, so that’s cool.

Well, during May I was averaging around 80 hours per week on my PC. Since working on this goal, I’ve got that down to 60 hours per week. That’s still a pretty unhealthy number, but it’s progress!

Proof: http://wakoopa.com/ValkMissile/usage

I normally use computer to write the articles or essays i’m asked to at school, but i usually spend twice the time i should because i have this stupid habit of fooling around visiting sites that are not helpful. i would really like to learn how to stop this (not now because i’m on vacations) but when i have to do work. it would be very helpful because i would be using that time to sleep or to do better things, etc.

I actually messed up a test today because I spent too much time on the internet last night instead of going to bed early and study in the morning (this works pretty good for me).
Now it’s enough. Really.

I’ve managed to stay off the social sites that I used to waste massive amounts of hours on like, facebook, friendster and myspace; for almost a year now! Since I get notifications on the messages from these sites sent to my email, I don’t have to log on anymore. No updates, no pictures, no time-wasting applications, no hmm-I-wonder-what-did-”insert person’s name here”-do-last-weekend-crap, no more. If it’s important enough, they’d email/text/call. It’s been working well so far and I’m glad there’s progress on this.

This goal did more than increase my working hours, it helps me to not take things in life so seriously. I just found out today that someone posted an embarrassing video of this skit we did for class on some social site. Awkward, yes; but it seems that it didn’t affect me as much as the rest who are constantly logged on. It didn’t matter to me because I feel that people don’t take those sites seriously anyway, well, they shouldn’t :) Who knew this goal could have helped me this way.

Although I have yet to reach the optimal and efficient state of net usage, I’m really glad I reached somewhere. I stopped hitting refresh; so can you! :)

I spend way too much time on teh computer, so I’m planning to live my life a bit more and move around a bit. I’m starting to exercise and play with my dog instead of going on the computer. And if I just need to check my email, I use my brother’s iTouch so that I don’t get distracted. Wish me luck~

my job really depresses me sometimes. its not that i think insurance is necessarily a bad thing, what gets me is reading about all the bad stuff that happens to people all the time.

most people who find themselves at the point in their life where they need to submit a claim is usually a very tough time in their life- a roof leaking or a bad car accident or that occasional horrific dog bite. outside of work when i’m talking to friends about their lives and they bring up something traumatic like this, or when i’m going through it myself, it completely sucks. nobody likes it. so all this negative energy is in these claims that i’m looking at all day long day after day. sure i don’t actually handle claims, but i have to see how peoples lives are changed dramatically by not being able to return to work because of injury or a house being destroyed by the weather.

part of the reason i surf the net is because i need some positive light.

sometimes it makes me late for school.

It looks like the internet has caused an epidemic of “fooling around” online. I still get things finished, but I know I could do so much more if I wouldn’t spend so much time online.

I get distracted easily now and I’m usually writing notes, story ideas, programming notes, but when I get home at the end of the day, I’m asleep. This job is OK, stable, a bit boring, pays my bills and have extra money to spend.

I think I’m just bored with life in general. I don’t know how to actually BE cos I’m so used to drama at home.