spend less time screwing around on the web

I am a proverbial net nerd. I love the net. I could not live without the net and all it affords me by way of life enrichment. I need to just have the right web IN IT’S PLACE, from Twitter interaction (not just one way broadcasting via Ping FM and Friendfeed) to blogs which need much improvement so competitive with other blogs.
Other tasks demanding attention: learn to write 3000 words a day, read 75 pages (or more or less depending on the material) but read plenty,exercise, do household tasks (NEAT) so I bring up step count.. see friends and family(beloved Laptop and loved PC permanent places in my life) etc etc 2 years ago

1. Do only neccesery
2. Do only here 2 years ago

1. Do only neccesery
2. Do only here 2 years ago

A major life change forced me to look over my life and decide what’s important and what is not. I guess you could say by participating in 43things I’m still screwing around, but that’s subjective. I’ve cut off my addiction to free online games and no longer linger on the internet just to be on it. Now I only go on at home when there’s a need to, like looking up directions or the hours of a store. I have much more time now to cook, clean, read, and spend time with people offline. It’s tiring to exert physical energy instead of just your fingers typing/clicking away but so worth it. Maybe in a couple months time I’ll have regressed or maybe improved to the point where I can say I’ve accomplished the goal. 3 years ago

if you DON’T want to do this.. goto www.stumbleupon.com
now this will never happen for me :-(
i need an intervention… 3 years ago

I really think this is an impossible task for me since I run a couple websites and volunteer to maintain some websites with groups I volunteer with. But when you “work”, you inevitably spend some time screwing around. At least I do. With the internet, it’s very easy to get distracted and “channel surf”. Especially since besides the “work”, my hobbies include a blog and podcast which is why I don’t see myself cutting the internet umbilical cord anytime soon. But now I’m hooked on some free online games. This is not good. 3 years ago

i’ve been happy that i dont waste time on tv, yet i waste time on the net. and once you’re on a page, times goes by fast, there is always something interesting to waste my time with. if i could just reduce 1 hour a day on the web, id have an extra 7 hours a week! that’s like a full work day. damn! so im going to try to reserve time on the weekend for waste of time site and use my time constructively and log myself when im doing stuff. today i really feel like waste of time! but im consciously deciding against it 4 years ago

today i barely went on google chat, facebook, or bloglines… which are my three main time-wasters… WOO! 4 years ago

...where everyone picking up their printouts will have nice view of what’s on my computer monitor.

This should help deter me from doing stuff like 43 things on work time. Maybe I should get a little rearview mirror, though, so I can see who’s coming down that hallway before they can see my screen. 4 years ago

because 43 things IS screwing around on the web! a form of procrastination! it’s insidious! help! 4 years ago

I have to stop this its not just going on myspace or checking mail every 2 seconds i always go on this web site called alluc.org and i can watch tv shows and i want to spend more time with my family but it makes me think all the time “what else can i do?” i mean really where i live there could be so much more going on with me but because im to lazy i just blow it OFF…its not that i NEED to its that i WANT to. 4 years ago

Yep, giving this one up, at least for the summer.

This was a problem when I was in school; I was screwing around on the web a lot as a way to procrastinate and it got in the way of what I needed to get done. But now, I really don’t think I need to spend less time screwing around on the web. Its how I unwind after work, and I’m content with it.

Now, I still have more I want to accomplish, so I find myself using the internet as a way to avoid achieving what I want, I’ll add this goal back. 4 years ago

this has to be the HARDEST thing to do on here..i’m a big procastinator, I think the internet is addictive. I spend time on here not even doing anything! that’s how addictive it is..

internet, as much as i love you, I really do hate you 4 years ago

I was actually doing really well with this for a while. Spent a good deal more time getting out and doing things with friends or reading instead of getting online. Seems like I’m getting sucked back in a little but hopefully I can keep things balanced a little better than before. 4 years ago

When its time to work at the computer, I should just do it, and when its time to relax, I should just do that as well. Its never good when I procrastinate and surf around, looking at stuff I’m not all that interested in, feeling guilty that I should be doing homework. Its not relaxing, and I don’t get anything done.

Not that there aren’t a few sites I really like, this being one of them. Its just that procrastinating-internet-time that’s bad.

That being said, I’ve done enough homework for now, and its time to relax for the night. 4 years ago

its too much fun to goof off on, and it costs less than goofing off outdoors. 5 years ago

I deleted a social networking account on a different website,
it was very liberating =) 5 years ago

this week i deleted my facebook, myspace, and friendster accounts! now i have tons of free time to do stuff like.. pop virtual bubble wrap (http://fun.from.hell.pl/2003-11-24/bubblewrap.swf)... d’oh! 5 years ago

Yes, I’m spending ‘less time’—but less time than what?

is it just that I don’t consider myself ‘screwing around’??

done with this one anyway.. 5 years ago

I think I’m getting better at this.

But I won’t tick it off…Just in case…

:) 5 years ago

Ahhhh! It’s study leave for practice exams so I’ve got a couple of days off…I wanna try really hard not to come on here but I’m really bad with procrastination. MUST STUDY…

Must…Study…

lol :P … 5 years ago

I’m gonna start small by not going on Bebo for a week (cuz that’s my main problem) and then I’m going to cut down the time I spend on msn to about 1/2 hour to an hour each night. :D I need to spend less time on the computer and get out there more! :)

Starting from…

NOW! :D 5 years ago

..well depends on the time of the year. Currently still searching a for more permanent solution though :-P 5 years ago

uh oh- this one’s actually getting worse. 5 years ago

Working with computers and spending all day on one has really helped reach this goal. I have also tried to set limits on what I do on the computer when I am on, mostly getting on with a purpose in mind: checking email, doing schoolwork, updating my blog.

That itself is a major help not screwing around on the web as much. If you have something specific in mind, you are less likely to just surf hoping to find something interesting to look at. 5 years ago

I feel dirty. back away from the computer. 5 years ago

i guess there’s a reason why we call it the web 5 years ago

but its like doritos for my mind 5 years ago