spend less time screwing around on the web

So I’ve decided to write an entry about this goal each day in the hopes that it will stay fresh in mind and act as a reminder to keep up the positive frame of mind.

I did pretty well today. I spent a large portion of the day and evening studying and also was able to get some work done around the house. So, yay for me.

I did slip up a little bit early this afternoon once I got back from the barbers. I won’t get down on myself about it though. I’m just now really focusing on getting this crap straightened out.

Goal for tomorrow is study for at least 8 hrs, finish my laundry and clean my apartment.

I think that overall I have gotten better at this goal. I do slip up from time to time, but I’m learning.

I think the answer to my problem is to fill my life with more enriching “real life” activities than sitting around browsing the web. Something like this needs to be broken down into small chunks and added up over time. So for this week I have a goal of only using the internet for things like looking up directions or times for a movie or something practical.

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

1. Do only neccesery
2. Do only here

1. Do only neccesery
2. Do only here

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.

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now this will never happen for me :-(
i need an intervention…

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.

This internet bitch is still getting in the way. My goal now is to keep it to an hour per day at the end of the day. I know I can do it.

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