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How to spend less time on the computer
It made me
happier
 "It had to be a conscience decision"
How I did it: I had to make a conscious to decision to stick to this goal because there are few barriers that would keep me from wasting/spending time on my laptop. It sits open in the center of our house as I pass by it all day long. I try to close it when I don't want the temptation to be there. After my girls' go to bed, all rules are off and i can devote as much time to my computer as I'd like. I feel much better knowing that I'm choosing to spend quality time with my daughters than spending valuable time on my laptop. Lessons & tips:
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tomcampbell is training to become a wilderness first responder
How I did it: i decided to only use the internet at my friends' house, actually handing over my wireless card to a friend for safekeeping. so i could only use their computer in the common space, with other people around, so i never feel pulled to stay on it for too long because i'd naturally rather be fully present to people who are there with me in person. i still use the computer, but only for as brief a time as needed. i don't feel compelled to ease… Read how I did it…
How I did it: Little by little, I just stopped spending so much time on the computer. But now I'm even more bored because there's nothing to take the place of the computer. Read how I did it…
How I did it: For me this was more a matter of coinsidences. I'd started school again, I was working more, I was starting my volunteering job, etc. I basically didn't have that much time to go online as I used to have. The time I wasn't online I now spent on making Christmas cards, on reading, on hanging out with my friends, on talking on the phone, etc.I realised there were so many things to do in the real world and that there wasn't really any reason… Read how I did it…
Lauren is not sleepy despite the late hour!
I went almost the entire week without using my computer. My friends and family text me so I really didn’t worry about e-mails. It was really great. After the third day I didn’t have that urge to go sit in front of it.
Faithfully93 is starting to hope
I’m going to start setting a timer for an hour at a time and shut my computer down when two hours is up. Also I won’t open my computer until 12:00 and won’t have it on past 9:00.
Am making a list of what needs to be done online each morning and going thru it really quickly then getting off the computer. I check my emails, do my facebook apps, check google calander hehe. Getting there ;)
Lauren is not sleepy despite the late hour!
I went 72 hours without using a computer! No e-mail! No web! I have to admit the first day was Hell. After that I felt so free. Today I’ve spent less than fifteen minutes on it. How wonderful!
opblaaskrokodil is writing her novel
I am going to cut back to an hour a day, unless I have an assignment to work for school or a commission. This got out of hand.
I have been spending a whole lot of time recently on the computer. For two reasons: 1) I am out of school so now I have time to kill and 2) I have a new laptop that I am in love with and I’ve been getting everything on it set up and I’ve been trying to get used to it and just generally having fun playing around with it. Maybe one day I will stop. But probably not in the foreseeable future.
Lauren is not sleepy despite the late hour!
I’ve spent a total of 23 minutes today on the computer! By time I finish this I should be below my 30 minute goal!
Lauren is not sleepy despite the late hour!
How ironic! I’ve spent 43 minutes on the computer while on the 43 Things web site. I put a stop watch by the computer and start it as soon as I sit in the chair. Didn’t make my goal of 30 minutes but I spent a lot less time on the computer today than the other days this week.
I use the computer a lot, mainly to procrastinate methinks ;) Really need to prioritise my time better
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