spend less time on my computer

I spend too much time on this thing. I wake up in the morning and turn it on before work. Then I end up being late to work because I had to do something (like check my email or a webcomic). It gets frustrating and stresses me out, but I can’t seem to stop doing it, lol. I also spend too much time on video games and reading up on video games. It cuts into my social time, my homework time, and my hobby time. I hope putting this out there will help me get better control of this.

When I get home I always find myself switching on my computer without even knowing why or what I’m actually going on the net for. I must have sort of mild internet addiction because it’s taking over my life. I find, even though I’m in a better mood when I get off it, I feel almost like a smoker feels without a cigarette; I’m thinking ‘oh I need to check my email/forums etc….’
Most of my life at hte moment is centred around the computer, I know it is sad, but it’s true unfortunatly.

It seems since I’ve had a computer, I’ve become addicted to it! I totally understand why people get divorces over this. My husband is rarely on it, but I cannot help myself! Once, my computer was broken and I had to wait three days to get it repaired. I thought I would go insane! Now I understand why people cannot quit smoking!

Perhaps this is the most ironic of the listings. I’m using a website to help me spend less time wasting time on my computer.

I feel like I have a firm grasp on things I want to do. I even have good ideas about how to accomplish them. However, when it comes down to it, I’d rather waste minutes, hours, days at a time on my computer. I do things that range from looking at porn, to playing online chess, poker (not for money), and other games, to occasionally reading about things that interest me. In terms of the time I spend on my computer, I spend much more of it passing time, and much less “bettering” myself. From an objective point of view, I could spend my time much better, doing many more things that I want, however I seem to have this hopeless attraction to my computer.

Why do I choose to pass my time with no reward instead of filling my time with things I enjoy? To some extent I don’t even need to spend less time on my computer, but to make the time I do spend more valuable. Ultimately, though, if I reduce the amount of time I “waste,” then I will replace it with something good, whether it’s on my computer or not. Of course, based on the goals I have chosen, it appears that most of my time will not be on the computer.

So, how do I break the monotony and the trance?

make progress with my basic proofreading course, buddhism, and reading so more likely now to go Shut Down….