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Yes. I have to make myself get up and walk away, but as a caregiver, sometimes that happens for me. I try to walk for 45 minutes to an hour on nice days. Also, the Internet can be an escape from reality, which I do need right now.
There are still better things I could do with my time. I used to write a lot, not just posts on a forum, but short stories, articles, and I am about 30,000 pages into a novel. I lost my heart for it for some reason, and sometimes I think if I got back to it, I wouldn't waste so much of my life on here.
Yes, I used to read books voraciously, now I think I have lost my patience for that.
Sometimes I think the worst thing I ever did was let my ex hand me a laptop so I'd stop running upstairs to check email during commercials - 20 years ago
3 laptops and 2 ipads later.....
I've removed most apps from my phone though
It's definitely a time suck and I have things I need to research etc that I don't even get done, despite spending a lot of non-work time with a laptop sweating my legs.
I do try and read more though - that is one of the things that really took a hit to internet time
"Laptop sweating your legs" lol. You need a breakfast tray that goes over your legs. I sit on the bed so I can look out my sliding doors for the best view and use one all day. It's the greatest. The mouse is down by my legs so I don't even have to lift my arthritic arm to use the mouse----
I only have the apps that came with my phone; never added any. Guess I'm not missing out on too much! I like to read library books on the laptop---more comfortable than holding the book or Kindle.
"Laptop sweating your legs" lol. You need a breakfast tray that goes over your legs. I sit on the bed so I can look out my sliding doors for the best view and use one all day. It's the greatest. The mouse is down by my legs so I don't even have to lift my arthritic arm to use the mouse----
I only have the apps that came with my phone; never added any. Guess I'm not missing out on too much! I like to read library books on the laptop---more comfortable than holding the book or Kindle.
I have a laptop table, it has wood on top of a soft cushion and just sits on my lap on the couch. They sell them but I got mine in a thrift store.
Yes, I used to read books voraciously, now I think I have lost my patience for that.
I used to read books voraciously AND watch old movies with rapt attention... Now I find myself itching to be online at the same time I'm watching; I think I need an intervention.
As for "laptops sweating your legs," I bought an old wire dish drying rack at the thrift store, inverted it, and set it on my bed; keeps the device nice and cool without the fan constantly running and allows me to recline in perfect sloth-like comfort while surfing.
The TV remote slides underneath in that recessed area, so I'm set to stagnate/vegetate.
Good video, but I kept having to adjust the volume; song too high, commentary too low.
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I used to read books voraciously AND watch old movies with rapt attention... Now I find myself itching to be online at the same time I'm watching; I think I need an intervention.
As for "laptops sweating your legs," I bought an old wire dish drying rack at the thrift store, inverted it, and set it on my bed; keeps the device nice and cool without the fan constantly running and allows me to recline in perfect sloth-like comfort while surfing.
The TV remote slides underneath in that recessed area, so I'm set to stagnate/vegetate.
Good video, but I kept having to adjust the volume; song too high, commentary too low.
What a brilliant idea thanks! If I ever get the wireless router hooked up I'll try it!
I used to read books voraciously AND watch old movies with rapt attention... Now I find myself itching to be online at the same time I'm watching; I think I need an intervention.
As for "laptops sweating your legs," I bought an old wire dish drying rack at the thrift store, inverted it, and set it on my bed; keeps the device nice and cool without the fan constantly running and allows me to recline in perfect sloth-like comfort while surfing.
The TV remote slides underneath in that recessed area, so I'm set to stagnate/vegetate.
Good video, but I kept having to adjust the volume; song too high, commentary too low.
Yes, I can no longer do/focus on one thing at a time! I do think that’s an effect of our online world.
I am online a lot. never thought about how much I spend online until I saw this thread. I must check CD everyday at least 5-6 times a day. ( crazy I know) then I spend at least 30 minutes each time I check. I am addicted to You Tube. I watch it in the morning before work for at least 30 minutes. On my lunch break I am either on CD or you tube. I don't use any other social media. Oh and I check my emails when my phone alerts me. there was a time when I was not posting on city data for almost 6 months or so. A CD member googled me online and got my phone # and called me to see if I was ok or alive LOL. I was glad to hear from her and she knows I post a lot. In fact a few people from the LI forum were wondering where I was. this was like 2 or 3 years ago. Right after that call I was back to posting again. I enjoy it but I need a life LOL.
I used to read books voraciously AND watch old movies with rapt attention... Now I find myself itching to be online at the same time I'm watching; I think I need an intervention.
As for "laptops sweating your legs," I bought an old wire dish drying rack at the thrift store, inverted it, and set it on my bed; keeps the device nice and cool without the fan constantly running and allows me to recline in perfect sloth-like comfort while surfing.
The TV remote slides underneath in that recessed area, so I'm set to stagnate/vegetate.
Good video, but I kept having to adjust the volume; song too high, commentary too low.
Thanks for the "leg sweat" tips lol! I do enjoy the warmth come winter but not right now - and the fan runs more
I got on fb in 2010, after a divorce. I had a few friends that had migrated there. One refused to continue to email with me and it was someone I'd been chatting with about 10 years. And I had insomnia so, something to do when I couldn't sleep.
That said, I was still picking up a 6 or so books weekly from the library. I don't remember when I stopped doing that. I got an ipad in 2012 or so and found I didn't mind reading books on that, which worked well when I had to travel for work. But these days I really get distracted when reading on the ipad - it's just too easy to check fb, email, cd....
2018 I removed fb from my phone. 2019 I picked an author and spent the year digging up as many books as I could find in the libraries. During lockdown I went through all my reference books and finally put them away! Last summer was another author. So thankfully I'm still reading but not like I used to.
Even in the early internet days, before my laptop, I was on forums and email lists. To this day I will go and unsubscribe from lists and it feels like something is broken when I'm not getting "enough" email. It's a work in progress I guess.
And like someone said above, I am definitely not as productive as I used to be. I love working with my hands, wood projects, on my house. Up to 2010 or so I'd have to force myself to stop working to eat or just relax for a bit before bed. Now it seems I force myself to step away from the computer to get 30 minutes of a project done. I used to sit on the couch at night and read or do cross stitch or other projects. I would take adult ed classes at the local high school, and went to computer club meetings. Last year I paid for a 4 part online class, and by the last one I worked/emailed more than listened.
Tonight I'm reading CD, though my book is on the couch too. I really blame fb though, it is more addictive than anything else I've done with computers since the 1980s
I am online a lot. never thought about how much I spend online until I saw this thread. I must check CD everyday at least 5-6 times a day. ( crazy I know) then I spend at least 30 minutes each time I check. I am addicted to You Tube. I watch it in the morning before work for at least 30 minutes. On my lunch break I am either on CD or you tube. I don't use any other social media. Oh and I check my emails when my phone alerts me. there was a time when I was not posting on city data for almost 6 months or so. A CD member googled me online and got my phone # and called me to see if I was ok or alive LOL. I was glad to hear from her and she knows I post a lot. In fact a few people from the LI forum were wondering where I was. this was like 2 or 3 years ago. Right after that call I was back to posting again. I enjoy it but I need a life LOL.
The website blockers do help. They’re not perfect, because you have to have the fortitude to set them but they do work when you do use them.
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