Less Clicking, More Living
For the good of the girl, she is going on an Internet diet.
Not a fast, mind you, but a severely limited Internet allowance per day. While totally necessary, being online all the time is, I believe, slowly abrading my soul. It contributes to many of my vices: procrastination, obsession with trivial topics, weak correspondence better endeavored in person/via phone, anxiety over unanswered emails/attempts to empty inbox in order to feel virtuous and in control, etc. etc.
So I’m going on a twice a day Internet schedule. The blog will be updated. The necessary sites will be checked. The days will be restructured. Face-to-face contact will be increased. Grammarless blather will be reduced. Laundry will get done. Deadlines will be met. Order will be restored in the world.
I’ll let you know how it goes. Has anyone else ever experimented with an Internet Cleanse?
January 17th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
this sounds like a GREAT idea. i’ve been kind of “foggy” lately about how to get out of the spiral of internet *gasp* addiction. fortunately i’ll be on a boat for 3.5 months and won’t have daily connection. that shiz is sounding better every.day.
January 18th, 2007 at 1:42 am
you don’t have to tell me twice, my friend. i’ll give an update on this so-called “great idea” tomorrow. 3.5 months on the boat sounds pretty damn swell to me.
January 18th, 2007 at 11:31 am
[...] I’ve tried to limit my Internet usage in order to have more interaction with live human beings, and I’m here to report that it’s been a total failure. Like someone on a diet who raids the fridge when everyone’s asleep, I came home at around 1 the other night and was moved to update my tour schedule, which I did — and then read (Sabbath’s Theater, tremendous) until 5am. The construction starts at 7. The world came crashing in on me. The Internet diet is a total bust. [...]
February 22nd, 2007 at 1:03 pm
[...] I had no phone or Internet in the country, which was a blessing. I’ve tried going on technology fasts before, unsuccessfully. But in this case, I had no choice and believe my quality of life was much improved by my ignorance of Britney Spears’ head-shaving. The only thing that happened was my email box somehow filled up, which should not happen in this century, but evidently not being on email for four days should also not happen in this century, so I deserved it? [...]