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Concentration out the window

  • 11-08-2006 11:50am
    #1
    BossArky
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,545 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    The net is destroying my brain. Cannot concentrate for 2 minutes on the work I'm supposed to be doing without firing up a browser to check something out, then 15 mins later realising that I was trying to do something beforehand.

    How do you tame your internet addiction and do some work apart from unplugged in the network connection?


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  • #2
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    How do you tame your internet addiction and do some work apart from unplugged in the network connection?
    If I knew that, I wouldn't be here right now... :(


  • #3
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    BossArky wrote:
    The net is destroying my brain. Cannot concentrate for 2 minutes on the work I'm supposed to be doing without firing up a browser to check something out, then 15 mins later realising that I was trying to do something beforehand.

    How do you tame your internet addiction and do some work apart from unplugged in the network connection?
    Set goals!

    "Okay I'll read these 2 chapters, and take some good notes, and understand it properly... then I'll check out that 'WhiteWashMan SUCKS!' thread in Feedback! :D"


  • #4
    Agamemnon
    Registered Users Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭Agamemnon


    The best way I've found is to reward yourself with some surfing time after every 15 mins of work. But it's hard to even manage that. Bloody internet! Feckin' boards.ie!


  • #5
    Dooom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,808 ✭✭✭Dooom


    DaveMcG wrote:
    Set goals!

    "Okay I'll read these 2 chapters, and take some good notes, and understand it properly... then I'll check out that 'WhiteWashMan SUCKS!' thread in Feedback! :D"

    Lies! There's no WWM sucks thread...although there is that one on the guy who scammed a few people out of a grand...


  • #6
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    Spike wrote:
    Lies! There's no WWM sucks thread..


    Well there's normally 1 or 2 of those threads, it's just a slow day :p


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  • #7
    Black Swan
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 47,351 CMod ✭✭✭✭Black Swan


    Here are some possibilities to kick the I-addiction:
    1. If at work, self-report yourself to your boss. He/she will pounce on you, or maybe even fire you and your problem at work will be solved.
    2. If at home with a better-half that hates porn, start leaving your screen on with porn displayed. That should be the start of a battle that may result in (s)he throwing the computer out the window. Problem solved.
    3. If you can come to OC in So Cal and visit the free WiFi hotspots that I visit, all you have to do is sit next to me and run one of those bandwidth hogging programmes that knocks me off the net, and I will be happy to grab your laptop and jump up and down on it. Once again, problem solved.:D


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