Personal Internet Time-out?

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

It occurred to me that I blow way too much time online just farting around, accomplishing little-to-nothing. So, to whittle away at the lost hours, I'm considering choosing a regularly scheduled day of the week (or month or something) where I purposefully stay offline.

I seem to recall hearing about a once-a-year event like this. You know, a day when everyone is encouraged to enjoy meatspace in preference to digital land.

Anyway, I'm wondering if anyone else has purposefully set any kind of limits on their own activities on the Net, be it once a year, or keeping to only an hour or two per day, or whatever?

Thanks for reading, and I encourage any opinions/advice in the matter.

- Rick T. :wavingsmiley:

 

[Ticklecom1]

I usually organise myself so that all my daily tasks *coursework , washing up etc* are finished in the morning then in the afternoon i am usually out with friends or on the web.
Although i do spend a lot of time on the web (complete computer nerd here 😛 ) I make sure that it does not interfere with any of my daily tasks or socializing. For that reason i have never needed or intend to limit my usage on the internet, hope this helped 🙂

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

Yeah, basically it boils down to time management. I tend to think that farting around online is at least a tad better than say, just watching TV. I just need to do a better job of managing my time on my off days, I suppose. Many thanks for the reply!

 

[Smoten]

I pretty much only use the internets when I get up in the mourning and at night when I'm winding down. Sometimes I get to use it in short bursts during the day when I have time, but that's about it.

I would say I'm more comfortable than most people I know taking long stretches of time away from the internet. I'm not that big into social media, so all I have to do is catch up on web comics and youtube channels.

 

[Senshi1]

I don't use the Internet nearly as much as I'd like.

I do play a lot of computer games, though.