How I Ended My Email Addiction (or The Story of My Techcation)
Posted on August 10, 2009
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Aug 10, 2009
You *look* different after this experiment, v. relaxed!
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Aug 11, 2009
Great point. I know what you mean.
I use a timer and make myself get up and do something away from the computer when it goes off. Helps me keep my focus and remember that I’m using up time. Plus I get some housework done as well.
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Aug 11, 2009
Madam, please STEP AWAY. FROM. THE COMPUTER.
Ok, duly noted.
Aug 11, 2009
I just took a 5 day trip to NYC with my daughter and left the laptop at home so I could focus on my daughter and our time together. (I did still check emails, tweeted a few times and made a few calls on my iPhone). But, the amazing thing was that I not only felt a difference in myself and my level of relaxation and connection with my daughter, but my daughter also appreciated our time together (unplugged).
Now, after seeing your video, I completely agree with the level of productivity that is actually sucked away by the internet. Using a timer and disciplining ourselves is KEY to a higher level of productivity! Great job @lkr!
Aug 11, 2009
You DO look much more relaxed. Yes it is very easy to get sucked in to being “busy” even if it isn’t productive. I like your strategy of closing the computer since I am exactly the same – I get SUCKED IN and it SUCKS TIME! Thanks for the Vlog, Laura.
Best, Wendy
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Aug 11, 2009
Hey this is exactly what happens to me i get sucked by the web and my productivity gets low I´m going to try this out thanks for pointing out that addiction that i think many of us have
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Aug 12, 2009
I recently finished a month long roadtrip and it had a very similar outcome for me. Driving through the middle of nowhere meant no phone service even, so I wasn’t even checking my e-mail/messages, etc. when I was out there.
Finishing that was very refreshing. Now I get a lot of work done in a single sitting and after a couple hours I’m done with being on the computer.
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Aug 13, 2009
I’m currently reading Tim Ferriss’s 4-hour work week, which is encouraging me to the same- go on an information diet.
I’m working on closing email except for 1 dedicated hour per day (I used to have it open 10 hours per day).
I also used to use the gmail notification bar for mac, which doesn’t help the email addiction.
Aug 13, 2009
Great stuff, Laura. I couldn’t agree more! I’ve been doing this not only to break my addition to email and the Internet, but to do some old fashioned “get out a pen and paper and brainstorm ideas” stuff that I find much more fun than constantly hammering away at a keyboard.
Aug 13, 2009
Hey Laura,
Great post.
I know what you mean by being sucked into unproductive time with social media without first choosing to do so…
You’re great on video.
Bruce
Aug 15, 2009
Just spent an entire day at a David Allen “Getting Things Done” seminar, learning how to do front-end thinking about what I want to “do”, so that when it comes time for “doing” I don’t have to “think” about it! It’s essentially just what you’re talking about, and I think it totally works (as it did for you– you look well rested!)
Great post.
Carley
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Sep 29, 2009
Try moving your to-do list into your calendar. When you get a pop-up, you’ll be more likely to stop what you’re doing and get back to the important things.
Oct 02, 2009
This is something I have always known to be something I should do every now and then, and yet it’s never something I actually do. Sometimes I think about how I should maybe take a break and get off my computer, but that thought is quickly replaced with “ooO what’s this, -click-” or something, and continue to NOT do things I was trying to get done.
Computers are evil like that.
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