JustDoIt
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I'm 24 and basically grew up with computers. It wasn't til I was 10 or 11 when I first went on the internet. (I remember the first website I went to, the Boston Red Sox website on my dads computer at his office haha)
Shortly after that my dad got a laptop computer from his job and he could go online from home.
Ever since then the internet has been a regular part of my life... and since middle school, my DAILY life (and at some times my ENTIRE life haha)
Now I'm 24, getting started with my own small business, and suffering terribly from inability to focus and see ideas, projects, or goals all the way through. Inside my head is a pretty comical place... I visualize it as a bunch of TV screens and radios playing all on different channels all the time. Even if I turn one or two of them (thoughts) off, another two will pop up somewhere else!
I've tried meditation and it works, I benefit from it, and yet I haven't been making the time (20 mins +/-) every day to observe these images/thoughts/ideas that are going on in my mind until they fade away one by one until I'm in that focused state on just one thought or idea. That grounds me for the day, or at least part of it, but since I haven't been consistent with it my thoughts are constantly running wild (to a certain level)
I've always got so many things my mind is telling me need to be done now (check email, check forums, check facebook, watch youtube video, search wikipedia, research this or that... you know, haha) on top of family obligations, social commitments, business projects, problems, customers, bills, etc.
And away from the computer I still get emails on my phone, I can still access the internet from my phone....
INFORMATION OVERLOAD!
I think I'm at the point where I need a break mentally! I wonder how many GB's (or TB's?) of data I consume from the internet daily.... That would be interesting to figure out...
Anyway, I'm going to challenge myself to go 2 weeks without access to the internet. I will say up front that for work I will need to be connected to the web, there are about 6 web based applications that my company uses to run the business including email communication, so I won't be able to disconnect from that at this point in time (unfortunately the business doesn't run without me... yet...), but I'm going to set my browser to block all other websites (I think the plugin is called StayFocused if you're interested, I know its available for Chrome, maybe others). I won't be going online on my phone during this time either.
Is anyone else "addicted" to the constant flow of information that the internet can provide? I'll be blocking "the internet" by midnight tomorrow... And I just realized that will mean I won't be able to check this thread after that (for two weeks)... haha oh man, I'm rambling now...
Shortly after that my dad got a laptop computer from his job and he could go online from home.
Ever since then the internet has been a regular part of my life... and since middle school, my DAILY life (and at some times my ENTIRE life haha)
Now I'm 24, getting started with my own small business, and suffering terribly from inability to focus and see ideas, projects, or goals all the way through. Inside my head is a pretty comical place... I visualize it as a bunch of TV screens and radios playing all on different channels all the time. Even if I turn one or two of them (thoughts) off, another two will pop up somewhere else!
I've tried meditation and it works, I benefit from it, and yet I haven't been making the time (20 mins +/-) every day to observe these images/thoughts/ideas that are going on in my mind until they fade away one by one until I'm in that focused state on just one thought or idea. That grounds me for the day, or at least part of it, but since I haven't been consistent with it my thoughts are constantly running wild (to a certain level)
I've always got so many things my mind is telling me need to be done now (check email, check forums, check facebook, watch youtube video, search wikipedia, research this or that... you know, haha) on top of family obligations, social commitments, business projects, problems, customers, bills, etc.
And away from the computer I still get emails on my phone, I can still access the internet from my phone....
INFORMATION OVERLOAD!
I think I'm at the point where I need a break mentally! I wonder how many GB's (or TB's?) of data I consume from the internet daily.... That would be interesting to figure out...
Anyway, I'm going to challenge myself to go 2 weeks without access to the internet. I will say up front that for work I will need to be connected to the web, there are about 6 web based applications that my company uses to run the business including email communication, so I won't be able to disconnect from that at this point in time (unfortunately the business doesn't run without me... yet...), but I'm going to set my browser to block all other websites (I think the plugin is called StayFocused if you're interested, I know its available for Chrome, maybe others). I won't be going online on my phone during this time either.
Is anyone else "addicted" to the constant flow of information that the internet can provide? I'll be blocking "the internet" by midnight tomorrow... And I just realized that will mean I won't be able to check this thread after that (for two weeks)... haha oh man, I'm rambling now...
