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Finishing the Internet

After wasting a whole hour online that would have been better spent studying or relaxing, I reach the end of the internet. It is a simple popup describing how I had just clicked on the final link on the final page and it recommended that I step away from the computer.

Although it is never quite as dire as the situation above, I have certainly wasted quite a bit of time online. You know the problem well. You’ve just sat down at your computer for the day’s important online activities such as work, assignments and other things. An hour later, you find yourself at an obscure page about cat health and have completely forgotten why you were on the computer in the first place.

Here’s a tip that I have found very helpful. First things first, turn off your computer (well, hold on until you’ve finished the article). After you’ve turned it off, find a piece of paper and a pen and sit down somewhere away from your computer. The things you needed to do will start coming back to you now that you’ve stepped away from the machine. After your list is complete, go back to the computer (and this will require a touch of willpower) and don’t stop working until you’ve crossed of everything on your list.

It’s a simple method that has helped me get through my work when I know that all it would take to burn my time is a single click.

Go, what are you waiting for?

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February 15
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Tom Fadial

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  1. I reached the end of the internet once, but that involved a geocities page with lots of animated .gifs randomly positioned on the screen, some wayward opinions about “mi kute kitti” and “mi best frends” interspersed throughout, and an oddly consistent recurrence of the letters “lol”. No, wait, that was just the beginning of the end.

    Dylan

    Feb 15, 06:59 PM #

  2. When you get that warning, better take it. I didn’t and fell off the end. Fell for days and days until finally doing a soft landing here, where ever here is. Haven’t found my way back yet. Please say hello to my family and friends if you run into them…

    Winston

    Feb 15, 07:01 PM #

  3. Dylan: Haha, I actually had someone recently request that I “design” a site similar to the one you described. They actually pointed me to a geocities page and asked how much I would charge to do something like it. Somtimes it’s just hopeless…

    Winston: Will do. There’s no place like home… click click

    Thame

    Feb 16, 04:58 PM #

  4. If only it were that simple. I often find myself online and totally bored, refreshing my RSS reader and various forums waiting for something interesting to pop up – all the while having something better to do, be it studying or just reading a book or something. The internet is so addictive.

    rob

    Mar 2, 08:07 AM #

  5. I hear ya rob.

    Luckily, I do almost all of my computer stuff on a laptop so whenever I feel like I’m starting to waste time, I can just slam down the lid.

    It’s been a lifesaver.

    Thame

    Mar 2, 04:39 PM #

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