It's pretty typical actually. I just quit an internship Friday because it was unpaid and I wasn't allowed to do it anymore, and I just haven't been very productive. I woke up around 9 and watched Kiante's stream for a while... lol he almost lost to a 5pool from a 554 rating player XD
Anyways, I'm really feeling down because I'm unproductive. I'm someone who's happiness and self worth comes from his day to day accomplishments. If I don't accomplish anything, then I feel like I'm wasting time and I can't enjoy anything else.
It's times like these that I start to see the truth in bachelor frog
Anyways, I'll keep looking for jobs, I just don't like it when I procrastinate all day as I did yesterday.
I wish I could better control my addiction... because right now... it feels like my addiction to the internet is controlling me.
Does anyone have some advice?
I wish I had someone to keep me on track, someone to hold me accountable. *cue people volunteering to help their fellow TLer*
I don't like talking to my friends because I feel ashamed by talking about how little I've done... and I'm sometimes even scared to meet them for the same reason. TL is my friend right guys? You won't judge me too harshly and bring this up whenever I get into a debate will you? D:
If you wanted more bachelor frog pics well here they are. Hope your browser has prefetching. + Show Spoiler +
edit: I gotta hit preview more often. Also going out for a bike ride
almost noone will replay now because of mlg xD hm i think change your attitude... don't onl feel worth something if you have accomplisehd stuff. this is tough as it is something so fundamental to your personality, but really the only thing to get rid of these feelings
I know what you mean, that mood where you want to do something so you can feel like you've done something but everything that would make you feel good you absolutely abhor doing. That sucks dude, just listen to some tunes or sleep or something.
I totally understand how you feel. This happens to me from time to time as well. But! I recommend you to not bother too much. It's Sunday and a day of "time off". So enjoy it. Don't make a fuss about it!
If you got something you wanna do, but you keep procrastinating, push yourself by putting yourself in a place away from the computer/internet. For example, if I gotta study for college or have to run some errands, I get up early (as it's the best time of my day) and get out of the door asap. For studying I go to the library, and for errands... well, I just go to where I have to go to get my things done.
Well you produced this blog which took some energy and a little dedication of your day. And it will be permanently archived for the remainder of TL.net's life (which may just be forever). So think of yourself as an artist dealing with an electronic medium. Nice frog pictures btw.
I've been putting off doing schoolwork to watch MLG lol. It probably would help if the assignments we get actually help us learn something, but nope. Just gotta grind through it. I keep meaning to go through stuff like MIT opencourseware but I've been too lazy. Hopefully I'll be more motivated in the summer.
I've done nothing since I finished my last exam of university (undergrad). I am kind of job searching though... other than that, I
1) planned to work out daily in the summer. haven't started yet 2) wanted to volunteer for a professor while looking for a job. haven't asked any professors yet 3) wanted to get a job. still searching
I feel the same way today. I've done absolutely nothing except watch MLG. I've had no desire to play any SC2 (don't know why really). I guess it happens sometimes.
Whenever I feel like this I go outside and do some chin-ups. Doing chin-ups is fucking phenomenal because you always feel like you've achieved something. Today it was raining pretty much all day, so I just did chin-ups in the lashing rain.
T-shirt sticking to me, arms straining to keep moving. I didn't achieve nothing today; I was batman.
If you're using firefox install BlockSite plugin, put all sites you waste time on there (maybe but facebook(?) and TL, but you can always block stuff like blogs or streams, other sections that don't interest you but you spend time there on TL, funny pictures thread, desktop thread, fanclubs come to mind). Update the list. After some time put a password you don't know, and DON'T UNINSTALL THE PLUGIN.
I mean it's worthwhile if you're spending a lot of time on some funny image, videos, blogs, webcomics, forums you lurk etc. that you check much more often than they update (like me). Then allow yourself to check those sites when you're on someone's elses computer(friend, girlfriend, library, cafe(if you're not there everyday) whatever, JUST NOT SOMEONE YOU LIVE WITH). If you're Internet "addiction" is like mine, you will be suprised that you just need like fifteen minutes every few days(maybe but for videos, but you probably won't be sitting on someone elses PC for hours) to cover all of this shit and maybe you'll even forget about some of it. If you do it every day, many times, especially when there's work to do it takes LOADS of time.
Seriously, for me it's been working perfectly for the last 20 minutes :p.
On June 06 2011 07:18 EerieNewb wrote: If you're using firefox install BlockSite plugin, put all sites you waste time on there (maybe but facebook(?) and TL, but you can always block stuff like blogs or streams, other sections that don't interest you but you spend time there on TL, funny pictures thread, desktop thread, fanclubs come to mind). Update the list. After some time put a password you don't know, and DON'T UNINSTALL THE PLUGIN.
I mean it's worthwhile if you're spending a lot of time on some funny image, videos, blogs, webcomics, forums you lurk etc. that you check much more often than they update (like me). Then allow yourself to check those sites when you're on someone's elses computer(friend, girlfriend, library, cafe(if you're not there everyday) whatever, JUST NOT SOMEONE YOU LIVE WITH). If you're Internet "addiction" is like mine, you will be suprised that you just need like fifteen minutes every few days(maybe but for videos, but you probably won't be sitting on someone elses PC for hours) to cover all of this shit and maybe you'll even forget about some of it. If you do it every day, many times, especially when there's work to do it takes LOADS of time.
Seriously, for me it's been working perfectly for the last 20 minutes :p.
I've tried just about everything like blocksite on the market.
There are more effective ways to manage yourself than blocksite. Blocksite is easier to remove as an addon than things like leechblock.
In the end though, the tools are crutches and they all have drawbacks that prevent them from working for me.
On June 06 2011 07:18 EerieNewb wrote: If you're using firefox install BlockSite plugin, put all sites you waste time on there (maybe but facebook(?) and TL, but you can always block stuff like blogs or streams, other sections that don't interest you but you spend time there on TL, funny pictures thread, desktop thread, fanclubs come to mind). Update the list. After some time put a password you don't know, and DON'T UNINSTALL THE PLUGIN.
I mean it's worthwhile if you're spending a lot of time on some funny image, videos, blogs, webcomics, forums you lurk etc. that you check much more often than they update (like me). Then allow yourself to check those sites when you're on someone's elses computer(friend, girlfriend, library, cafe(if you're not there everyday) whatever, JUST NOT SOMEONE YOU LIVE WITH). If you're Internet "addiction" is like mine, you will be suprised that you just need like fifteen minutes every few days(maybe but for videos, but you probably won't be sitting on someone elses PC for hours) to cover all of this shit and maybe you'll even forget about some of it. If you do it every day, many times, especially when there's work to do it takes LOADS of time.
Seriously, for me it's been working perfectly for the last 20 minutes :p.
I've tried just about everything like blocksite on the market.
There are more effective ways to manage yourself than blocksite. Blocksite is easier to remove as an addon than things like leechblock.
In the end though, the tools are crutches and they all have drawbacks that prevent them from working for me.
Hmm, so if it's too tempting maybe you should make a bet (with someone who you don't want to get money ) that you won't uninstall those things. I thought of those things more like tools to inforce a habit rather than a definite solution (probably fooling myself as I've got similar problems with precrastination, btw I hate that word, make you think not so bad of yourself as "lazy bum" etc.).
On June 06 2011 07:18 EerieNewb wrote: If you're using firefox install BlockSite plugin, put all sites you waste time on there (maybe but facebook(?) and TL, but you can always block stuff like blogs or streams, other sections that don't interest you but you spend time there on TL, funny pictures thread, desktop thread, fanclubs come to mind). Update the list. After some time put a password you don't know, and DON'T UNINSTALL THE PLUGIN.
I mean it's worthwhile if you're spending a lot of time on some funny image, videos, blogs, webcomics, forums you lurk etc. that you check much more often than they update (like me). Then allow yourself to check those sites when you're on someone's elses computer(friend, girlfriend, library, cafe(if you're not there everyday) whatever, JUST NOT SOMEONE YOU LIVE WITH). If you're Internet "addiction" is like mine, you will be suprised that you just need like fifteen minutes every few days(maybe but for videos, but you probably won't be sitting on someone elses PC for hours) to cover all of this shit and maybe you'll even forget about some of it. If you do it every day, many times, especially when there's work to do it takes LOADS of time.
Seriously, for me it's been working perfectly for the last 20 minutes :p.
I've tried just about everything like blocksite on the market.
There are more effective ways to manage yourself than blocksite. Blocksite is easier to remove as an addon than things like leechblock.
In the end though, the tools are crutches and they all have drawbacks that prevent them from working for me.
Hmm, so if it's too tempting maybe you should make a bet (with someone who you don't want to get money ) that you won't uninstall those things. I thought of those things more like tools to inforce a habit rather than a definite solution (probably fooling myself as I've got similar problems with precrastination, btw I hate that word, make you think not so bad of yourself as "lazy bum" etc.).
How does the other person verify that you haven't wasted time?
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) that you won't uninstall those things. I thought of those things more like tools to inforce a habit rather than a definite solution (probably fooling myself as I've got similar problems with precrastination, btw I hate that word, make you think not so bad of yourself as "lazy bum" etc.).
