Confession of an internet addict
My name is N.A and I am an internet addict and I have not been working as hard as I should do.
I have a very short attention span when it comes to work, especially when I have the world at my finger tips (i.e the internet). After 15 minutes of work my internet cravings would surface, and I would generously give in to the temptation. The things that I surf is nothing important, sometimes related to work, most of the times not. But rest assured they consist of 'tame' stuff.
My countermeasure for withdrawal is putting up a daily/weekly 'tick' table so that I am aware of exactly how many hours that I have done 'real' work in a day. At the start, I was good. But after a few days the temptation to click that mouse is too difficult to resist. I realized that I need to do something else to further strengthen my effort of revival. If the problem is the computer in front of me, then so be it, I need to work 'away' from it unless my work needs some computer programming. I told myself, I can sit in front of this box (I am also an addict of another box, i.e the television) for leisure if and only if it is during my breaks, which is about 15 minutes in between my 45 mins sit. So now, I have been working not in the office, but in some empty lecture room or the library, with my mobile a.k.a the alarm clock blaring every 45 minutes. Alhamdulillah so far, I have managed to work like 45 mins in one sit and yesterday 45 mins wasn't enough that I need to extend it to 60-90 mins in one session.
This entry is written on my err..'extended' 15mins break ;). I am no angel.
I have a very short attention span when it comes to work, especially when I have the world at my finger tips (i.e the internet). After 15 minutes of work my internet cravings would surface, and I would generously give in to the temptation. The things that I surf is nothing important, sometimes related to work, most of the times not. But rest assured they consist of 'tame' stuff.
My countermeasure for withdrawal is putting up a daily/weekly 'tick' table so that I am aware of exactly how many hours that I have done 'real' work in a day. At the start, I was good. But after a few days the temptation to click that mouse is too difficult to resist. I realized that I need to do something else to further strengthen my effort of revival. If the problem is the computer in front of me, then so be it, I need to work 'away' from it unless my work needs some computer programming. I told myself, I can sit in front of this box (I am also an addict of another box, i.e the television) for leisure if and only if it is during my breaks, which is about 15 minutes in between my 45 mins sit. So now, I have been working not in the office, but in some empty lecture room or the library, with my mobile a.k.a the alarm clock blaring every 45 minutes. Alhamdulillah so far, I have managed to work like 45 mins in one sit and yesterday 45 mins wasn't enough that I need to extend it to 60-90 mins in one session.
This entry is written on my err..'extended' 15mins break ;). I am no angel.
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