Time for something mindless...
By AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
Boston, Massachusetts
September 19, 2015 10:30am CST
No, not this discussion - though you may decide it is mindless once you've read it.
I like to take a half hour out of my morning and do something mindless away from the computer.
Usually, this takes the form of watching some rerun of a sitcom and playing a game on my tablet.
I get up between 5 and 5:30 every morning. I get on the computer and work on several sites. By 11 o'clock, I need a break. And I like to break with a nice cold drink and a sandwich, or a snack. When my mind is refreshed, I can get back to doing what I need to do.
Of course, I sometimes take a longer break in the afternoon, or just wander away for hours. But that's not my plan usually.
Do you schedule time online? Do you schedule time offline? Do you do useful and practical things or do you do something mindless for a break?
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@much2say (53907)
• Los Angeles, California
19 Sep 15
I normally wake up around 6am before everyone else - and then I have about an hour to be online before the morning rush begins. But then the rest of the day, my online time is "here and there" - whenever I can fit it in between all the errands, taking and picking the kids up from school, their various activities, house chores, etc etc. I just make sure I am online at the computer table - and never on the phone when I'm out!
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@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
19 Sep 15
Thank goodness I don't have to make all those runs to the daycare and school anymore. I think I spent half my life at work and half on the road. All I manage to do is keep things from becoming something the news would label " a house of horrors" but beyond that, I stick to my computer chair.
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@rebelann (111073)
• El Paso, Texas
19 Sep 15
Schedule?? 
Nah, I just wait for Ally to decide I'm supposed to play 
then we go outside play a bit and I'll do some weeding or whatnot then she'll wanna play somemore til I get tired of bein outside, then I'm ready to get back to bidness online 
Nah, I just wait for Ally to decide I'm supposed to play then we go outside play a bit and I'll do some weeding or whatnot then she'll wanna play somemore til I get tired of bein outside, then I'm ready to get back to bidness online 3 people like this
@Novelangel (390)
• United States
20 Sep 15
Now that sounds familiar. My kitty decides I'm done computing and punctures my ribcage with her claws. Then I play with her for a while and when she goes for her naptime I get back to what I was doing. There is no ignoring ten little holes in my side. 
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@jahernandezrivas (11288)
• United States
20 Sep 15
Yes sometimes because I don't have a job anymore outside the home so the internet is my money now Just wish I had more time like I used too! It seems like I had more time when I was working a part time job outside but they ripped everyone off, now I have a bad problem with my knees anymore it is hard me me to walk for so long and sometimes well most the time it is hard to drive.
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@Novelangel (390)
• United States
20 Sep 15
Same here. Real life happens out there rather than in here. This is an extra indulgence for me.
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@Tampa_girl7 (48886)
• United States
19 Sep 15
I don't schedule computer time. I get everything in my daily life that I need to do first and work computer time in when I can.
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@Novelangel (390)
• United States
20 Sep 15
Yup. That's me in a nutshell...or should I say, nutty me. 
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
19 Sep 15
Well I dont schedule it per say, but on days that I am off, every hour I have to get up for 5+ minutes and move around, doing things that dont involve a screen
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@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
20 Sep 15
I get most of my news on the internet. Twitter is the first place news shows up, but if it looks very dire or happening now, I sometimes turn on the TV. Then I get tired of the talking heads who really don't know what is going on any more than I do. So
I go back to the net.
@rosekiss (30380)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Sep 15
I have no set time when I am online. I check my email when I first come in, and then I goto my notifications and start posting comments to the ones I had ressponded to before. I will post other comments for awhile, and then I will take a break and do other things for awhile, then come back in and post some more. It does me good to take breakds periodically so I can refresh my mind to do more again.
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@rene12 (794)
• Philippines
29 Sep 15
Travel time for me is mindless time. Why? I spend about 4 hours from home to work plus from work to home travel time. But wait! there is more! Guess what? I work in the field as a processor so I go to government agencies with about 1 to 1.5 hours from work. Too much mindless time for me.
@Angelee_27 (3460)
• United States
19 Sep 15
I think it's good to take time out and just do something mindless as you say. It gives your brain a chance to relax. For me, I like to go for a swim, walk, or just lay in the bed playing around on my phone with the TV on in the background. It's usually on the Food Network channel.
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@Novelangel (390)
• United States
20 Sep 15
I'm already mindless. 
LOL. Actually, I like to take breaks from my online work by going for walks, or watching movies or working on the afghan I'm knitting for a gift. I can't just sit in front of the computer for endless hours, as it quickly gets boring. 
LOL. Actually, I like to take breaks from my online work by going for walks, or watching movies or working on the afghan I'm knitting for a gift. I can't just sit in front of the computer for endless hours, as it quickly gets boring. 1 person likes this
@Novelangel (390)
• United States
21 Sep 15
@Rollo1 Yup...that sounds like a great idea. I already made scarves for hubby and myself so that's done. I am now making an afghan for my mother-inlaw. Probably make something for my parents and my brother as well. Hope I have time....
@else34 (13517)
• New Delhi, India
20 Sep 15
@Rollo1,You are right.Sometimes we need to break free from our shackles.Working ceaselessly for the whole day makes us rigid.I can't keep sitting before my pc indefinitely.Sometimes I forget everything I do or have to do everyday,and get myself be engaged in mindless activities such as going out in torrential rains without putting on a rain coat or taking an umbrella.These activities do not let me go rigid and inflexible.
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