Are You Ever Tempted to Give Up the Online Life?
@bagarad (14283)
Paso Robles, California
July 15, 2016 1:16am CST
This has been a weird week. I'm feeling very lazy. Since I've had a lot of time in waiting rooms, I've started reading. Once I start a book, I want to finish it. When I'm on a reading binge, I don't want to stop. I've been on a reading binge. It's hard to settle down and work again.
I feel a bit like I do when I come home from a trip. When I travel, we mostly eat out and all normal routines are disrupted. When I get home it's hard to start cooking and doing chores again and resuming my normal activities. I feel disoriented.
Is it just me? Or do some of you feel that way sometimes? When does that feeling hit you?
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
15 Jul 16
I don't know what brings it on, but I have felt that way many times. I think back to the time before the internet and the things I used to do. I still love to do those things, so why don't I? Reading, gardening, knitting, experimenting... it all gets shoved into a couple of hours in the evening maybe or over the weekend and I think to myself "that's no way to live." But the internet helps pay the bills, so I come back and get at it again.
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
16 Jul 16
@bagarad I am a blogger, too. I've had one of my blogs for years and it pays some, but I will never make a living at it because I don't have the patience or ambition to work it. When I do promote it, I can see a definite difference in income, though. I have read your stuff and you are, indeed, a good writer. Still... I have found that making room for real life makes me a better writer with a fresher perspective.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
18 Jul 16
@peavey I'm kind of laid back about it this week. I have a post ot finish this week that I started yesterday, but I know I'll be busy this week. I'm not going to demand too much of myself in the blogging area until the week is over.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
15 Jul 16
When I had a job, it didn't pay much, but it was a regular paycheck, and when I came home I could do those things you mentioned.When I came home my time was my own. I'm a blogger in the in between stage. That's the stage when I'm seeing an improvement in earnings but not enough to make it seem worth while. I keep telling myself I am intelligent and write as well as many of the people making big bucks as affiliate sellers, and that I can learn to do what they do. I read how so many give up when they are in this stage and the only ones who really fail are the ones who give up. Therefore, I'm not giving up. But I do wish I had a larger slot of time for real life enjoyment.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
• Calgary, Alberta
15 Jul 16
I managed to Survive the 1st 11 years of my life without internet but I had been using the internet since I was 12. Imagine the withdrawals I will experience.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
15 Jul 16
I survived the first 50 years of my life without it. It's a wonderful tool and allows writers to make connections and find an audience. I am always grateful for that.I don't really want to completely unplug. I guess I just don't want to feel the pressure to get another blog post written.
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@thaMARKER (2503)
• Philippines
15 Jul 16
Not really. I live away from my family(dad, mom, & siblings) because of my own family. Im a stay at home mom too and being online is one way for me to relax after a day's work with my kid.
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@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
15 Jul 16
I guess what I feel is a bit different. I know that I need to cut down on my online life because it's interfering with other, more important things. The problem is that I find difficult to do it because I'm always worried about what I may be missing if I stay away from my computer for too long.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
15 Jul 16
Gina, I get that. Right now I'd like to use my computer just to interact with my friends instead of always writing and promoting. I'd like to spend more of my Facebook time on my home page instead of my writing groups on Facebook. And I always feel the offline situations nagging me.
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@williamjisir66 (594)
• Hangzhou, China
19 Jul 16
It seems to me that I find it boring without the online internet life for so much can be done online, like shopping, reading, playing games, listening to music, watching movies, and so on. Every day, I look for something online that interests me and always find some nice and cheap stuff to purchase. It is hard to believe life without the Internet. I love online life as well as my real life offline.
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
15 Jul 16
There are two aspects of my online life - 1. Work and 2. Some Social. I can manage to go without this social aspect for a while... and in fact I have tried that for 2 months at a stretch and more later on earlier mylot. But for the work part, I do not have a choice at the moment. Though I have plans to quit by 2019 (working online) but still I will have to connect online as I will be in the computers arenas always. makes it difficult to stay away from being online these days.
