http://dontstepinthepoop.com/stop-internet-surfing How to Avoid Screwing up Your Life and Career Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:52:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dontstepinthepoop.com/stop-internet-surfing/comment-page-1#comment-787 4 Ways to Cure Your Internet Browsing Addiction | Yoana Pedroso Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:33:04 +0000 http://2015611884#comment-787 [...] Don’t Step in the Poop writes: Unplug yourself from the internet. I know it’s sacrilege to say this, but when you are in the middle of a project or need to take some time to write (like I do) just reach your hand behind your computer and unplug your internet cable. Have a wireless connection? Go to your system tray, right-cick on the internet connection icon, and disable the connection.I found that my actually having to go behind my computer and plug the cable back in, it forced me to ask myself, “Do I really need to get on the internet?” Because doing so meant I had to get up, reach my hand around, grope for the cable, and take time to find the right connection port. It may take 5 seconds or less to unplug the connection, but it always seemed to take longer to plug it back in. [...] [...] Don’t Step in the Poop writes: Unplug yourself from the internet. I know it’s sacrilege to say this, but when you are in the middle of a project or need to take some time to write (like I do) just reach your hand behind your computer and unplug your internet cable. Have a wireless connection? Go to your system tray, right-cick on the internet connection icon, and disable the connection.I found that my actually having to go behind my computer and plug the cable back in, it forced me to ask myself, “Do I really need to get on the internet?” Because doing so meant I had to get up, reach my hand around, grope for the cable, and take time to find the right connection port. It may take 5 seconds or less to unplug the connection, but it always seemed to take longer to plug it back in. [...]

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