Commentüs on: I am an addict. I’m lovin’ it, but I should be cuttin’ it http://egolibre.org/2007/10/14/i-am-an-addict-im-lovin-it-but-i-should-be-cuttin-it/ Taking your ego out of decision making since 2007 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:08:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: ezekiel2517 http://egolibre.org/2007/10/14/i-am-an-addict-im-lovin-it-but-i-should-be-cuttin-it/#comment-81 ezekiel2517 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:27:48 +0000 http://egolibre.org/2007/10/14/i-am-an-addict-im-lovin-it-but-i-should-be-cuttin-it/#comment-81 Yes, I know exactly what you mean. But that's where my therapy starts. I thought about it and realized I can't stop checking for email. I need to be online and available, it's my job. But I can set up my email auto-check for every 15 minutes. And slap myself every time I click the dreaded button. With RSS it's a different story. I will try that today. I will check my feeds once, in the morning. That's it. All through the day I will KNOW that there are new feeds, but I need to learn to stop that thought nagging me. My world will not fall apart if I don't learn about the 10 tips how to repair broken fridge or that 5 more monks were arrested in Burma. It's good to know, but I don't need to know....right now. It's a challenge since we are forced to live in "get everything right NOW" world. But it's time to reclaim our present back and put some real presence into it ;-) Good luck man, I will see how long I last... Yes, I know exactly what you mean. But that’s where my therapy starts. I thought about it and realized I can’t stop checking for email. I need to be online and available, it’s my job. But I can set up my email auto-check for every 15 minutes. And slap myself every time I click the dreaded button.

With RSS it’s a different story. I will try that today. I will check my feeds once, in the morning. That’s it. All through the day I will KNOW that there are new feeds, but I need to learn to stop that thought nagging me. My world will not fall apart if I don’t learn about the 10 tips how to repair broken fridge or that 5 more monks were arrested in Burma. It’s good to know, but I don’t need to know….right now.

It’s a challenge since we are forced to live in “get everything right NOW” world. But it’s time to reclaim our present back and put some real presence into it ;-) Good luck man, I will see how long I last…

]]> By: Christian http://egolibre.org/2007/10/14/i-am-an-addict-im-lovin-it-but-i-should-be-cuttin-it/#comment-80 Christian Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:33:59 +0000 http://egolibre.org/2007/10/14/i-am-an-addict-im-lovin-it-but-i-should-be-cuttin-it/#comment-80 Ha ha.. most to the point! Even worse than sucking stuff from the inbox and feeds is the amount of time I find myself spending when there is NO unread email in the inbox and NO unread items in any feeds. How do I spend it? Repeatedly rechecking every source in a ritualistic, cyclic, even OCD-like fashion. Food for thought. Ha ha.. most to the point! Even worse than sucking stuff from the inbox and feeds is the amount of time I find myself spending when there is NO unread email in the inbox and NO unread items in any feeds. How do I spend it? Repeatedly rechecking every source in a ritualistic, cyclic, even OCD-like fashion. Food for thought.

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