I am an addict. I’m lovin’ it, but I should be cuttin’ it
Forget coke and e, there is a new substance in town.
This blog post on Lifehack.org was fairly interesting and I thought about posting it here FYI, but then I got to point 6. It defined a new term for me: Information addiction. It hit me right there and then: I am an addict. Seriously, I have to cut down. I spend up to 2 hours every day reading news, RSS feeds and designing bags. (Well, that might have been a one off thing 
But I am complaining that I am busy. I mean WTF?
I will try to limit my daily hit of RSS feeds and news to 1 whiff of information in the morning. That’s it.
And I will start tomorrow. Urghhh. I can feel the cold turkey already.
Can’t…..hit…..the….reload…..button. Should….not…..check….for……new…..mail. Arghhhh…..
And what about you? How many times a day do you indulge yourself in the sinful pleasure of information ecstasy? I would say that for some of you it’s time to think about it as well…
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.
Christian
14 Oct 07 at 11:33 pm
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…
ezekiel2517
15 Oct 07 at 6:27 am