How long is too long?
January 4th 2008 11:06
As fellow bloggers, I'm sure many of you can relate to the relationship that you share with your laptop/computer.
You check your email before you go to work, you check emails via your phone on the way home, and then the first thing you do when you walk in the door is open up the lid and wait for your life to come through.
What I'm wondering, is when is it too much?
This is not to say that I don't socialise and talk on the phone, but put it this way, if my internet goes down for more than a few minutes I'm on the phone to my ISP to find out what has happened and the expected time frame for fixing it.
I have plenty of friends who avoid using their computers like the plague, especially after staring at a screen in the office all day. But for me, my laptop is my gateway to what's happening in the world, who's doing what and anything else that may have popped into my head during the day.
What do others think? How long do you spend on your computer each day?
JD Crew
You check your email before you go to work, you check emails via your phone on the way home, and then the first thing you do when you walk in the door is open up the lid and wait for your life to come through.
This is not to say that I don't socialise and talk on the phone, but put it this way, if my internet goes down for more than a few minutes I'm on the phone to my ISP to find out what has happened and the expected time frame for fixing it.
I have plenty of friends who avoid using their computers like the plague, especially after staring at a screen in the office all day. But for me, my laptop is my gateway to what's happening in the world, who's doing what and anything else that may have popped into my head during the day.
What do others think? How long do you spend on your computer each day?
JD Crew
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Comment by Vixter
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1 For The Road
In fact Everyone else in the house is chillin watching tv or talking most nights and I'm here - -listening and typing and seeing what the internet's got for me.
But i don't usually travel very far on it.
I know it's too much time when my neck hurts...liike now for example.
I also know it's too much time when i am hungry or thirsty -0 you know sometimes you just don't want to get up....but i usually pre-empt that with something surrounding me.
and lastly....when do I know it's too late...when you're late for work - late for sleeping...or burn the toast!
Don't go asking me to add up my hours though - I don't want to know
Comment by Justicia
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Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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I normally spend between 8-10 hours a day staring at a computer screen only to get back on it for a hour or so at night to check emails and then again for an hour or so between 4.30am-5.30am to do my blog posts.
It's certainly a modern day addiction - and I'm no exception - particular given so many of us like to be kept up to date with what's happening in the office et al - even when we're supposedly on hols.
Top question.
MNG
Comment by Simon Ellis-Jones
Every now and then my friend leaves her mobile off for half a week or so. It's her way of giving herself a break from communication. It's annoying when you need to contact her though!
Comment by secretwritersbusiness
I reckon I'm half a person without my laptop. And when the network is down... whoaa... as if I might JUST be missing that ONE crucial email that is going to change my life, only to be reconnected and be spammed with dozens of offers to enlarge my penis.
I relate... hi, I'm Jo and I'm a computer addict,
Jo
Comment by JD Crew
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Every now and then I try to set a rule for myself on the weekend so I shut the lid of my laptop.
Eventually it 'stares' me down and I just have to open it and check a few things.
Comment by Jim Stillman
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My Junk Mail filter protects me from advice on increasing bodily parts, foreign lotteries and old ladies from Nigeria whose deceased husbands stole $75 gazillion.
I do check e-mail at odd hours and read newspapers and magazines from all over the world. I'm a political junkie and, yes, I admit to overdoing it!
But it's fun!