Internet Fasting Day 2 - Massive progress!

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As I mentioned yesterday, I've been limiting my internet use to work/study until 9 PM every day, mostly in order to get over my youtube addiction and to avoid peoples bad moods weighing heavy on me when I have other things to do. I still spend a lot of time near the computer but it's been so much more productive!

On my first day after deciding to do this, I felt a burst of energy and used it to write for 2 hours, reviewed the first 10 chapters of my novel and finished filling in some blanks.

Today I had a class in the morning and then spent some time working on my freelance profile. I improved it a whole lot and made it much more straightforward and honest so that any student who replies is already going to understand how I am different from other teachers.

Aside from that I stretched a whole lot and discovered what may be the root cause of why my back problems haven't cleared up already....my hip. I usually avoid my hip because there doesn't seem to be anywhere that feels right when I massage it. Well I massaged anyway for 10 minutes and the channels all opened up and I can tell very clearly now IT IS SORE! I found that I could massage my hip and butt a lot better by lying directly on the massage ball. I can't wait to see the improvements after a week of this.

So three big things in two days. I kind of want to keep going right now with my novel but I need to spend some more time on my body so I think I'll exercise a bit more.

I feel like I've gone from 30% ideal state to 40% ideal state but I am sure it will get better in the coming days cause I started my first day with a total lack of sleep.

I also talked to a friend about doing a podcast show together. She may have even joined hive, apparently she is reading my posts regularly now. Let's see how long before she introduces herself :-D

I've fallen behind on the Deadpost Initiative, I'll make an exception to do that tomorrow.

I totally recommend cutting out anything that you find distracts you cold-turkey for most of the day and allowing yourself to indulge only certain hours. It's working wonders for me.

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This stinks of truthiness. I’ve been getting a bit unfocussed lately too. Hard to balance with a puppy in the house but maybe ill take a page outa this book...

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Maybe the puppy can be part of your next project. Puppy battles bodhi??

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Puppy would tear that puppet apart =) She’s been eyeing it already 🤖🐕💩🤯

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Good work on a good plan!

cut out the deadwood and focus on what needs to get done..

youtube, ( && tiktok, and even sometimes comparing hive posts to steem posts) are total black-holes for me too

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For me hive is relatively productive, I just need to stop doing it compulsively. Trying to know EVERYONE is a nice goal but not realistic or healthy.

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I'm still on the fence. Sometimes I read without intention because I'm bored and filling up time..

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Totally get that over-working, over-serious, ultra-internet phenomenon of staring at a computer lightbulb and calling it progress. It's the way of life for a digital media occupation. I definitely think it's healthy to fast from the internet, and fast from the computer entirely, whenever possible. For me, being reliant on the computer for my work, I wrestle with this all the time. Only when I'm on vacation do I give myself the freedom to fast from the computer work, even though I know it's essential. You're setting a good example here, my friend.

For me, outside of my work schedule, the worst time suck has been social media. It used to be Facebook, then Instagram. Now it's Hive, although I'm still keeping one foot in and one foot out. We've been turning the wi-fi off at our place every day, just to try and find peace of mind amid the EMF waves. I don't understand it much, to be honest, but the lady I walk with is pretty adamant about turning the internet off entirely.

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I see so much good on the internet despite all the bad, the good outweighs the bad exponentially. It’s just that the bad always comes out when we use it impulsively. And I’ve been pretty impulsive with it, so that’s what I’m working on.

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It's amazing how productive you can be when you switch the internet off, I should really get back to doing this myself!

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Right? Suddenly everything that seemed impossible seems easy!

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@porters here on behalf of @NaturalMedicine – Good one! I like that idea of limiting to a certain time anything that is distracting you - inspired to give it a try!

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It hasn’t really gotten in the way of my hive activity or social life at all, it’s basically just gotten rid of procrastinating!

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