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Originally Posted by dmauder  I work from a home office (and from my car). To be honest, I find that the only way to stay productive is to stop reading all the blogs & websites about how to stay organized and be productive. Instead, I just STAY PRODUCTIVE and ORGANIZED. And, I just DO the stuff that needs to be done instead of thinking about it, or reading about how other people are doing it.
It's amazing how much time we waste reading and thinking about stuff instead of just DOING it. 
Don't get me wrong, I'm just as guilty as everyone else. I struggle daily to keep myself on task. 
Dave |
My internet was down for about 2 weeks, and I had similar experiences to you, Dave.
What I've learned from having no internet access for a while:
I realised that a lot of what I do on the internet is largely unimportant.
On the other hand, some of what I do is very important, and my reliance on the internet for those things is almost essential, so not having internet can be very debilitating.
Interestingly, I found maintaining connections with real people was the most important task, with things like reading information and using various services being important, but not essential.
My ISP (Internode, Australia) offers a certain amount of free dial-up hours per month if your DSL goes offline, so I'll be making the necessary changes to make use of that so I can still reasonably maintain these important connections.
In true
Steve (#200) style, I encourage all of you to avoid the internet for a week (a week isn't long). Alternatively, if you can't do that, whenever you use the internet, ask
"what are the essential things I need to do?" This should help you focus on doing what is truly important, and raise your awareness of the other things that, while desirable, aren't essential. Then you can consciously choose what to do with your time/energy and reclaim those hours you invest in internet usage habits that don't serve you.
Admittedly, now that I've got the net back, I'm kind of slipping a bit, but it is the weekend, my biceps are trashed from the curls I did two days ago, and my hearing is slightly sensitive from being around loud noises for too long (don't ask), so I figure I can slip a bit and get back on track on Monday. (I too "work" from home, it just so happens that my "work" isn't yet directly profitable.)