How to stop staring at my laptop screen?

pinkblondi · 06-11-2009, 09:06 AM

Hi, I just have one wish, to unplug from the web and come back into the real life! Where is my blue pill?
I'm a 21 years old massagist from NY, and when I come back after work, tiered from standing all day long, I just turn on my laptop, and suddenly, it's 2 am. How do you manage to keep your offline life, when you have a pc at home?
My obssesion is icq, blogs, myspace and any web place where you can meet interesting people. Forums are new to me, but I thought to give it a try.

ps: I'm a total newbee at forums, so I'm sorry if posted in the wrong place, just got here and saw this one.. Please be kind to show me the right place where you can just talk with people.

Alphapheemail · 06-11-2009, 10:47 AM

WELCOME pink!
I know how you feel at times, but sometimes you have to have self control and acess whats more important for you at the present moment (Sleep?!). I know social networking is currently the in thing to do, but how much are you gaining in looking at so and so's prom pictures? Or commenting on their wall? not much.

I am 25 and consider myself hip and into things (MR)... but there are somethings that make no sense and posting pics of myself every other day is one of them. I rather be reading/studying/cleaning... aka something productive!

I say you just gotta have self control and realize that the most important people in your life are the ones in you "recent call list" and not ur neighbor from 1997.

you might have to give up myspace to catch up with MR though! hee hee

Which reader do you have/ looking into?

MickeyC · 06-11-2009, 12:09 PM

Hi pinkblondi and welcome to MobileRead.

Get an eBook reader and give up the internet. Well except for MobileRead of course

pshrynk · 06-11-2009, 12:39 PM

Welcome to MobileRead, Pink! The place for talking is the Lounge. It gets sort of crazy there, every now and again, but as Alphpheemail can tell you, it sort of grows on you...

Cabe · 06-11-2009, 12:41 PM

Efficiency. If you find yourself reading a lot of blogs and webpages that support RSS consider Google Reader it will aggrigate all your feeds into one place and saves you time digging though sites. Also stops that "comment surfing" that accompanies articles.

GraceKrispy · 06-11-2009, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cassidym

Hi pinkblondi and welcome to MobileRead.

Get an eBook reader and give up the internet. Well except for MobileRead of course

Yep, I agree! And make it a 505

I know cassidy would agree with me on that one.

Welcome to the forum!

montsnmags · 06-12-2009, 01:43 AM

Asking a MobileRead audience how to have an offline life is like asking a fish what the air temperature is. We've no idea, though we have a million ways (and threads) to make "2am" seem like early evening.

Welcome pinkblondi (I keep reading this as "Pink Bondi", and picturing the Belt of Venus showing her Girdle at beach twilight).

Cheers,
Marc

06-11-2009, 09:06 AM	#1
pinkblondi Banned Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: pinkblondi	How to stop staring at my laptop screen? Hi, I just have one wish, to unplug from the web and come back into the real life! Where is my blue pill? I'm a 21 years old massagist from NY, and when I come back after work, tiered from standing all day long, I just turn on my laptop, and suddenly, it's 2 am. How do you manage to keep your offline life, when you have a pc at home? My obssesion is icq, blogs, myspace and any web place where you can meet interesting people. Forums are new to me, but I thought to give it a try. ps: I'm a total newbee at forums, so I'm sorry if posted in the wrong place, just got here and saw this one.. Please be kind to show me the right place where you can just talk with people.

06-11-2009, 10:47 AM	#2
Alphapheemail .a ribbon around a bomb. Posts: 639 Karma: 4334 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: sigh... ny Device: PRS700	WELCOME pink! I know how you feel at times, but sometimes you have to have self control and acess whats more important for you at the present moment (Sleep?!). I know social networking is currently the in thing to do, but how much are you gaining in looking at so and so's prom pictures? Or commenting on their wall? not much. I am 25 and consider myself hip and into things (MR)... but there are somethings that make no sense and posting pics of myself every other day is one of them. I rather be reading/studying/cleaning... aka something productive! I say you just gotta have self control and realize that the most important people in your life are the ones in you "recent call list" and not ur neighbor from 1997. you might have to give up myspace to catch up with MR though! hee hee Which reader do you have/ looking into? Last edited by Alphapheemail; 06-11-2009 at 10:52 AM.

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MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,732 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Hi pinkblondi and welcome to MobileRead. Get an eBook reader and give up the internet. Well except for MobileRead of course

06-11-2009, 12:39 PM	#4
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Welcome to MobileRead, Pink! The place for talking is the Lounge. It gets sort of crazy there, every now and again, but as Alphpheemail can tell you, it sort of grows on you...

06-11-2009, 12:41 PM	#5
Cabe Connoisseur Posts: 99 Karma: 403 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portsmouth, UK Device: Sony PRS-505, iPhone	Efficiency. If you find yourself reading a lot of blogs and webpages that support RSS consider Google Reader it will aggrigate all your feeds into one place and saves you time digging though sites. Also stops that "comment surfing" that accompanies articles.

06-12-2009, 01:43 AM	#7
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	Asking a MobileRead audience how to have an offline life is like asking a fish what the air temperature is. We've no idea, though we have a million ways (and threads) to make "2am" seem like early evening. Welcome pinkblondi (I keep reading this as "Pink Bondi", and picturing the Belt of Venus showing her Girdle at beach twilight). Cheers, Marc

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