Breaking Away From the Computer

[Jan]

How to I break away from the computer to get things more balanced? I was thinking about getting a kitchen timer for next to my computer. What do some of the WF members do?

Lately I have found time flying as I work on an internet project. I'm starting to see a little increase in income from my work, so it's even harder to stop! Before I know it, I'm rushing around getting ready for work and wishing I could stay home to work on my internet projects so I don't need 2 wage earning jobs.

 

[nickycakes]

write everything down

 

[Xrproto]

write everything down

That's what I do and I write an approx time for each task to target.

 

[SUP3RNOVA]

Work all day and night until you have projects running on auto-pilot that make you money, then relax.

 

[Sticks79]

^^^Blatant Ebook promotion

 

[BigWill]

Work all day and night until you have projects running on auto-pilot that make you money, then relax.

Yup pretty much.

I'll work 20 hour days for weeks on end until I get everything going smooth. Then don't do shit but refresh stats for a couple weeks

 

[HarveyJ]

I just get off the computer, turn it off, and don't switch it back on. Temptations too great to "just get an extra 10 minutes" done.
That's why you guys don't see me here on weekends. That's -unwired- time.

 

[comatose]

I just get off the computer, turn it off, and don't switch it back on. Temptations too great to "just get an extra 10 minutes" done.
That's why you guys don't see me here on weekends. That's -unwired- time.

Until you get wireless internet and a portable device.... :rasta:

 

[aim]

My advice is to work as hard as you can now, so you can relax later. It's important to take breaks, rest and replenish your mind, but you've got to stay focused and on-task if you want to take your business to the next level.

 

[elime]

I agree with Paul and aim. Really the best way to go. Make a lot of coffee.

You're not hardcore until you realize you have a laptop in your bathroom.

Until you get wireless internet and a portable device.... :rasta:

Christ, I just know as soon as I get a blackberry my life will be pretty much over.

 

[John]

In the last few months I've found it hard to sit at the computer for over an hour....

 

[axxomarketing]

Hmm, I am almost in front of my laptop or PC all the time.

 

[ozonew4m]

i keep the tissue box downstairs

 

[turbolapp]

I don't like schedules. (I tend to rebel against authority and rules, even my own.) I like to work when I feel like it (which could be 10 hours straight) and do something else when I don't. You'll know when you need a break and then you'll break.

 

[axxomarketing]

Do you still have a day job?

I don't like schedules. (I tend to rebel against authority and rules, even my own.) I like to work when I feel like it (which could be 10 hours straight) and do something else when I don't. You'll know when you need a break and then you'll break.

 

[turbolapp]

Nope. Quit that back in December

 

[axxomarketing]

Good thing for you!

Nope. Quit that back in December

 

[HarveyJ]

Until you get wireless internet and a portable device.... :rasta:

LOL Nah, I've got an Asus-EEE and an O2 PDAphone. Trust me, I'm tech-geeking out to the hilt... but I also know that you gotta get some time away from this shit, or you end up like Jarred before the Subway subs and AIDS.

ozonew4m: So where do you keep the porn?

 

[NormanNormal]

Forget the kitchen timer, here is a great free tool I found:

Behold… the interruptron! | WorkingCogs

It's called interruption. Basically it tracks your productivity and gives you a scheduled break every hour and it notifies you when its time to take your break. Here is a review on youtube:

YouTube - Improve Your Productivity by 300-500% With This FREE Tool

Good luck

-Norman