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On Avoiding Internet Distractions
Published: 2013-11-11 20:17:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 40273; Favourites: 2173; Downloads: 230
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I suppose it's a bit ironic that I'm sharing this essay with you on the internet. Don't get distracted!
This essay is from a book called Brick by Brick-- you can read over 100 pages of this book by clicking the link below!
doodlealley.com/
Tell me what you think!
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hm... I've kind'a realized within the past few months or so, that I've been searching around the Internet, and keeping tabs open to look at (...like if I find that baby Platypus video, I might notice three other suggested videos, and keep opening more tabs - don't want them lost in the shuffle after all). But... then I have to save all my tabs to an IEΒ favorites folder so I can restart the computer. ...And then I find that I never really look at allΒ those pages I'd saved (kind'a like the magic's worn off). But I keep doing the same thing - spending time online looking through links and things for good stuff.
So... it's like I feel rewarded by finding the content, and not actually by consuming it? Does that make sense?
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Genious, I'mΒ notorious for getting side tracked.Β
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Thank you for this message. This is my greatest problem.
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very nice!
i think a lot of creatives get addicted (almost like the guy in Guild Season 6) because they want the feedback, and then only focus on negative feedback because of undeveloped social filters
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YaY FOR BABY PLATYPUS!!!!!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=a6QHzIJOβ¦
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oh my gosh that is so cute
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But this is posted on the net lol.still good info for net addicts.
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This can work. I can work with that. Thanks 
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Yeah.Β This.Β This I need to do.Β If I can break the cycle, I just know I can get my work done for real.
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You can do it!
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I... Think this could work.
Hell, I just favorited this just so that I can refer to it later, because ironically I have to head off to work soon.
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Once or twice a year me and my family take a holiday in a foreign land for around 2 - 3 weeks - we don't have internet there and we really enjoy it because the day is much longer if you're not spending all of your time online. Also, it's a time where I'm highly creative!
Sadly, when we're back home and everything's back to normal again, Internet got us back.
Thanks for this suggestion how to end the cycle, I think I'll go and try it out! Maybe it can help me reducing my online times a bit.~
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Yeah-- I'm the same way.
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my internet connection died a few days ago and i'm only able to check the internet when i sit down in a cafe or have a break at university. first i totally freaked out but now i start to notice how much i got done in this time.... i think i'll leave it like this for a bit longer.
thanks for this
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This is SO HANDY.
Like, if you'd just given a lecture about the disruption, I pretty much would've ignored it.
But you tell us why.
And how to work through it.
Now all we need is to slowly wane ourselves off it. (Not social media in my case, but random anime, music, and shorts while working on a 6 hr deadline. -_- )
THANK YOU !! ^_^
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You're welcome!
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lol I totally got distracted XD was supposed to go to sleep when this caught my eye! and so another min or so shaved off my sleep scheduled orz loool <3
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I've been thinking about this a lot lately, so it's good to see it lain out in front of me in a comic strip. dA and FB are my main offenders. I have to set a time frame before I get to take a break and look at these pages. The biggest problem is checking them constantly after I've POSTED something!
Thank you for thisΒ Β
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You're welcome!
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Ne ?
Β dA and FB art pages are my weakest link. -_-
I have been known to miss class for it (by consequence) too. ^_^
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And you just strengthened my habit... you bastard.
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DUDE! I just realized I have a book by you on my shelf.
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Which one? ha ha
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Mal and Chad, vol 1: The Biggest, Bestest Time Ever. I... haven't actually read it yet, lmao.
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True!
I love how you use metaphors. Also, great illustration. 
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I am happy for you if it is working with you. I have tons of browser tabs open with articles, countless favourites to read later but it is just gets more and more, stacking and piling and I can't see the end of it. I am interested in many things (science, history, news, art, cooking etc) and love to play and have fun, so the internet is consuming me fast.
Anyway, your comic is great and really useful.
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This is amazing, considering that many people, including myself, are trying to keep internet distractions from getting in the way of many things like work and relationships.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6QHzIβ¦
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I like this comic very much and I do hope it will be useful advice for people! I am a total addict myself, but at the moment, being stuck on the internet is one of the few things that's preventing me from physical self-harm and I dare not give myself free time to think too freely, unless I am about to write or draw.
But, I definitely hope that someone will be able to work on their internet distractions and work on getting a life they want to live, instead of daydream about it. Some may be happily addicted, some may not; be as it may, great work! :3
(I'm sorry for blabbering so much; I tend to do that, haha~)
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That's me! :S
In this summer I wanted to do a lot of things: draw and write... but not. Internet and the computer itself are soooo strong for me.
Bad, so bad!
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I dont have an internet addiction ...I ..just ...had and have no life
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you sir should win an award for this, thanks for the helpful tip so going to do this
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Great advice, and I'll certainly look into planning something similar to this for my own distractions. So thank you so so so much for posting this, because I'm sure it's going to help me (and I need all the help I can get 
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Great. I read this after working straight 13 hours, but because I was recording my work. lol
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