Have you ever had to do something for school, like check your college email or Blackboard, yet find yourself immediately headed to Facebook/Twitter/etc?! Maybe you’ve come home from a long day of work and you have to get an important paper or assignment done in a short amount of time, so you rush to the computer- only to be stalled again by a long list of blogs and social networking sites! Fun websites should be banned from my computer, because I am guilty of this. I’ve compiled some ways to gain self control against facebook, and also get my priorities straightened out.
Use Facebook/Twitter Statuses to get Your friends to yell “@” you!
Write a status that says something like “If you see me on Facebook, send me a message to scrutinize me” because if you don’t get offline, there’s a chance you may fail. And friends yelling “@” you on facebook is kind of scary.
What NEEDS to get Done?
Like legitimately? Seriously, if I’m on Facebook/Twitter and my biological clock sort of nudges me in the spleen (or wherever your biological clock is supposed to be…) and says “so, how long have you been on here?” I realize that it might be time to remember why I went online in the first place. This site, Remember the Milk, is awesome- you can make a customized priority list that can be emailed to you, reminde you with pop ups, and if you a fancy smart phone, there’s surely “an app for that.”
Put a REAL clock (not your phone) Right up in yo’ space
I try to use my little battery-operated alarm clock because it makes me aware of how long I’m spending on different internet destinations. If I look at that clock and suddenly I realize I’ve been on facebook for a half an hour when I have five papers due, I’m likely to exit out of the ol’ f’book and get down to business. The visual effect sometimes works best for people.
Keep these in mind when you see you’ve been on facebook for two hours looking at random people’s pictures. Doing that (and I’m guilty of it) is not only a waste of time, but pretty pathetic too. =)
Do you waste time online too much? Do you have strategies for avoiding It?
{ 2 comments }
