Connectivity

It's been about 2 hours since I woke up this morning, and I have accomplished very little studying. "Well why not?" you may ask, and I would tell you that I was just doing stuff on the internet. This led me to the question, are we too connected? Am I?

I Facebook, Myspace, Tweet, Blog, LiveJournal, read 3 RSS feeds, E-mail, Blackboard, Paperbackswap, and accent with a little Stumbling. Most of these things wouldn't even have been considered verbs a couple of years ago, but now I'm pretty sure even "Facebooking" is a real word. But here it is, eight o'clock, and I haven't even finished with my list of connectivity-to-do's! Now, I have taken a break to study, but shouldn't it be the other way around? This internet fluff is starting to grow from what you find on the end of a Q-tip, to a cotton ball, and now it's almost the size of one of those body pillows that everyone used to have. I think it's time for me to cut back; go on an Internet diet.

I'll start with Myspace because there's not a whole lot of interesting stuff on there anyway. Myspace is cut down to once a week. Even typing that makes me cringe a little. Can I do that? Once a week? Yes, I can. Stumbling can also go to once a week, most likely on a weekend. Facebook? That is a tough one. I think I'd better start with once a day. Same for Paperbackswap. I already do the RSS feeds just once a day and I think that is ok. LiveJournal and Blogger I think I will stick to twice a day for now. Twitter, ummm...Let's leave Twitter alone for now. You don't want to do too much too fast, you know? Heh. E-mail and Blackboard are pretty important, so I don't think that I will put caps on those.

I know that still seems like a lot, but it is a big step for me. I really don't know how often I check each of these per day, but trust me, it's a lot. I guess I feel like I'm wasting big chunks of time on things that really aren't important, meaningful, or informational. A few of them are, but not Facebook. Not Myspace. So I will commit to taking that time and focusing it on something more useful: studying, playing with my dog, having a conversation, taking some pictures, practicing the piano, doing more yoga, going for a longer run.

I'll keep you posted on how this turns out...only once a day, of course.