Articles Food and Lifestyle Combatting Computer Addiction
| Combatting Computer Addiction |
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| Sunday, 04 May 2008 21:58 | |
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Some of you may have seen my article in the latest issue of Natural Life Magazine about my own struggles with the addictive tendencies I have with my computer usage. Since writing the article I have been using the computer a lot less and have come across a useful tool in reducing my online time. The tool is called "Mee Timer" and it is available as an extension to the Firefox Web Browser, both of which are available for free. The Mee Timer logs how long you spend on each website you visit. You can group the websites into categories, such as "Work", "Forums", "Email" or whatever suits you. For example, I can look in my status bar and clearly see that today I have already spent 58 mins in the backend of my website. I find that the knowledge that my time online is being logged is motivating for me to not spend so much time online. I don't even bother checking it most of the time, and no one else does, but it could easily be used as a tool for accountability to a spouse or friend who had access to your computer. On a side note, I have a republished an article I wrote a year ago, entitled My Computer And I which may be of interest to readers of Natural Life magazine and my blog. |
