Actually you are experiencing a generation-wide phenomenon for people between the ages of 18-40. I call it 'technology overload' and you described it perfectly. It's not that you have ADD (or whatever it's called now), it's more like you're juggling 15 balls and are constantly worried you're dropping one of them. As more and more "balls" are thrown your way (Twitter, the latest smart phone, some cool app or Linked In or whatever) you feel a kind of panic. There's no way of "dealing" with that except in these two ways:
1. Become a great juggler
2. Disconnect.
Simply STOP. The Internet will continue, you won't really miss anything that a 20 minute catch-up read won't fix and you can simply stop giving a shit man. Who the fuck cares about this or that? Focus on what makes you happy and what you have to do. It's the only way.
But if you're commited to "staying connected" then this is a great solution:
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Originally Posted by kane
I used to have that problem.
I created a solution that works for me.
I used a countdown timer. I will set it for 50 minutes and then start it. I will work hard, forcing myself to focus on the task at hand for those 50 minutes then I will take a 10 minute break, check email, read the news, piss, get water, flog my dong, whatever. As the next hour starts I set it for another 50 minutes and get back at it.
It helps you stay focused and gives you a small reward for working for that hour.
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BUT then we have this...
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Originally Posted by kane
flog my dong...
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...so i dunno what to tell ya. Good luck!
