It was a bold idea, to quit media for 5 days. I did say I would blog and continue with my "do it every day" initiative, I am still committed to that. But as part of that, did do a little blog comment checking, enough to notice Paynie calling me out. I did blogging specific internet use, as opposed to internet surfing. I have had no news or TV input for several days. I did much better than my usual crack addict-esque checking, to be sure. But, I will acknowledge failure, I cheated. I looked on tribe, I looked on facebook, I looked on myspace, beyond the reposting of my blog there. I checked my email more than just twice a day. Guilty. Evil. Foolish. It is a drug, I am addicted.
So when failing, which is not in itself wrong, all that is left t do is acknowledge the failure, cop to it, and recommit or give up.
So starting now, 5 days. Media fasting again, until Monday. No TV, writing related internet use only (clearly defined as simple looking up of facts for post, and the getting of images and links only), no radio or podcasts, no news. I am going to try again. Right now, I am going to make bookmarks for the "post to my blog" pages on myspace, tribe and facebook. I will allow myself to respond to comments while I check email at the designated times (noon and 4pm).
I know this is a worthwhile exercise, mainly because it is really hard to do.
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