I had a major awareness on Sunday night that has some inspired some pretty big changes in my habits. One of the biggest changes is the time I’m spending on the computer. It just suddenly hit me how sucked up into this machine I am, and how it was affecting the quality of my life. I used to come home from work, get dinner and plop down on the couch to watch TV and surf the ‘Net. We’ve got a beautiful home office downstairs that was going to complete waste. Rob had mentioned a few times that he wished we used it more. For the past several months, we’ve needed to be upstairs to house train Grace. Now that she is trained, though, there’s really no excuse any more.
So starting on Monday, I moved my laptop and its accessories back downstairs where it belongs. I’m not nearly as tempted to get sucked up into the online world when it’s not right there in front of me. I feel a great sense of freedom just in the past two days already.
There are other changes being made, too, to things like how we keep up the house. That was one of the things that was going by the wayside as a result of staying online for too long. When we bought this house, we promised ourselves that we would cherish this place and keep it in tip-top shape at all times. We haven’t done that, but that is changing now.
I am a little sad because I know I’m going to be missing out on a lot – there’s a lot to keep up with! – but I’m mostly relieved. I wasn’t really happy the other way, I was obsessed. So, if you notice I’m not posting here as much, or you don’t see my face around message boards as often, this is why. I’ve got 3 other blogs that I mostly started as a result of segmentation, and I’m not real sure right now how or if I’ll be keeping them up. I guess time will tell. I’m not going to stress about it (too much).
Spring has always been a major season of change for me. Big things in my life always seem to happen in the spring, and this year is proving to be no exception. This change might seem insignificant to you, but it’s astronomical in my life. There are also huge changes going on at work. My boss resigned on Monday, and that could potentially mean big things for Rob, but we don’t know yet. It could also mean a change for me because of the logistics of Rob moving into my old boss’s position. Right now we’re playing the waiting game. So that’s two big changes, I’m waiting for the third to make its appearance any time now.
Sometimes we just have to take a break from it all, it does become addicting.
I have two pc at home, one desktop one laptop. I use both at the same time. Talk about obsession!!
You know I hit pretty much this same wall 6 months ago. Unfortunately, I think it goes in cycles for me. I may be approaching the too much internet again. Time will tell. I applaud your approach. Although, I think with this excess free time you should visit my blog more often.
Also, maybe the 3rd change is a new baby?
John said “a new baby” heh ;) Good luck with all this. Sometimes it’s good to just take a step back, and a break. Enjoy the family, they are are true best friends :)