Internet Detox
Are you wishing the internet was never born? Like a newborn child that gives joy and misery in equal measure, you can’t stand the noise, but find the noise irresistible?
Do you really care that your close friends are ‘waiting for a Facebook friend invitation’ or Twittring that they’d like a coffee?
10 steps to a better life:
- Delete your inbox. Do it now. Delete it all. None of it matters.
- Set your out of office to : “I’m not reading emails until 4pm everyday. If it’s from someone I know, addressed to me (and not CC’d) I might read it, but can’t guarantee because I get 3000 emails a day. If it’s an emergency, call my cell phone + xxxxxx. Please note an emergency is an emergency, not please can you check out my facebook profile.
- Limit your internet activity to 3 dedicated tasks per day - no mindless browsing of daft things - max time 20 minutes
- Leave all Web 2.0 sites (Facebook etc) - wait for web 3.0! Web 3.0 will be so smart, you won’t have to tell anyone you’re sitting at home there’ll be a Googlebot telling the world you’d like a cup of tea.
- Look at your partner when you’re talking to them, no texting or emailing. They don’t like it.
- Don’t upgrade your phone when the contract’s due for renewal. Ask for a cash refund - you don’t need another phone, let alone one with 3G, 10 Megapixel cameras and 50GB of MP3 storage. To be honest you don’t need this phone. Talk to the person next to you.
- Don’t ever signup for a monthly subscription for anything. If it’s that useful, pay for it when you need it.
- Change your email address. You don’t need all the spam you’ve signed up for.
- Reply to your emails with firm instructions - don’t allow a conversation to emerge.
- Never text anybody, it hurts your fingers too much.
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