How I reduced the amount of time I waste online

[Lyinx]

I'm thinking about leaving my work laptop at my office.
At home just keep a desktop computer without internet.
Then use USB pendrive to take home programming courses, pdf-s and other planned things.
I have old Nokia Windows Phone so I can still read emails but it's totally inconvenient for anything else.
I don't own TV since the CRT era.
I'll start the experiment today.

I sell used industrial automation parts but it's slowlane. Procrastinating to be a professional programmer since 1988.

wonder how long that would last for me. I started (and slipped again) leaving my phone at the office, so I can't browse the internet at home (totally, no internet) .,... is amazing how much reading you get done.

No phone, no internet, no video games in the house. everything happens in the shop.

I work at home (with work in another building) so I can seperate that... should focus on doing that a bit more, it's been slipping a bit lately and I'll take the phone into the house so I can watch youtube or check emergency calls. I have turned off all notifications for emails on my phone however, so that doesn't pop up. the only notices that pop up are personal communication (non-business)

 

[Lyinx]

Just a little pro tip if you got problems with spending too much time on instagram, fb, linkedin and more on your mobile phone but you need them for your business. Next time you buy a new phone and keep your old one and keep these apps only on the old one. Then don't install them on the new phone, block their sites there and on your laptop / pc. So if you want to do business-related things on social media you first have to take your old phone out of the drawer.

Ive been considering that - but mount the old phone somewhere, you can only browse on it while standing up ... and it's mounted to the wall... maybe someday

actually, would be better to have it tucked away, less of a "trigger" to look at it.

 

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[CaptainAmerica]

I do time blocking on my tasks, but because my internet is slow, I found myself on social media while I waited. Yes, that is counterproductive. So I installed SelfControl, and put my shut down, fun, computer in another room. I cannot get to anything that isn't my actual work, so I spend less time on the blocks now.

SelfControl

SelfControl is a free Mac app that helps you avoid distracting websites. Block your own access to websites or mail servers for a pre-set length of time.

selfcontrolapp.com