Solve Your Addiction

How is your internet addiction today?

As the internet becomes an integral part of our lives, and more and more of us spend a significant part of our work day in front of a computer screen, many are finding that unhealthy addictions are alive and well in cyberspace, as well.  Some (most?) are addicted to FaceBook, many to YouTube, others to Twitter and so on (then there’s crew.org.nz – a whole new level of there ain’t no going back!).

This is affecting everyone from students, to employees, to business owners (and often employers themselves).  Grades are suffering, productivity goes south, and the bottom line gets lower and lower. How to solve the problem? Ultimately it is a question of discipline, but to assist with this is a site I came across recently, KeepMeOut.com:

You enter the URL of the site that is the object of your desire and you’re provided with an alternative URL which you then bookmark, and use to access the site you just can’t get enough of.

At the time of entering the URL you also set a time period which if you you’re allowed to visit the site only once during.  If you attempt a second rendezvous, the site blocks you, and reminds you that you really should be doing something else. Simple but effective!