I don"t think this warrants it"s own thread, so I"ll just put it here. If you don"t care, as is the case with most, well, I know,
I"m doing a little experiment with myself. I"ve had a love/hate relationship with the internet for a while. In high school it was the only outlet for a shy kid with a bad case of cynicism. But as I"ve gotten older, its slowly transformed from somewhat of a vice with a lot of inherent benefit into mostly a vice. Being a generally-normal person, I haven"t needed it as a social substitute for many years, but I continue to waste a lot of time on it.
Though I am mostly introverted, I noticed my sociability seesaws hugely. I haven"t accounted for the reasons quite yet, but I do know that introverts easily get their "dose" of socialization and no longer desire any more for some period of time. It seems to me that I am less social during times when I post a lot on FOH. However, it"s hard to say which is cause and which is effect, or if it"s just coincidence.
Video games are my biggest vice. When I move into a new place and have no internet, or just get bored of the games I have, suddenly I start cooking more, cleaning my place more, getting out of the house more. Home life also seems a lot more relaxed. With little to do at home, I get ready to meet friends earlier rather than squeezing in 1 more game of SC and rushing, I hang out & read, respond to emails faster, etc.
For the next few weeks I have a break from classes I"m taking. There are a few things I wanna accomplish in that spare time, but most importantly I have very few committed appointments during this time. So what I decided is to cut out all video game playing and FOH viewing. I chose the worst time to do it to so I can see the extreme of results.
My prediction is that I become much more productive, save more money by cooking / doing tasks myself, and become much more of a social instigator.
Anyway I wanted to keep it short since most probably don"t care. I"m gonna start Operation Bore Myself tomorrow so I can have a day respond to people that call me an asshole or rapist or whatever brilliant insult follows a neutral post.
So anyway, I like tryin to help out w/ stories posted here and whatnot, I enjoy this thread, but I just wanted to post and say I"ll be gone for a while.
Peace my fellow dysfunctional daters.
