Comments on: Overcoming Information Addiction

By: sandrar

sandrar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:12:30 +0000

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

By: Comfort 2 Growth » C2G Challenge: Ending Information Addiction

Comfort 2 Growth » C2G Challenge: Ending Information Addiction — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:21:50 +0000

[...] The internet is the single biggest waste of my time, followed closely by TV, and I am going to do something about. This idea was inspired by the book 4 Hour Work Week, by Tim Ferris, and the blog 30 sleeps. [...]

By: Ryan Steezy

Ryan Steezy — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:20:45 +0000

this article was great! information is like food, if you eat junk non-stop you’ll die an early death and have regrets.

By: Mae

Mae — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:11:22 +0000

“The distraction began with TV and, as my brain started getting accustomed to idleness, snowballed into other non-activities. Before I knew it, I was spending entire days swinging from one vine of useless information to another.”

That makes me laugh…I am often aimlessly swinging from vine to vine, and then I look at the clock and feel remorse.

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Information addict | manofstyle.lv — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:15:26 +0000

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By: Darrin

Darrin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:45:55 +0000

I sat down this morning to write a blog post about why I thought I might have an addiction to information and the internet. First thing I did was search for Information Addiction on Google and there was your post. I quoted you in my post so I hope you don’t mind.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on a situation very similar to mine.

By: Realizing You Are Suffering From Information Addiction - Layered Thoughts

Realizing You Are Suffering From Information Addiction - Layered Thoughts — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:45:30 +0000

[...] was also an interesting blog post about what I came here to write about, although the author took a little bit more of a literary approach to the description and [...]

By: Information is not knowledge » Blog Archive » Welcome to Information is not knowledge

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:01:29 +0000

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By: Alex Top

Alex Top — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:01:44 +0000

Great article. Definately usefull. Thanks a lot to the author.

By: Jose

Jose — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:22:18 +0000

I work from home and found that I was wasting lots of my day browsing for news, cool blogs (like this one), checking my social networks, etc.

What I did was to set up my router to block the internet between certain hours, but allow email (I communicate with clients often throughout the day with email).

What I had found was that I’d be working on a report in Word and, if a thought or question came to mind such as “I wonder how the Democrat leadership race is going?”, I would automatically and open a browser window and be watching CNN videos, reading op-ed blogs, reading about polls, etc. without me even being aware of it.

After I blocked the internet during working hours I would find myself trying to work then all of a sudden I’d be woken up out of my trance by the browser window saying ‘Page Cannot Be Found’ or something like that. I was surprised at how much of a habit this was because I consciously knew I had no connection but would instinctively open a browser window anyway.

I still struggle with my information addiction but I’m working on getting more disciplined. I want to set a time for work and a time for recreational surfing. I want to make it a habit.

Thanks for the post and your blog, I found it tonight and will be checking it regularly in the future.