So it’s become totally apparent to me that I am unable to stay away from the internet for even a day. I just got back from a trip up to northern Arizona for a friend’s wedding where my fiancee and I ended up renting a cabin, wanting to make a nice relaxing weekend away from any computers, client stuff, or anything that even resembles work. I even turned my email notifications on my BlackBerry off to try to help out a bit. So after being up there for about 6 hours and with the night coming to a close, there we are getting ready to go to bed, when I get this itch to go snooping around on Digg, check out some of my favorite forums and even browse some freelance gig postings on Craigslist. Now this wouldn’t be too bad if I didn’t end up sitting outside on the porch of our cabin for almost three hours doing this! By the time I was done, my eyes were burning from staring at my BlackBerry and my thumbs were starting to cramp from trying to type so damn much.

At the very moment I noticed what time it was, I caught myself falling asleep at the wheel, so to speak, so I decided to call it quits. I was exhausted the next morning, getting about 1/2 the sleep my fiancee did, but I sure did get my fix in! Maybe next time I’ll leave the BlackBerry at home.

Share This