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Written by Will
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Wednesday, 22 August 2007 |
Have you ever found yourself cycling through a few websites hoping for an update in content? Checking e-mail on your cell phone at every idle second? Scrolling through the away messages of all your buddies on AIM? Keeping your eye on the sports statistics of a player as they season continues to unfold? Monitoring stock price fluctuations for a company you don't have any money invested into? Reading news feeds on Facebook or any other social networking site as if your friends are going to change something every half an hour? - If you haven't before, I'm sure you know of someone who does.
This type of "obsessive compulsive" behavior results from the desire for the newest and latest information regarding a subject of interest. I know, those little flames in your head are dying to be whiffed out It's addictive. Accumulated, I've spent a countless number of hours surfing the same godamn websites; checking for even the most miniscule updates of information. And honestly, the effort of staying as up-to-date as possible is not worth the satisfaction. The updates can wait. Unless your profession is dependant on the live stream of real-time information, the habit of constantly checking can be very burdensome. There are far more productive alternatives. I've been making a conscious effort for self-control by cancelling internet on my cell phone and limiting how often I open up Firefox. Like any bad habit, it can be managed.
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