DISQUS

Louis Gray · 1 year ago

Sarah, it's going to be hard to accept and embrace the new "Sarah Perez Lite". :-)

We have highest expectations for you and have seen your strong work here, at RWW and elsewhere. That you're leaving the land of the obsessed and focusing on normalcy is noble, but those of us who are approaching the "TILT" button are going to find our ranks a little smaller today.

I find the break between weekdays and weekends is actually an opportunity to accelerate the online activity, as work doesn't get in the way. It's just a change of shifts.

sarahintampa · 1 year ago

If I do this right, you won't even notice I've gone "lite" :) I've been practicing for a month now. Have you missed me yet? ha ha

Louis Gray · 1 year ago

Sarah, to be honest, yes, I noticed you stopped being as visible on FriendFeed and Twitter. And now... your Scrabble game. You must withdraw so Tamar and I can have our deathmatch.

sarahintampa · 1 year ago

Oh well, FAIL for me then.

I'm happy with my current levels of involvement though. Leading the social media brigade is up to you now, I suppose. :)

BryanG · 1 year ago

So true! It doesn't take but a moment to slip down the rabbit hole. One thing that I have found that helps me accomplish more is to get to the office earlier. I found if I start my day well before 9am I get a lot more done. The later in the day it gets the more distractions pop up...phone calls....emails...kids etc... A good couple hours at the beginning of the day helps me get a running start.

Cass · 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your tips Sarah - amazing to think that even social media mavens have limits too, haha. Having a life online definitely requires discipline and some sort of schedule, there's just too much goodness that may not necessarily be in line with one's goals/priorities. Speaking of which, it's getting to 1.30 am here in Singapore so I'd better take my own advice and log off soon :P

wisher · 1 year ago

Wow!
You have a recipe to cure internet addiction! Maybe to be really a cure we should need more days offline, but it is a good start :-D

ChangeForge | Ken Stewart · 1 year ago

Sarah, kudos to you. While I enjoy partaking in Robert's and Louis's many postings, I do not share the "always-on" need ;-) I was interested in reading the "batching" post but the link appears to be broken.

charlieanzman · 1 year ago

I was able to do this for a while but I think I need a Friendfeed timer or something now... (No compulsion here?! :) Thanks for the reminder!

xavierv · 1 year ago

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Dan_N · 1 year ago

I have been trying to cut back on working on the net on the weekend also, It is been kinda of like nicorette for s smoker just trying to ween myself off but it is not easy.

chelpixie · 1 year ago

Amen.

Two things I've learned over the past year is that I can't do everything and I have to learn to say no when I can't handle one more thing. I feel bad for not helping just that one other person sometimes, but seriously there have to be limits.

John Paul Mitchell · 1 year ago

Great article! I need to follow these steps. At least for one day out of the whole week.

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jungleg · 1 year ago

I had been procrastinating this blog post, and yours inspired me to get on writing it ;) http://jungleg.com/2008/10/dont-wait-any-longer...

sarahintampa · 1 year ago

Nice! Great tips :)

Bin · 1 year ago

Great advice!

Marjan · 1 year ago

Would you try to go for blogging business if you are about to start again, and have full time job at the same time?