While I was away I had limited Internet access and as a result had a lot of fun in the evenings relaxing, reading books and writing some random notes in my moleskin notebook that I bought at Christmas. I used the notebook to scribble out my To Do list and to doodle in general on all the things I would like to do and achieve. I found that without access to a PC my thoughts went in different directions and I had different thought streams. As a result I vowed that when I got back to normal work life that I would at least take 2 evenings a week off from electronic media (including TV) and at least a half day on weekends where I would not be gravitating to e-mail or to the Internet.
Interesting to see how it goes.
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Claire Boyles (Business Coach) | 18-May-09 at 2:52 pm | Permalink
Sounds like a great idea, how has it been going?
Kieran Daly | 18-May-09 at 3:32 pm | Permalink
Hi Claire
Thanks for the comment. The IPhone is the BIG problem really. I find myself reaching for it á la Clint Eastwood for the six gun. This week is very busy at work and in evenings with grangewebdesign.com projects so burning candle at both ends so will make Saturday morning till 4pm electronics free and only use IPhone as a phone !!
Claire Boyles (Business Coach) | 18-May-09 at 4:00 pm | Permalink
Great
I know I do it too occassionally – the weekend before last i was hardly online at all- 24 hours then another 24 hours again, it was good 
you get to appreciate other aspects of life and you get to appreciate online more when you’ve had a break
I do believe it’s referred to as balance
Kieran Daly | 19-May-09 at 3:15 am | Permalink
You are right – thanks again for the comments and the smiley faces too!!