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My Revised and Finalized Digital Declutter

Internet Use

1 Window of Internet Access per Day: 6AM-9AM MON-SUN
Non-essential internet use outside of this window is completely forbidden!

Some examples of essential internet use:

Checking my bank account
Sending money for purposes of bills, repaying a friend, etc
Internet use required for my dayjob, only allowed on the provided work computer, which has builtin restrictions for accessing non-essential websites

Two exceptions to the rule:

I am allowed to watch youtube, netflix, etc if it's in a social context among friends/family.
I am allowed to watch youtube at or later than 9PM, if and only if I am getting ready for bed, as I am accustomed to sleeping with the sound of a TV on.

Usage of streaming services, e.g. netflix, youtube, etc is NOT allowed AT ALL outside of my 6AM-9AM window under any other circumstances.

Videogames

I love videogames, and I love playing them! However, they serve as another component absorbing time away from living my life, so some new rules have been set:

I can only play videogames during the window of 6PM until 8PM

General Computer Use

I love computers, I love programming, and I love Linux! That's a problem, because I also waste a lot of time just poking around in my computer. While this isn't a bad thing in and of itself, moving forwards my general computing use will be limited to my office, which includes when playing videogames! I do not intend to restrict this to a window of time, rather to a space. If I want to relax in my bed, I can't bring my laptop. It stays in the office. The exception here is my ebook reader, which I can take with me to bed, so that i can read books!

This will probably be my more-or-less permanent plan for the remainder of my life, as it sets clear restrictions and limitations. If some super useful new technology comes along, I will determine whether or not it is precisely beneficial, and if it is, incorporate it cleanly into this plan and update this page here.

Questions, Concerns, Comments? Just want to say hi?

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