Old Habits Die Now

I was reading Paul Graham's Disconnecting Distraction today. A very ingenious article at the least and what it pointed out to me was my life. A giant distraction elephant named internet was sitting on my computer day-to-day, just waiting for me to notice it.

Recently, I have become more self-aware of my actual problems of distraction. But no matter how many feeds I put inside of my RSS Reader, nor ho many applications I close, it all somehow leads back to the distracting ways of the internet. This is a pretty scary thing, for what keeps me passionate about creativity is the internet. The internet is how I function, and how I get through my day. The internet is my most valued tool.

A few weeks ago, I asked myself how I should deal with this. If I rely and function on the internet, how can I get any work done while I'm not depending on it? I then found an invaluable tool that would save me from mnths of pain. Say hello to Freedom. Freedom is an application that allows you to set allocated time of network silence. It's almost and basically perfect, for the only way to shut it off if you need the internet is to reboot your mac. I now have load of time on my hands because I set Freedom to give me 2 hours of network silence in the morning, and a few more hours in the afternoon. Freedom has given me freedom.