Giving up Internet?

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Im just wondering, has anyone here ever, or even considered giving up ( or severely limiting) their own internet surfing/usage?

I have only fairly recently. Idk about all of you but I have found that my most significant challenges in school were exacerbated by recreational internet usage. It is quite appealing (all the world's info/ vices at your fingertips) and unlike say television, exercise, or reading books, it doesn't really quite have a logical beginning, ending, or breaking point. With the internet, it's basically stream of consciousness entertainment.

One thing I've found helpful is to sort of find new vices, vices apart from net usage if Im doing school. It seems almost anything is better than recreational internet usage.

This might sound a bit preachy, but my suggestion is to find other ways to relax/decompress if your in school and college, other ways than internet. Read a book, listen to music, and only use it for actual, specific curiosities and other functions.

I've found that after giving it up for a while (or finding other hobbies/habits) work gets done much easier, and I just feel better over all.

If you're in high school or college ( or in any form of schooling) I can almost guarantee that within one month of giving up (or significantly limiting internet/media usage) you're school performance will get better by 50-60%.

Has anyone tried this, or does anyone know where Im coming from? Let me know!

How you spend your time on the computer determines whether it is a waste of time or an investment.

^ You are correct of course. Thanks for the corrections, I sometimes forget to distinguish my "your" from "you're".
Whatever works man. An assembly line sure sounds like a nice idea.

Absolutely I was talking about only recreational net usage, not internet stuff for work or school assignments. In my experience, internet usage such as WOW, youtube, games etc, tend to eat into time in a way other recreational activities do not.

Books, and even tv, in my experience aren't... quite the same thing. I really believe that. I almost think that "aspies" 20-30 years ago had it easier in some ways. Life was much harder on them in a lot of ways, but seems there were fewer distractions to exacerbate the ADD symptoms of aspergers (which seem to be present in most everyone I know with the syndrome... including yours truly)

Of course, the drive to do the homework must be there for it to be done.

I mean, I think this is good advice generally, to anyone really.

The internet is addicting in that it is far more addicting and offers far more freedom (too much).

Light such as from computer or phone or tv screens causes the bodies brain to block Melatonin production, the chemical that informs us it is night time and encourages us to want to sleep.

The internet and computers also strongly activate our Dopamine reward system.

The internet also offers far too much freedom, especially if you are on an unlimited data plan.

With tv you could only watch a specific show you liked when it was on, now you can find it and basically watch it anytime, anywhere.

With books, you let your imagination run wild free, but you are still more constricted as you are consuming a pre-created product.

Video games are more mentally and physically fatiguing as computer screens are more still, static and motionless aside from the occasional ad or changing webpages, but video games have faster paced and constantly moving action.

Video games require mental concentration, hand-eye co-ordination, quick-timing skills for faster games, physical dexterity and hand/arm movements so it exhausts one far more quicker than simply sitting still behind a computer typing.

I can be quite physical when playing fast-paced games, even bouncing in my seat and getting out of my seat and other such movements.

I agree with you OP on limiting internet usage more.

The only websites I actually go on are WP and randomly surfing the net, nothing useful or productive, occasionally researching university choices or local meetups/events. And, of course, facebook for socialization/current event purposes.

Though I'd still use the computer even if I had no internet as I use a program to create electronic music offline.

Not the internet per se -- it's useful. But considering giving up specifically things like message boards -- HELL YES. The more I see of other people's stupidity (most of the time anyway) the more I wonder why I'm engaging in an of it.

I gave it up to study for the Bar ( am taking it in one month)

I use net now for personal issues, homework ,or specific inquiries.

Not for leisure or "surfing". I instead read and watch tv instead.