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Internet Tip - Kitchen Timer works wonders
Posted: Mar 8, 2014
If you feel too much of your time gets sucked up by the Internet - use a kitchen timer, set it for however long you want to be on the Internet per day, and stick to it.
I am doing this French online learning course, and I always look over at the timer, because I want to get my time in with my French. It's a big help.
In fact, a kitchen timer is a big help with any amorphous task, writing essays, painting, reading. Although the one I have is noisy (tick, tick), so I kind of bury it somewhere I won't hear it tick, just when it rings. A digital alarm clock just doesn't seem quite as "stern" as a kitchen timer, too easy (for me) to blow off.
Just a tip.
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I used to do that for MT - see msg
[ In Reply To ..]I don't do MT anymore, but when MT'ing got really bad (as in ASR), I found myself popping out of my chair every few minutes because I couldn't stand the nonsense in front of me and the tedious task of fixing things. SO, I ended up getting a kitchen timer and I was NOT ALLOWED to get up from my.
As soon as it dinged, I jumped up and did whatever I had to do (quick phone call, get a drink, bathroom break), then sat back down in 5 minutes. Really worked for me.
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