Net Junkies Anonymous

I hopped onboard Schwa today. It's a student linguistics journal here on campus, focusing on all sorts of interesting stuff like dialects. I also applied for a job as an editorial assistant for the fall (I do enjoy my programming job, but sooner or later I need to start working in the field I actually intend to go into :)).

I realized today that one of the main reasons all my free time seems to evaporate is that I waste an awful lot of time surfing around on the web. I hadn't really thought much of it until today, but I realized that whenever I'm bored and even when I'm not, I automatically turn to the Internet. Sure, it's fun to read about new stuff and it's kind of like exploring the world, but I think I'm addicted. There are tons of interesting websites out there and as my interests grow I keep finding more and more (on architecture or origami or British English or whatnot), yes. But as I've been contemplating the idea of not spending so much time on the computer, a wonderful vision of freedom and "real life" has swept into my soul. I would actually have time to read books and do all the creative things I've been waiting to do. So, from here on out I'm going to be severely limiting my time on the web, and we'll see what happens. I wonder if I'll get withdrawals. ;)