No internet for 10 days challenge (well ur allowed a little bit!)

My wi-fi was off for around 10 days recently, good old virgin eventually sorted it in the end though. In this 10 days something quite strange happened........I didn't miss it :D.......I thought I would!!

I think you would all be surprised at how much time you kill/waste due to aimless browsing, facebook prowling or watching pointless youtube videos (I could go go on).

I noticed something while my Internet was down........I would take my laptop to my friends or girlfriends and I would "ONLY" do things like check email, and maybe some online banking. But that was all I really "HAD" to do. I used the Internet to accomplish certain tasks, deal with some stuff I sold on eBay, check my bank and reply to an email.

I then switched the computer off as I was in someones company and that would be it.

I can tell you after the 10 days I felt something, don't quite know what! But I would describe it as being fresher, I would say I'm guilty of wasting time online....BUT I didn't for those 10 days! I used the net only when I had a task to do, NOT TO SIT AND WASTE HOURS DOING NOTHING ONLINE.

I think you should all try and do it, and see what you miss, see what you get done with the time not wasted online (Read a poker book!, go for a walk, go to the cinema more, watch some classic films etc)

People moan about not having enough time to do things, start my checking your email only ONCE a day and check facebook ONCE a day.

See if you can do it, if a total internet ban for 10 days is too much.........then start by doing just the two things above! If you can't......you must question your discipline and character!!! :D

So in summation.........................

EITHER...........

Try no internet for 10 days total ban

Or..........only time you can log on is to accomplish a task, i.e send an email, or check ur bank account, something that actually gets something done. CHECKING FACEBOOK IS NOT ALLOWED, you get an email when someone contacts you or sends a message, no other sane reason to be on it to look at updates of people going for haircuts or having a bbq!!!!

Try this out and at the end of 10 days u will thank me, if you don't last the 10 days, there is no penalty, u will still achieve MORE than if u had spent the time aimless browsing.


What has this got to do with poker..........you should know.......but if you don't I'll tell you :D

1. Helps with will power and discipline.

2. At the end of the 10 days you will feel fresher/cleaner/something else I can't put my finger on

3. If nothing else gets done apart from you reading a poker book, it will still improve your game.

Cheers

Barry

P.S

STOP READING BLOGS AND CRAP, AND GO AND HAVE A LIFE, READ A FUCKING BOOK :D xxxxxxx