STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER!

Maribeth Pelly

I help small business owners with their marketing strategies.

Blogging from the Jersey Shore! For four years, Skirt! has been delivered to my home at Manasquan, a small beach town. I'm a corporate drop-out and now a start-up business owner. I assist small business owners with their marketing and operation strategies. My experience as a mom, wife and b...

Thursday, October, 16, 2008

Hi my name is Maribeth Pelly and I’m addicted to my computer.

I can’t finish a complete a task unless I circle back around to my desk to check my mail (2 or 3x’s).

‘PING’ paging Dr. Pavlov!

The other night while trying to sleep, my fingers muscles started to twitch.

I click through Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, as if I have all the time in the world.

Once, I relocated the computer downstairs…the furthest possible place in my house, down in the basement, past the washer/dryer and dusty craft boxes.

Up, down, around….it didn’t matter, I still kept to the circular rotation.

I know I’m not alone but come-on…this is a problem.

Even my kids know the drill when I sing back to them, “in a minute”, for an hour!

computer_junkie

(photo taken by my daughter, Mia)

Computer intervention? Don’t think it would make a difference.

Only because I have flaked mashed and minute-rice in the cabinets, do my dinners appear to be well thought out menus.

Let me hit send /receive ONE MORE TIME after I upload this post, then I promise I’ll get dessert out, finish the dishes….make lunches….!

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getaclewis

::taking a deep breath and stepping up to podium to confess::

Posted Thu, 10/16/2008 - 08:20

I suspect there's more to this than most of us realize - because WE ALL SHARE THE SAME DISEASE! I'm mortified lately by how much of my day careens past with barely my notice because I'm engaged in writing columns (ok, that's at least creative productivity), reading other people's columns (ok, that's justifiable, because I'm broadening my horizons and supporting my friends and our craft), checking Twitter (well, that's just about all that keeps me from being a total hermit), responding to emails (that's a lie because, since I got a Blackberry, just about all I do these days is just a quick thumbed response or INTEND to actually open my mail on my computer for a lengthy response and then never do) or responding to columns. (See how LONG this response is getting??? Aha, therein lies much of my day.) Laundry (albeit clean) is now piled in a heap just outside the dryer, because that is where I tossed it so I could thrust in another load of wet, clean clothes to dry (and then another and another - we're talking HEAP here!), my kids were wiping their fannies with napkins because I couldn't get to the grocery store - despite being at home all day - and dinner this week has gone from home-cooked meals the second they walk in from school to ANYBODY WANNA HAPPY MEAL? And all because I just. can't. seem. to. live. my. life. separate. from. the. mouse. (But see how I justified most of it?) Sigh. OK. Now I seem to have written my own column for today. Thanks for letting me spill it onto your page. ;-) "Trust Life's unfolding..."

If it means anything, your

Posted Thu, 10/16/2008 - 09:38

If it means anything, your comments are supportive and without them, this community would feel empty! Thanks for being there - virtually.

veal or mushroom

Posted Thu, 10/16/2008 - 09:41

Don't like the photo in my post....I looked like something between a veal and a mushroom. So, I laced up and went for a run! First time in YEARS! Filled my lungs with fresh ocean air, stretched the legs and the sweat felt good. FIRST THING I did when I got back.... yup....still and addict!

Huffing and puffing

Posted Thu, 10/16/2008 - 10:36

Heh heh well, if it's any consolation, I just had a bit of "exercise" of my own... (see my post today)... and YEP here I am again, a few hours later... but now smiling broadly! ;-D "Trust Life's unfolding..."

Shoegirl1970