It's FURIOUS
January 07, 2012
January 06, 2012
The Library Chronicles : New Year
There are currently nine people within view of my computer at the library. One is checking their email, another Facebook, and two girls are doing some excel spreadsheet thing; probably homework. A group of three to my left is sitting around one computer chatting.
I am currently writing this blog and searching Youtube for a song of the week. Any suggestions?
It's 2012 now. The world is supposed to end in December sometime according to some people. Of course, it was supposed to end in 2011 too; twice actually. I am trying to change my habit of doing two spaces after a period to just do one. It is much harder than I expected. Does anyone know the proper way? Is it two spaces or one?
Found the song of the week.
A lot of people make New Years resolutions and then try to implement them in January. A lot of people fail, including myself. So I made a few month long experiments that I would like to try and I would like to tell you them. The term "resolutions" and "month long experiments" are basically the same except "month long experiments" have less commitment. So basically I made some New Years resolutions that will only last a month. Anyways, here they are.
January:
Laptop-free (I'm doing this now!)
Initiate "The Library Chronicles"(If you're reading this, you're a part of it, congrats!)
Initiate a Sabbath(hopefully goes throughout the year, not sure what this involves yet)
February:
Wash Feet (You know, like Jesus)
Tweet a picture a day with the hashtag #goodlife (something good that I can take out of every day)
That's all I got so far.
Now there is only two people in the computer lab. I think they left for lunch, or to get away from me.
Anyways, comment what you think, or let me know what your "resolutions" are.
I am currently writing this blog and searching Youtube for a song of the week. Any suggestions?
It's 2012 now. The world is supposed to end in December sometime according to some people. Of course, it was supposed to end in 2011 too; twice actually. I am trying to change my habit of doing two spaces after a period to just do one. It is much harder than I expected. Does anyone know the proper way? Is it two spaces or one?
Found the song of the week.
A lot of people make New Years resolutions and then try to implement them in January. A lot of people fail, including myself. So I made a few month long experiments that I would like to try and I would like to tell you them. The term "resolutions" and "month long experiments" are basically the same except "month long experiments" have less commitment. So basically I made some New Years resolutions that will only last a month. Anyways, here they are.
January:
Laptop-free (I'm doing this now!)
Initiate "The Library Chronicles"(If you're reading this, you're a part of it, congrats!)
Initiate a Sabbath(hopefully goes throughout the year, not sure what this involves yet)
February:
Wash Feet (You know, like Jesus)
Tweet a picture a day with the hashtag #goodlife (something good that I can take out of every day)
That's all I got so far.
Now there is only two people in the computer lab. I think they left for lunch, or to get away from me.
Anyways, comment what you think, or let me know what your "resolutions" are.
January 05, 2012
The Library Chronicles : Introduction
It's interim. Which means I am taking one class over the course of a month. Which means I have some time on my hands.
I decided to try to go laptop free over interim. This involves not using my laptop unless absolutely necessary, which so far has been a lot. My reasoning for going laptop-free through January was because of a friend of mine. He got his laptop stolen out of his car during a concert and was forced to go without a laptop for the rest of the semester. It was inspiring to me.
Of course, there are pros and cons to this experiment. The pros to this are spending less time on the internet and more time with friends, a cleaner desk, less distractions, and people seem to approve of this decision. The cons are that it is a lack of convenience, the computers at the library are kind of slow, and I am basically trading the distraction of my dorm room for the distraction of the library, or trading one addiction for another.
The truth is that laptops are distracting. When I tend to have something to do on my laptop it involves this long vigorous process of checking email, Facebook, and other internet crap that I forget to even do that one simple task. So far, this whole experiment has made me more productive. The few times I have had to whip out my laptop to get a file I do it quickly and do nothing else. I have this inner-drive to not use my laptop and I want to keep it that way.
So because of this goal of not using my laptop for a month I have to spend my time at the library computer lab, because the internet is a drug I can't quit yet.
So,I introduce to you, "The Library Chronicles," a journal of my findings while at the library. Over the course of interim I plan on writing two or three times a week elaborating on my time spent at the library and engaging in a life without a laptop. Enjoy reading.
I decided to try to go laptop free over interim. This involves not using my laptop unless absolutely necessary, which so far has been a lot. My reasoning for going laptop-free through January was because of a friend of mine. He got his laptop stolen out of his car during a concert and was forced to go without a laptop for the rest of the semester. It was inspiring to me.
Of course, there are pros and cons to this experiment. The pros to this are spending less time on the internet and more time with friends, a cleaner desk, less distractions, and people seem to approve of this decision. The cons are that it is a lack of convenience, the computers at the library are kind of slow, and I am basically trading the distraction of my dorm room for the distraction of the library, or trading one addiction for another.
The truth is that laptops are distracting. When I tend to have something to do on my laptop it involves this long vigorous process of checking email, Facebook, and other internet crap that I forget to even do that one simple task. So far, this whole experiment has made me more productive. The few times I have had to whip out my laptop to get a file I do it quickly and do nothing else. I have this inner-drive to not use my laptop and I want to keep it that way.
So because of this goal of not using my laptop for a month I have to spend my time at the library computer lab, because the internet is a drug I can't quit yet.
So,I introduce to you, "The Library Chronicles," a journal of my findings while at the library. Over the course of interim I plan on writing two or three times a week elaborating on my time spent at the library and engaging in a life without a laptop. Enjoy reading.
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