http://escapeart.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/the-accidental-tourist-unplugged/ The Creative Liberation of an Ordinary Wage Slave Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:51:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://escapeart.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/the-accidental-tourist-unplugged/#comment-139 Matthew Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:21:31 +0000 http://escapeart.wordpress.com/?p=247#comment-139 Great post, with several points that resonate strongly with me. The in-between time (neither productive work nor enjoyable play) that I spend on the computer is entirely too large a chunk of my life right now. Though I'm not freelancing, it's clearly important to structure my keyboard-and-screen time - to know what I'm planning to do on this infernal machine and how long I'm going to do it, whether it's surfing friends' blogs (including this one!) or planning tomorrow's lesson. And your vacation experience reinforces my growing conviction that, come this summer's Europe trip, I should leave behind the laptop and go with the ring-bound notebook... Great post, with several points that resonate strongly with me. The in-between time (neither productive work nor enjoyable play) that I spend on the computer is entirely too large a chunk of my life right now. Though I’m not freelancing, it’s clearly important to structure my keyboard-and-screen time – to know what I’m planning to do on this infernal machine and how long I’m going to do it, whether it’s surfing friends’ blogs (including this one!) or planning tomorrow’s lesson.
And your vacation experience reinforces my growing conviction that, come this summer’s Europe trip, I should leave behind the laptop and go with the ring-bound notebook…

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