Attention Log
Over the last week, I have logged my online activity and for the most part I can say that I have wasted little time surfing the web mindlessly.
Yes, I have looked at shared pictures and posts on social media sites briefly each day. Yes, I have done some on-line shopping and tracking of packages. I have communicated with my children and today I have monitored our spring storm as it moves into Central Nebraska.
I have spent countless hours reading through educational material on-line and tending to personal affairs online.
On one occasion this week the only place I had to complete my on-line work was in the front seat of my vehicle baking in the late afternoon sun. I was upset that I had homework and that I was busy and tired and I had to sit in the parking lot reading through sites I was not remotely interested in. It was after about 20 min. of reading that I finally did learn a lesson about being kind and respectful in my on-line activity.
Other times that I completed my attention logs were early mornings and afternoons. During those times, I was rested and had eaten. I noted that I worked with directed focus when I was home and had my needs met.
I did find that spending time on Twitter for my Digital Literature class is when I was most distracted by the noise of the internet highway. On several occasions, I clicked on what I thought would be educational and found that I was sucked in to black hole of endless information.
One thing that I found that worked well for me was to complete my personal business online first. I found that I was settled internally and was ready to learn after my personal tasks were completed.
One thing that did not work for me was to try to interact with my family or watch TV while being on- line. I have known for years that multitasking is not effective, but since this exercise was an attention log I thought I would revisit multitasking. Rather surfing or learning online I cannot be fulling present in relationships if I am sharing my attention with on-line activity.
One last thing that this exercise made me aware of is that when I say yes to technology I am saying no to so much more.
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I agree with you that the internet can be so distracting at times that it takes the focus away of what I actually need to be doing. At certain times of the day for me too, it makes it either hard or easy to get my online work done. I too think about how I need to adjust the amount of time I spend online because it can hurt my face to face relationships with family and friends too.
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It is hard for me to interact with people as well when being on the internet. I always have to do one thing or the other. I think then what happens is that time management is going to have to be a big thing, for me anyways. Having a schedule of what to do, just like how you learned to do one of your classes first. Thank you for the insight!
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