computer anxiety

[raybear]

I'm suffering from that phenomenon sometimes know as internet addiction or withdrawal or anxiety or whatever. I'm not even being facetious -- I've been on the computer so long, and I'm resistant to look away from my e-mail and such for too long, yet I'm not getting anything productive done. Even the work-related material I should be doing on the computer isn't getting done well or correctly. I'm thinking about just shutting my computer down and going into the copy room, away from my desk, away from the monitor.

It's that weird feeling of needing to relax, but also needing to be active. Sort of like when I'm too tired to fall asleep -- I'm too jumpy to complete tasks.

This often comes about when numerous sites I'm working on are having server problems. Westlaw has nearly induced aneurysms, as has Livejournal. Who am I? I don't want to be this way. So goodbye. At least for an hour. Maybe I'll feel better then.

Comments

[milosh.livejournal.com]

ray, i was totally like that this summer. wait, i'm *still* totally like that, from time to time, especially while at work. oy. but i think the best bet is to go and do something in a different room, far away from the tempting computer. over the summer i would make myself go across the office and stuff envelopes or whatever every afternoon, b/c otherwise i would sit online and IM and email with big jessie and josie CONSTANTLY. no lie :P

ok, hope you dont read this comment for a long while :)