@Moonchilde wrote:
@ChynnaBlue wrote:
@SeaMaiden wrote:
I am on it throughout the day 7 days a week. The only time I may skip a day or two is if the power is out. I admit I am addicted. Now with the convince of the IPad...it is that much easier. I am not boasting by any means, in fact I think it is a problem that many people have including ME.
It's only a problem if it detracts from your life, keeps you from meeting your obligations, or let it take you down a path where you are no longer a productive citizen. Otherwise, it's a tool, like any other.
Not being argumentative, but define "productive citizen."
One may be retired, have no obligations other than those they themselves create (appointments, lunch with friends), and not be physically able to volunteer. Are they not a productive citizen because they are unable to "do" anything "productive" except their own activities of daily living? A "non-productive" citizen *might* be so because of many types of addictions, but not necessarily. They might just be non-productive because they're unable to be productive. I can't view that as a negative.
Or, having worked all their lives, have decided they no longer need to be categorized by other people's views on who or what is worthwhile. They might just want to sit on their butt all day because they've earned it, and it's nobody's business how they spend their time unless tgey're breaking the law.
Again, not meaning to attack you, just commenting on what makes, or who decides, a "productive" person and why is "non-productive" a problem?
My post was about determining whether or not someone has a "problem" using the internet too much and not being productive because of internet use, not about judging anyone as a productive citizen against any kind of standard. You have to determine for yourself whether you are being productive or not because of internet usage.
If I have a hard week at work and spend the weekend playing video games to destress and also manage basics, that's still productive for me. If I spend the whole weekend playing video games to destress and then forget take out the trash so my home smells, neglect to eat healthy food, fail to call my mom on her birthday, and don't do the laundry, resulting in having no clean clothes for Monday, I'm not really being productive, I'm escaping. That's the difference.
I'm not going to define or judge what's productive for you.
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