Comments on: The Scarcest Resource is Still Time

By: priscilla

priscilla — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:39:00 +0000

i sacrificed 2 hours of sleep last night, trying to finish up a blog post. ggrrr..(yes, i type very slowly when it comes to blog posting and reading RSS feeds).

I've reduced my online activities significantly (except for checking work emails, personal emails and occassional chats with friends over messenger).

However, I actually did extend my blog hosting and bought 2 more years of domain name subscription.

So, sighs.. it's a constant struggle to spend time with my bed, my very neglected books and generally just everything else in my offline world.

By: Su Yuen

Su Yuen — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:12:00 +0000

I experienced the same too! Now I hardly ever use Facebook, log in only like once or twice a week, check my e-mails and that's it.

However, one tool that I will never abandon is Skype because video conferencing with your family or voice chatting for hours and hours just closens the gap (if they are overseas that is).

By: oldskoolmark

oldskoolmark — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:49:00 +0000

Hi Walter!

Glad to see you blgging again! I'm totally with u on this topic... I contemplate btw walking my dog or doing my blog for the 45 mins-1 hr that i can spare...

I guess unplugging from the internet once in a while to do a reality check is a good thing too. The irony of social media....

By: creativespark

creativespark — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:31:00 +0000

Heya Walter

Gawd, must be a planetary realignment thing (I read somewhere that Pluto and Venus are doing something weird at the moment). I just posted a 3 part rant on exactly the same thing (which got the comment "who's got time to read something so long?").

Yes, absolutely, I hear you!

=) Marc

By: Veron

Veron — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:43:00 +0000

I'm 100% with you here. It's ironic that with all these social and interactive tools online these days (Twitter, Facebook, blogs) that bridge the distance between people (and they really do), they also widen the distance between us and our loved ones in real life.

I have dedicated much of the past 6 years to my blog, but some days I simply decide to just "heck care altogether" to spend more time with my loved ones. This is what results in the long lapses between 2 blog posts.

At the end of the day, human relationships matter much more than -anything- that you can get online.

By: Tym

Tym — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:32:00 +0000

I take a no-email/no-laptop weekend every so often. Haven't done the no-mobile phone weekend yet --- disconnecting from the internet seems to provide enough of a restorative.

As long as blogging isn't what pays the bills though, I don't think you need to apologise for not blogging because you were busy, you know, life!

By: WeeKee

WeeKee — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:34:00 +0000

hey i really feel what you are saying. despite the advance in communication, i wonder are we better off in building better quality relationship.

For me, i even find hard to have a family meal together and i think no amount of msn or poking on facebook is going to change that.

http://tinyenterprise.blogspot.com/2008/06/absence-makes-heart-grows-fonder.html