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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5146 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 1 of 31 24 November 2011 at 10:40am | IP Logged |
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I have an addictive personality. Luckily I have escaped most of the traditional addictions. I have never touched drugs, I have smoked perhaps 10 cigarettes in my entire life, I drink so little alcohol, that most of my friends claim that I cannot even say that I drink alcolhol at all; in the gambling area I buy a Lotto ticket a couple of times a year and I have never played a video game. I am quite happy glancing at my Facebook page once or twice a week only. I also have a very full life with a job, a family, a small business of my own where I give lectures and write articles on tulips and roses and produce rose jelly, have received prices and been in several magazines with my fotos of flowers, I run a show garden, I have a social life, and I help out a family with two kids who lost their father. On the surface not much addictive about my life. This is of course because most people do not know my dark secret - the HTLAL forum :-)
In the hope that there are others out there who share my dark secret, I start this thread. You know that you are addicted to this forum when: - it is the first thing you look at when you get up in the morning - you spend more time here than actually studying your languages - your middle finger goes numb from moving it around the little field on the laptop that poses as mouse - your ideal evening contains taco and a DVD with the kids, and the PC with HTLAL on your lap - yous read it on the IPhone while being on other continents, fully aware of the fact that it is insanely expensive - your husband suggests you try spending some time away from the forum (oh, terrible thought!) - you start to think yourself that perhaps it would be best with a "white day" but cannot bring yourself to do it - you start crying because someone else on the forum has a rough time - you spend your lunch break looking at new threads - it is the last thing you look at before you go to sleep Edited by Solfrid Cristin on 24 November 2011 at 10:47am 5 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Mooby Senior Member Scotland Joined 5917 days ago 707 posts - 1219 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish | Message 2 of 31 24 November 2011 at 10:52am | IP Logged |
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- when you checked in 3 times already, and it's not even 10am in the morning.
Is there no escape? Yes, pick up the grammar book that's been gathering dust and actually learn something! Going now.... 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5659 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 31 24 November 2011 at 11:20am | IP Logged |
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I know about the danger of internet addiction and I am eager to use the HTLAL forum for language communication and language discussion - without showing symptoms of internet addiction. In my case it would cause sleeplessness - which had happened in the past - so I have already taken measures some time ago to reduce my HTLAL posting quantity significantly by 50 % and my profile statistics show this! My personal advice about such a topic is: Be careful and on the lookout!
Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 24 November 2011 at 11:22am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Brun Ugle Diglot Senior Member Norway brunugle.wordpress.c Joined 6432 days ago 1292 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English*, NorwegianC1 Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish | Message 4 of 31 24 November 2011 at 12:40pm | IP Logged |
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I downloaded this stopwatch/timer. I use the stopwatch when I study, so I can keep track of how much time I actually study, which is usually less than I would otherwise think. When I need a break and want to look at this forum, I set the timer for 20 minutes. When it rings, I have to get back to studying. It keeps me from spending too much time here.
And it just rang a few seconds ago, so.... Bye bye! 8 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5659 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 5 of 31 24 November 2011 at 12:48pm | IP Logged |
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Brun Ugle, this stopwatch method is a good idea from preventing yourself from "hanging around" in the forum too much and get your language studies done.
Perhaps I should also reveal some tricks for people who are seriously interested in reducing their amount of internet usage. My golden rule is that I try to stay away from using my computer in the evenings. Then I rather watch TV, listen to the radio or go for a walk outside. To get myself to study I prefer studying at public places somewhere in the city (where there is no computer near-by) or I go to my second room, where I have a table now and enough light, so I can study there. Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 24 November 2011 at 12:53pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| liddytime Pentaglot Senior Member United States mainlymagyar.wordpre Joined 6041 days ago 693 posts - 1328 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Galician Studies: Hungarian, Vietnamese, Modern Hebrew, Norwegian, Persian, Arabic (Written) | Message 6 of 31 24 November 2011 at 5:06pm | IP Logged |
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You know you are spending too much time here when you know most of the other forum junkies by name! ;-)
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| NickJS Senior Member United Kingdom flickr.com/photos/sg Joined 4771 days ago 264 posts - 334 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese | Message 7 of 31 24 November 2011 at 7:03pm | IP Logged |
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When you bookmark it so it loads up when you open your browser - but you have a tendency
to open your browser 10+ times in one day! I really need to have less bookmarked pages (its at about 7 now haha)... Edited by NickJS on 24 November 2011 at 7:04pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 4821 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 8 of 31 24 November 2011 at 7:09pm | IP Logged |
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Ouch, I recognize myself in 3 or four of the points by Cristina
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