Internet: Causing You a Loss of Time and Acting as Your Resource to Save it!

Have you lately found yourself staring blankly on your computer screen, and then switching to Facebook, Twitter, etc to change the mood, but got into the loop of wasting time which you were intent on using for work?

Distraction through Internet is not a new thing. Although in a little muted way, it existed since social media platform started gaining popularity and information sharing became much easier than it was before. However, it is not the only distraction. The following list contains some of the others, but can accommodate more, like:

·         Message alert

·         Calls

·         Game pop-ups

·         RSS feeds

·         Emails

·         Notifications

·         An urge to update FB status

·         Due payments

·         New information update like news / movies / tech / music

As one can notice, the common route to the above buzz is Internet.  What are you thinking now if you have to finish your work in a limited time, but you are scared of wasting it away unconsciously, thanks to the Internet?

Isn’t it putting a full stop on the access to Internet?

However, this is not at all feasible because most of the professional tasks require Internet for them to be completed. Shutting off Internet altogether is not the ideal solution. Then, what else?

Following might come as a rescue:

No-frills Writing Apps for Writers

For writers who get caught in screen clutter, there are tools to help them out, like:

iA Writer (for iOS)- It keeps all the distractions away; offer you a completely clean screen; removes font formats and other such aspects which are not available otherwise. It also facilitates synchronizing documents by saving them on iCloud or Dropbox. The best feature is when other words blur away, in contrast to the current expression a writer is on.

Similar apps are FocusWriter and WriteMonkey. They are meant for a Windows user. With their help, a writer can write in basic text mode. The tool keeps additional features hidden to aid you on focusing on the main job- writing.

Controlling the Internet-freak in you

Mac seems to be really concerned with the way people might waste their time internet. Consider its tool- Freedom. Give your Internet connection some timely-rest with this app. For a marked time period (that you decide), it helps in discontinuing the internet access automatically.

Then, there is the Mac’s Anti-Social. As the name suggests, it allows you to use Wiki or Google to facilitate your internet-based work, all the while restricting the social browsing.

Another app, (meant for Mac, Windows and Linux) can help to control the urge by giving psychological stimulus through reward or punishment to write and not procrastinate.

Distraction is no more an excuse, now!

Author: R Smith

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