Gee, this sounds scarily familiar....not that I have experienced anything like the kind of health problems these bloggers seem to to have incurred from the insane 24-7 lifestyle. But I too have been sucked in many, many times by the obsessiveness of it--and then stepped back and found myself wondering if that obsessiveness was entirely healthly.
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Death by Blogging?
Category: at the interSeCtion
Posted on: April 8, 2008 7:08 PM, by Chris C. Mooney
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Chris,
Overblogging really seems like it could be hazardous to your health. My little exposure with it makes me want to pull out a pocket knife to sharpen a stick. Some over-inflated egos deserve to be deflated.
Take a break. Walk in the woods. Watch a sunrise or sunset.
Cal
Posted by: Cal Harth | April 8, 2008 8:55 PM
This is funny:
http://xkcd.com/386/
And I agree with what Kevin Drum wrote a while back, that your brain needs sustained activity to avoid text-snippet-induced ADHD:
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2005_11/007650.php
Posted by: Jon Winsor | April 8, 2008 10:09 PM
Jon Winsor,
*snuuuuuuuurk guffaw* I love that cartoon.
Chris,
I finally had to sit down and decide how much time I was willing to spend online daily, which I equate (in terms of productivity) with watching TV.
Then I set a timer.
Posted by: Anna K. | April 9, 2008 8:48 AM