Internet seems to be ubiquitous and life seems not to be normal without it. However, if we take a look at the past, we can understand that famous personalities such as Einstein or Newton or Aristotle did not use internet, yet produced remarkable results that have had huge contributions. Before you take a stand of arguing that internet is really important these days because of the fact that it saves you a lot of time, maybe it is time to rethink your approach towards its usage, especially during your workday.
You might be working at a job where internet has a high priority. If that is so, you might not need to completely disconnect from the internet, yet you should not stay without taking measures either. With measures I mean, trying to manage your time while staying at a computer, instead of letting internet control you. A new email might deteriorate you from your agenda, and you may not be able to get back to your work-flow before thirty minutes are gone reading an announcement from a sales agent of a company. Try to set boundaries by blocking pages that might waste you a lot of time while you are working such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. Or try to use Pomodoro technique by single-tasking on a task and completely focusing on it for twenty-five minutes, without answering to new reply that you got from a Skype conversation, or other types of distraction.
Internet might not be the primary resource of work for some jobs, and so its usage might not be critical. As a consequence, it is necessary to not let the guard down and let internet become your master and your boss. Start your day with your most important tasks and plan blocks of times when you plan to finish off those tasks that need an internet connection and connect to it only at that time.
It might sound unconventional, but a lot of people might be using the internet as an excuse to get away from the real work that needs to get done. Rather, they engage themselves into low priority activities such as constantly checking email or Facebook. I am not saying that you should not use internet, because probably I would not get you as a reader otherwise, but I am suggesting to start and rethink the approach that you and I have about the usage of the internet. We might not need to spend a valuable amount of time unconsciously browsing the internet without a goal. The question which pops up is: are we trying to use the internet as a means of helping ourselves doing our job, or is internet only an excuse of skipping the important parts of the work?
