tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17002261.post-72992125614246098902008-07-21T08:01:00.006+05:302008-07-22T07:45:05.267+05:302008-07-22T07:45:05.267+05:30I am addicted to my computer. I realized this after <a href="http://blog.tarunchandel.com/2008/07/going-offline.html" title="Tarun Chandel goes offline for a week.">staying away from my computer</a> for the whole of last week. It was tough; the idea was to stay away from my laptop, not checking my blog, my email, chat, twitter or any other site. I had to use my work computer but I chose not to use the browser for personal surfing. It was very hard to control my urges but I somehow pulled myself together. <br /> <br /> Staying away from my computer, I realized how much extra time I have in life and how many other things I can do. I have piled up a huge list of books to read. I have also setup one of my walls for "off computer" thinking and planning. I will be using pics of the wall in coming days on my blogs. Oh yes you read it right, blogs. I have been working on my <a href="http://businessanalyst.tarunchandel.com/" title="In the Business Analysis blog Tarun Chandel shares experiences from his professional life as a Business Analyst.">Business Analysis Blog</a> for a while, a blog about something I do for living. If someone is interested in being a Business Analyst or knowing what I do in my day job please check my <a href="http://businessanalyst.tarunchandel.com/" title="In the Business Analysis blog Tarun Chandel shares experiences from his professional life as a Business Analyst.">Business Analysis Blog</a>.<br /> <br /> While staying offline I also realized that I have been ignoring my health for a long time and following a very unhealthy lifestyle. I have decided to lead a healthy life from now on. This is going to be the toughest challenge, as I need to be disciplined in a lot of areas. I have setup a <a href="http://healthy.tarunchandel.com/" title="In the Healthy Living blog Tarun Chandel shares experiences about leading a healthy lifestyle.">blog for healthy living</a>, a place where I will be keeping a log of activities that I do for leading a healthy life. <br /> <br /> Just like after fasting we realize that the aim of having a mouth is not to keep eating and also that not eating for a while will not kill us, similarly after staying offline I realized that having a computer doesn't mean that I spent all my life here and staying offline is not going to kill me. Though I will maintain multiple blogs yet I am going to spend much less time on my computer or online. I am going to be fairly active on my <a href="http://businessanalyst.tarunchandel.com/2008/03/welcome-to-business-analysis-blog.html" title="In the Business Analysis blog Tarun Chandel shares experiences from his professional life as a Business Analyst.">Business Analysis Blog</a> and also on the <a href="http://healthy.tarunchandel.com/2008/05/welcome-to-healthy-living-blog.html" title="In the Healthy Living blog Tarun Chandel shares experiences about leading a healthy lifestyle.">Healthy Living Blog</a>. On this blog I will be making fewer posts mostly once a week. <br /> <br /> I just checked my email inbox, I had 107 mails and most of them were unnecessary notifications or announcements. I now wonder how I was spending majority of my time in checking my mails? Going offline happens to be the best thing that I have done, now I somehow feel that I can be more active online yet spend a lot less time online and on my computer. Hopefully I will be able to follow my plans. Wish me luck; I need it to pull out of this addiction. <br /> <br /> Tarun Chandel<br /> Back Online<div class="blogger-post-footer"><br /> <br /> <b>Save our planet Campaign</b><br /> <a href="http://blog.tarunchandel.com/2007/06/save-our-planet.html"/>Global Warming is the biggest danger looming over our planet earth. I am using this blog post as a mean to spread word about Global Warming. Leave a comment in support.</a>.</div>Tarun Chandelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01025188840354820953noreply@blogger.com