C'est la Vie: Down the Rabbit Trail

It doesn't happen often and I'm proud to say it. But yesterday I found myself behind the computer following this link and that link and before I knew it an hour of my life was gone. It didn't plan it. There were other things I could have (and honestly would have rather been) doing. The past is the past and I am trying to move on. But I feel bad. I wonder how I could have avoided this pitfall.

Here are a few of my thoughts. Please feel free to leave a comment of your own.

Post-It note on my screen saying "Don't go there"
Setting the timer on my cell for 15 minutes
Making a list of what I'm going to do while I'm online, check off each as I go, and making no exceptions for diversions
Setting aside one hour/week on my planner just for the purpose of "exploring" online... maybe then I won't feel so guilty about it

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