Re: How do... YOU... do... "IT"?

Helen Hall wrote: 
In article <4381D57F.3050507@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Sea Wasp <seawaspobviou
s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes

Helen Hall wrote:

In article <1h6eadf.gf8if01cc5pj2N%zeborah@xxxxxxxxx>, Zeborah
<zeborah@xxxxxxxxx> writes


(Except software that says "No, no usenet for you until you've written
your quota for the day, and no, you *don't* need to surf the web for
half an hour looking for a non-Earth-specific word for the colour
'salmon', and I mean it, get back to writing actual words *now*."  That
could be useful, perhaps.)


If you ever come across such a thing, could you remember to post details
here?

Just designate a husband or friend who will unplug your machine from the net. Or shut down the wireless hub temporarily.


I suppose if I had the willpower, I could unplug the Ethernet cable and
boot up the machine unconnected from the Net. Then I'd have to reboot it
if I wanted Net access.

Asking my husband to do it wouldn't work because at weekends I'm usually
up first and will have switched on the computer before he's out of bed.

So? As he gets up and walks by your machine, he pulls the ethernet cord out. You're offline and protected from EEEEEVIL distractions.


Or on the days when I start work late (due to teaching evening classes)
he's already gone out to work before I start writing.

Well, then the solution is before he goes, he takes the cable out of the back. And if necessary, takes it with him.

And besides which,
if he did it at the wrong time, I'd shout at him.

Well, this is just part of the lot of someone trying to help an addict. Even after the addict has ASKED you to help, they often irrationally get angry at you for carrying out the instructions. Your husband must be just resolute.

The whole point of 
getting broadband was so that we could both access the Internet at the
same time without having to fight over the phone socket. :-)


	So he has to stop being an enabler. Be strong, man, be strong!

He can give you the cord back whenever you reach some set goal -- say, 3,000 words, or whatever you think is appropriate.

	:)




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