Re:Disconnect. Offline only
by chrisbolin on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @11:00AM
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a cron job to disconnect - love it! do you use the break to get up and stretch, too?
Most of the time, yes.
But if you wanted a break from PC instead of internet, I can recommend workrave, it's built exactly for this purpose.
Cron job mostly serves to remind me to use internet as a tool, not as something that is constantly on. Building this awareness of how I am using it is immensely helpful.
My brain switched to offline mode has about three times better focus.
Similarly to this, I'm using my browser in full-screen mode most of the time to eliminate distractions. It was very surprising to me, how big an effect it has, to not see the tabs.