Re:How I use the Internet in a healthy way
by inanutshellus on Monday September 20, 2021 @08:21AM
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How is any of this conjecture valuable? Since when is life-advice of any kind "for everyone"?
Re:How I use the Internet in a healthy way
by crispyambulance on Monday September 20, 2021 @12:05PM
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You're right, it doesn't have to apply to everyone, but some acknowledgement by the OP that his story is but one sliver of experience would be a good idea. After all, he's selling a book and an app/extension.
Re:How I use the Internet in a healthy way
by Apocryphon on Monday September 20, 2021 @09:35AM
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What’s the utility of life advice that’s meant for a general audience, but can only be utilized by a specific niche?
Re:How I use the Internet in a healthy way
by russelldjimmy on Monday September 20, 2021 @10:20AM
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We’re all trying, mate. Sometimes one of us writes down their experience to see if it can help anyone else. I am not sure if there is any advice that is truly “for everyone”.
It either works for you or it doesn’t. If it does - great. If it doesn’t - I hope you find something that does.
The only way we’ll know is if we share our experiences. I don’t see any value in critique here.
Re:How I use the Internet in a healthy way
by b3morales on Monday September 20, 2021 @12:42PM
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This should be pinned to the top of every forum thread in the internet. Well said.
Re:How I use the Internet in a healthy way
by Apocryphon on Monday September 20, 2021 @10:23AM
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Sure. It’s also a good way to filter out advice that’s less applicable to a larger audience. Perhaps it’s aspirational advice of sorts for those who can attain the material conditions of the one bestowing it.
It's nice that the OP has a life where they are only answerable to themselves and where they can carve out time as they see fit and the only challenge is their own self-control. Noticeably absent from the article is the mention of any spouse or kids.
So what we're talking about with the OP is a single, self-employed, well-to-do knowledge worker who has found a way to exercise self-control. That's fine, more power to them, and it's great that this advice may apply to one segment of the long tail demographics of the internet, but the range of people for whom the OP advice "doesn't apply" is huge and includes far more than just people who struggle with procrastination and distraction.