I need help.

Neon Apocalypse · 2004-03-10, 06:43 PM

I need you're advice guys, i dunno if you can relate to me, but lately ive become really addicted to my computer, even if im not playing games im still addicted to it, it just sucks me in and i sit around doing nothing, if not i play planetside. This has become a habit i can't break. I have a ton of schoolwork i need to do, and I procrastinate. Like i have a science paper which is huge and was assigned monday which i haven't even started, plus i have makeup project i missed when i was in florida. Lately my grades have been suffering because i dont study and dont spend much time on homework or projects because im on the computer. I also have friends which im neglecting, so its not like i have no life. The point is i don't want to be sucked into the computer, thats whats happened to me, and I can't break it. Everyday after school i get on the computer and play PS, and it ends up being 7pm, then i have dinner, and my parents make me go to bed at 9, and they dont want me doing hw at 8:30. So i end up having like 1 hour to do all my homework. What do i need to do to break this habit? Also while sitting on the computer i eat lots of snacks, though i am a bit underweight, I'd rather not eat unhealthy snacks. For example, while making this meaningless thread i should be working on my science paper.

Retroactive · 2004-03-10, 06:50 PM

dude. cut your computer power off. store your computer in your closet. do your homework. go spend time with ur friends

ZionsFire · 2004-03-10, 06:58 PM

I threw my remote at my monitor...it wouldn't stop calling me......

Dharkbayne · 2004-03-10, 06:58 PM

Yeah, take a 2-3 day break, trust me, it'll help.

Jennyboo · 2004-03-10, 07:04 PM

Well i could help ya out give me the word and i can have Hamma ban you from the fourms

nah my advice is homework/education should away come before PS do your work then spend that last hour playing ps .. you have the weekends to engross yourself in the wonderful world that is Planetside

keep your eye on the prize passing classes

that all i can say

TheN00b · 2004-03-10, 07:09 PM

What I do is limit myself to 1:30 on the computer per day, tops. I actually told my parents to make me do my homework before I got on the comp, and to place friends before the computer. This has done wonders for me; I do all my homework, my GPA has risen from about a 2.8 to a 3.75, I hang with my friends, and I still get to play a good bit of PS every night. I love my life

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Onizuka · 2004-03-10, 07:13 PM

Originally Posted by TheN00b

What I do is limit myself to 1:30 on the computer per day, tops.

ARE YOU INSANE!

I spend nearly that amount of time posting on forums everyday, let alone playing games, chatting, listening to music etc.

firecrackerNC · 2004-03-10, 06:59 PM

heh same things with me,Ill go on the comp get off at 930 and have 30 mins to do homework and almost never finish

Onizuka · 2004-03-10, 07:00 PM

I've had the exact same problem lately, since I've bee under a huge workload. But I'm buckling down hard now, with the comp on...yay me!

Jennyboo · 2004-03-10, 07:20 PM

Phaelon · 2004-03-10, 07:29 PM

Sit down, and go over where your priorities lie in Life. Set up a schedule and try tou damndest to work for it. Find something worth fighting for.

Set up a schedule to run and exercise, do some research on healthier snacks. Most of this is really a will power thing, once you break it, you will control it for the rest of your life. I got addicted to EQ way back in the day during Beta and the first2 to 3 years. I broke it the hard way, but now Life is on track, and the computer doesn't rule my life, it simply fills in my life when I am bored.

Khronos · 2004-03-10, 07:32 PM

one of the first stages is understanding the problem, so its good you've done that.

try to take a break from the computer for a while, and limit your time. make a schedule like mentioned above.

you can finish homework and hang with friends before spending computer time..that will help to get your mind away from the pc. (So you are doing something rather than thinking about all the pretty things you can click

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im sure you'll be fine, just work at it!

firecrackerNC · 2004-03-10, 07:48 PM

I've actually cut down on the computer time,i used to spend even MORE time on it,and since i took a small break my gpa went from .75 to 1.25

Neon Apocalypse · 2004-03-10, 07:59 PM

actually the snacks im eating arent so bad, my mom buys them from whole foods market, which doesnt sell ordinary junkfood, i just ate a whole package of oatmeal cranberry cookies which was a pack of 12, which means that if i get a hold of anything tasty i will chomp it down in under 2min.

the hard thing is that i do my homework at my desk, and right in front of me sits my computer, and i have no where else in my house to do homework, the computer just sucks me in

plus i dont have that much of a problem doing ordinary hw assignments, but whenever i get a paper or project i procrastinate a ton, i wont have time to do my science tonight, ill have to do it tomorrow if i manage to stay off the comp, and the english hw will have to wait for study period tomorrow morning which i could use to do newly assigned hw

Angel_of_Death · 2004-03-10, 09:11 PM

I don't think it's your computer that prevents you from doing your homework. You, me, and many many other people, are just plain lazy. You just don't want to do your homework because you think it is unimportant. Don't worry, I do too, though I spend alot of time outdoors. I end up doing my homework, if at all, at about 12 or later (I'm talking about assignments, the stuff that counts...I could care less if a teacher calls home about incomplete homework). I just hate sititng at a desk and endlessly writing about shit I don't care about, and will never use.

Not your fault your lazy, bud....but if you feel like you're on your comp. too much, tell someone to hide the powerbar or something for a while.