How to Stop Wasting Time [Be More Productive]

What an unbelievable evolving creation is OUR internet!

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The other night I spent nearly 2 hours in an argument that only led to insults and hatred. Fair enough, I started it by posting something of sensitive nature on facebook, but it was a simple opinion of vocabulary. I do admit, I did it to get people to bitch a little, and not giving much importance to politically correct speech, I thought it would be fun to see what would happen.

Well it wasn't fun at all, I was insulted and pulled into a ridiculous argument which had nothing to do with the original post.

I will spare you the details, because they are irrelevant to what I want to share with you today. While I have already spent more energy than I've wanted to on this matter, the argument did bring up an extremely important and positive lesson.

Stop wasting precious time online:

I have created a method for managing my time spent in front of a screen that works for me. Use it as you wish, adapt it to what feels natural to you, but make sure it works to your advantage. I try to spend my time online only doing the following.

1. Grow your Intellectual Capital through education.

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There is a concept I have recently been introduced to, it is called the 8 forms of capital. Our intellect, our knowledge base and wisdom have more value that we give them credit. Learning is a basic human instinct, perhaps the only one we have left, other than breathing and eating. Don't be afraid to use it!

The internet is full of great information. Just learn to sift through the noise and you will find what you need. Anytime you have a question, it can be answered. How to videos have flooded youtube and other platforms alike. You could literally give yourself a full education without the burden of student loans!

2. Find Inspiration, Give Inspiration.

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Everywhere we look we can see inspiration. If you know what your passions are, it will be easy to find inspiration, so figure out what they are ASAP. Take that inspiration and embody it. Once you've learned to take it all in, you will start creating and inspiring others. Giving is important, one feeds the other.

3. Create from your Passions.

Alex Grey- Godself

If I am not learning something I want to create something. In this digital world, living in New York City, you see most people walking around with their heads bowed, faces glowing a white-ish blue... It seems like the **Zombie Apocalypse ** has arrived! Why not write your thoughts, a poem or a new concept you want to develop further? You can draw or learn to draw and do it on paper. Blogg on Steemit, have constructive conversation in your favorite chat rooms...

Point is, there are a million things you can do to grow your creativity on the web. Time is a precious commodity and we should really start thinking about how it is spent while we're online.

4. Interact Within the Sphere You've Created.

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The idea behind all this is that we need to stop wasting time online, as precious of a technology the internet has become, it can also be a very dark curse. The sphere I have created here I believe will work for me. What I have shared today is merely a collection of ideas and preferences that help me reach a personal of becoming more productive. So please do use it if you find it useful, but feel free to tell me what other tricks you come up with to have more productivity while online.

5. Drop facebook and whatever other social media platform that suck you in for hours on end.

I just had to take a photo of this piece when I saw it... Damien Mitchell

Sometimes a lesson needs to be drilled into our heads in strange ways... Since October 2017 when I joined the Steemit family, I pretty much dropped out of facebook. Apart from using it to promote the things I am involved with, I haven't interacted very much with the cute puppy videos, the gossiping feed or any of the unpaid high value content that you can find once in a while.

@Papa-pepper has the perfect gif and quote at the bottom of his posts that explains what I'm trying to tell you about these other platforms (I hope he won't get too mad I'm showing it to

Don’t waste your time online, invest it with steemit.com

How do you manage your time spent online?

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