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my name is joe nerve.....

#22
Originally posted by Joe Nerve

my name is joe nerve, and i'm an internet junky.

i suddenly feel as if a weight has been lifted. see yas.
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I know what you mean - I often feel like TB is a real addiction and can't stop myself - even when I make similar resolutions about cutting down!! :hmm:

I can't see I will stop unless I lose my job and/or computer - I'm hooked! :(

I don't know why TB is so addictive - I visit other sites from time to time and can take them or leave them - but TB is always calling to me.....!! ;)
 
#25
It's all about balance. I try to lay off TB and do the other important things I must do. Sometimes TB can save you time. I have been able to obtain information much faster here than going out into the world with my normal trial and error methods. Everybody has something to give to TB and I'm pretty sure everyone gets something from it. I think Joe's problem isn't TB, I think he is running off with that bug eating tatoo woman.:p
 
#28
Good move, Joe! I enjoy your posts, but you didn't say that you would no longer post at TB.com - only that you are cutting down, so I think you are making a good choice. I too could stand to cut down. I'm sure many of us could learn from your example. I congratulate you on being self aware enough to realize that the internet has become habitual and seems to be impacting your life - and more importantly: you are doing something about it. Get outside and smell the roses, meet new and interesting people, enjoy your time on this planet. Remember; The world is your oyster, and I suggest you shuck it, cover it in tabasco, and slurp it down your cake hole - all within an El Sobrante Fortnight.
 
#32
I feel like huckelberry finn. Thanks guys, you say such nice things. :)

I am just cutting back, but I realize I gotta cut back bigtime. When I have 20 posts running here, and 20 email responses - I get lost. So after this thread I'm gonna lay real low.

A few words about the original topic... the tape I think was the camel that broke my straw back. The friends and seeming lack of excitement these days got me, but more that that, the thing that's been killing me - and that i've been in total denial about - is that I don't create anymore. I have a Korg D16 studio sitting right in front of me for 2 f...ing years now and I still don't know how to use it. Years ago I had a tascam 4 track piece of crap and recorded tons and tons of songs. I haven't recorded anything worthwhile in years and my songwriting has gone down to just about zilch. The past 20 nerve songs were written by Randy Nerve - and he's written at least 50 to come up with the 20 we're using. I've written about 5, and I don't think we're using any of them.

Past 2 days I've checked my mail quickly in the morning, and quickly after my afternoon nap (quickly yesterday after my nap was about an hour and a half :eek: ). Interesting feeling doing things around here and saying to myself that the computer is off limits. Can't explain it, but I get a sense this is going to be very good. Feels alomost immediately liberating. I cleaned a little and watched porn last night, BUT IT'S A START!!!! I need to make this simply something I don't do anymore, expecially in the evenings. I'm confident the songs will start flowing again.

It really is hard to not do this stuff....

And we just got a great mention in the new bass magazine too. There's gonna be so many newbies.
Thanks again for all the nice words. :bawl:
 
#36
Originally posted by Bruce Lindfield
I can't see I will stop unless I lose my job and/or computer - I'm hooked! :(
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When I transitioned from a corporate job to the service industry, (in other words, I wasn't in front of a computer all day), my contributions here greatly diminished. Bruce has mentioned before how it's very easy to post 20 posts a day, while only taking really 30 minutes of your time. While 30 minutes doesn't seem like much, for me those 30 minutes were only available because I was in front of a computer for 12 hours a day. Now, I spend maybe 20 minutes a day, total in front of a computer, and am rarely here.

What I would mention Joe, is that if I looked at my life maybe even 6 or 7 years ago, I might feel that I'm doing a lot less than I was before, I have less friends, and etc etc, just as you feel. But in truth, the reality is that I've simply refined my life. I only spend time with my true friends, people that really matter. I don't go to as many shows, but I do go to higher quality ones. I don't eat out as much, but when I do it's better restaurants. I don't know, for me, I'm happier where I'm at now.
 

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