http://www.adelejournal.com/2009/11/how-not-to-use-your-laptop/ Writing & marketing resources for authors of romance, erotica, pulp, and other adult-oriented genres. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:29:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.adelejournal.com/2009/11/how-not-to-use-your-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-496 admin Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:07:16 +0000 http://www.adelejournal.com/?p=335#comment-496 The best part of this method is that it forces you to admit responsibility. There's nothing to fall back on -- you either have the self control to use it, or you don't. The best part of this method is that it forces you to admit responsibility. There’s nothing to fall back on — you either have the self control to use it, or you don’t.

]]> http://www.adelejournal.com/2009/11/how-not-to-use-your-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-495 Sheila (@stinginthetail) Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:52:41 +0000 http://www.adelejournal.com/?p=335#comment-495 it's simple, but it works. I log out of Twitter, so i have to log back in, which quite often is all the reminder i need that i'm not supposed to be there. I also make sure Word is the first window - it's opened first, then Excel to keep track of my spreadsheets. If i open a browser, it's after the others (in the strip along the bottom of the screen), to remind me of its lack of importance to my goals. it’s simple, but it works. I log out of Twitter, so i have to log back in, which quite often is all the reminder i need that i’m not supposed to be there. I also make sure Word is the first window – it’s opened first, then Excel to keep track of my spreadsheets. If i open a browser, it’s after the others (in the strip along the bottom of the screen), to remind me of its lack of importance to my goals.

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