Yesterday when I was browsing on quora.com , I came across a question asked by someone, "I am addicted to internet, what should I do?"
I was in a hurry at that time so didn't respond to him. But as usual my thought process got something to chew. ๐
My response to such a question is, "WOW!!"
First of all, What is addiction?
'Addiction is a state characterised by compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli, despite adverse consequences.'
- Wikipedia
Rewarding stimuli means the stimuli which is the brain interpret as intrinsically positive or as something to be approached.
- Wikipedia
We have already discussed about addiction in the post titled- Addiction - The story of Narendra.
So let's get to back to the question-
He said he is addicted to internet, what should he do?
So I assume that he want to break the addiction. But his question also implies he at least have a smartphone or a computer and an internet connection. There are millions of human beings out there in the world who do not have access to these necessities of life. So this guy is a lucky one.
The compulsive part of his problem is not a problem if he can take care of the negative effects. I think it is very easy to deal with negative effects. If he keeps the compulsive part intact then there will be an explosion of positive outcomes.
The negative effects can be physical, eye stress, pain in the fingers and wrist, back pain etc. These can easily be prevented if he get's up occasionally and do some stretching exercises and take a small walk.
Then there is a greater problem of waste of time. I loved this part of the problem. Really, this is how I got started using internet. At first I was wasting a lot of time. Then came the moment of realisation. But then it was all easy to convert this wasted time in to the most precious time you have ever spent. And then keep adding such precious time. ๐
The simple trick to convert this waste to precious is just change the things you browse a little bit. And our guy has already started it by visiting quora.com and posting his question. Which means he is already on his way to this change.
So, how to do it?
I thought you will never ask..๐
This is very easy. You can start bringing this change right now. Just search something of your interest. Read information about it. You may find answers to your questions on the internet, just check out the reliability of the knowledge. Do it at least once a day. Automatically if you get answer to one question then second question related to new knowledge will arise. Or the answer to first question will lead to next question. At this point just go on finding answers, it's a never ending but very enjoyable, profitable, respectable way of life.
I will tell you how-
Suppose I have a question, how can an aeroplane fly?
So to answer this question I started searching about aeroplanes, landed on the Wikipedia page about aeroplanes, got to know about how the plane flies and the different parts of the plane which help in to flying. While doing it I got fascinated with the picture of a afterburning jet engine with a glowing exhaust stream with shock diamonds in it.
So a new question came up. What is a jet engine, how does it works? So again landed on a Wikipedia page about jet engines, got to know about jet engines, afterburner or reheat cycle, jet engine is actually a form of gas turbine engine, where are these gas turbine engines used.. Then again while reading the applications of had turbine engine I came across aeroplanes, helicopters, power stations, American main battle tank Abrams M1A1 &M1A2, MTT Turbine superbike (Y2K)...
And then I was like wait a minute, how can a jet engine powers a tank? Or a street superbike? So this goes on and on and suddenly life becomes a very interesting thing to know about.
This is a just an example, but a real one. You can go your way and enjoy the life.
The rest of the people who don't use internet for their benefit can start using it this way. You will find your knowledge compound, you are learning which is making you wiser.
Have a nice day...
Sumit
The POWER is when,
You use ODDS,
To get EVEN.
I was in a hurry at that time so didn't respond to him. But as usual my thought process got something to chew. ๐
My response to such a question is, "WOW!!"
First of all, What is addiction?
'Addiction is a state characterised by compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli, despite adverse consequences.'
- Wikipedia
Rewarding stimuli means the stimuli which is the brain interpret as intrinsically positive or as something to be approached.
- Wikipedia
We have already discussed about addiction in the post titled- Addiction - The story of Narendra.
So let's get to back to the question-
He said he is addicted to internet, what should he do?
So I assume that he want to break the addiction. But his question also implies he at least have a smartphone or a computer and an internet connection. There are millions of human beings out there in the world who do not have access to these necessities of life. So this guy is a lucky one.
The compulsive part of his problem is not a problem if he can take care of the negative effects. I think it is very easy to deal with negative effects. If he keeps the compulsive part intact then there will be an explosion of positive outcomes.
The negative effects can be physical, eye stress, pain in the fingers and wrist, back pain etc. These can easily be prevented if he get's up occasionally and do some stretching exercises and take a small walk.
Then there is a greater problem of waste of time. I loved this part of the problem. Really, this is how I got started using internet. At first I was wasting a lot of time. Then came the moment of realisation. But then it was all easy to convert this wasted time in to the most precious time you have ever spent. And then keep adding such precious time. ๐
The simple trick to convert this waste to precious is just change the things you browse a little bit. And our guy has already started it by visiting quora.com and posting his question. Which means he is already on his way to this change.
So, how to do it?
I thought you will never ask..๐
This is very easy. You can start bringing this change right now. Just search something of your interest. Read information about it. You may find answers to your questions on the internet, just check out the reliability of the knowledge. Do it at least once a day. Automatically if you get answer to one question then second question related to new knowledge will arise. Or the answer to first question will lead to next question. At this point just go on finding answers, it's a never ending but very enjoyable, profitable, respectable way of life.
I will tell you how-
Suppose I have a question, how can an aeroplane fly?
So to answer this question I started searching about aeroplanes, landed on the Wikipedia page about aeroplanes, got to know about how the plane flies and the different parts of the plane which help in to flying. While doing it I got fascinated with the picture of a afterburning jet engine with a glowing exhaust stream with shock diamonds in it.
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| SR-71 Blackbird in flight with J58 engine on full afterburner, with numerous shock diamonds visible in the exhaust |
So a new question came up. What is a jet engine, how does it works? So again landed on a Wikipedia page about jet engines, got to know about jet engines, afterburner or reheat cycle, jet engine is actually a form of gas turbine engine, where are these gas turbine engines used.. Then again while reading the applications of had turbine engine I came across aeroplanes, helicopters, power stations, American main battle tank Abrams M1A1 &M1A2, MTT Turbine superbike (Y2K)...
And then I was like wait a minute, how can a jet engine powers a tank? Or a street superbike? So this goes on and on and suddenly life becomes a very interesting thing to know about.
This is a just an example, but a real one. You can go your way and enjoy the life.
The rest of the people who don't use internet for their benefit can start using it this way. You will find your knowledge compound, you are learning which is making you wiser.
Have a nice day...
Sumit
The POWER is when,
You use ODDS,
To get EVEN.
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