{"id":1177,"date":"2012-11-18T17:04:12","date_gmt":"2012-11-18T22:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/riseupbuffalo.com\/wordpress\/?p=220"},"modified":"2017-07-02T19:05:04","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T23:05:04","slug":"the-internet-and-procrastination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hippiegrrlexplainsitall.com\/?p=1177","title":{"rendered":"The Internet and Procrastination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I start off on a good note.  Looking things up.  Reading articles.  Doing schoolwork.  And then, all of a sudden, something happens.  Like a shiny coin in the corner of a webpage, I see a link that takes me away from my original thought.  I follow this link and begin reading other articles.  Eventually, an hour later, I realize that I am off on a completely different track than where I began.  So is the nature of the Internet.  So much stuff, so little time.  It would be nice to take it all in and get things accomplished, but I feel like only 30% of my time on the computer is productive.  The Internet is the best place for a procrastinator.  Even as I am in the middle of doing actual coding homework, I get side tracked and end up doing something other than what I began with.  Is this so for others?  Or am I just bad at keeping on task?  Share with me.  Tell me your thoughts&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Peace,<br \/>\nChantale<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I start off on a good note. Looking things up. Reading articles. Doing schoolwork. And then, all of a sudden, something happens. Like a shiny coin in the corner of a webpage, I see a link that takes me away from my original thought. I follow this link and begin reading other articles. Eventually, an &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hippiegrrlexplainsitall.com\/?p=1177\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Internet and Procrastination&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[84],"tags":[155,43,158,11],"class_list":["post-1177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-riseup","tag-coding","tag-life","tag-motivate","tag-positivity"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2XCO6-iZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26,"url":"https:\/\/hippiegrrlexplainsitall.com\/?p=26","url_meta":{"origin":1177,"position":0},"title":"The Evolution of the Internet or How I Became a Social Media Junkie","author":"chantale","date":"18 August 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"It all began in 1984. 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