"Read More" everyday system?
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 12:23 am
I've come to realize that I spend way too much time online reading trash, rather than offline reading good books. I want to read more classics and fewer Buzzfeed articles. However, since I use Facebook and other online things as a social outlet, I'm unwilling to give it up altogether. This seems to be a good case for Systematic Moderation, but I'm not quite sure how to structure the rule for this particular Everyday System - anyone got any ideas? I'd like to use Systematic Moderation for this particular issue, because I have an Internet addiction problem and it's filling my brain with fluff.
Oh, and btw, I'm using an alternative Shovelglove system that may be of interest to some folks with sedentary jobs. Every hour on the hour, I get up and do 10 reps of an upper body exercise and 10 reps of a lower body exercise. Usually it ends up being 10 Shovelglove moves and 10 squats (I may increase the number eventually). My rationale for going with this rule rather than the standard 14 minutes is like this: (a) sitting for hours on end is bad for you even if you exercise; (b) there are days when even 14 minutes is hard to find, whereas 1 minute an hour is pretty invisible; (c) this more closely mimics the effect of an actual physical job; (d) it's good to keep the blood flowing throughout the workday. Mind you, I work at home so keeping a sledgehammer in my office and using it every hour doesn't raise questions.
Oh, and btw, I'm using an alternative Shovelglove system that may be of interest to some folks with sedentary jobs. Every hour on the hour, I get up and do 10 reps of an upper body exercise and 10 reps of a lower body exercise. Usually it ends up being 10 Shovelglove moves and 10 squats (I may increase the number eventually). My rationale for going with this rule rather than the standard 14 minutes is like this: (a) sitting for hours on end is bad for you even if you exercise; (b) there are days when even 14 minutes is hard to find, whereas 1 minute an hour is pretty invisible; (c) this more closely mimics the effect of an actual physical job; (d) it's good to keep the blood flowing throughout the workday. Mind you, I work at home so keeping a sledgehammer in my office and using it every hour doesn't raise questions.