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Do you surf the internet when you are bored? Do we still say surfing the internet?<\/p>\n

No matter what we call it, we still surf the internet. Usually when we are bored or tired. Sometimes we surf because we are “looking for something” or need to “check something” but it always ends up the same \u2014 minutes and hours pass and we’ve forgotten how we got here. Mindy Kaling sums it up best, \u201cThe Internet makes it extraordinarily difficult for me to focus. One small break to look up exactly how almond milk is made, and four hours later I’m reading about the Donner Party and texting all my friends: Did you guys know about the Donner Party and how messed up that was? Text me back so we can talk about it!”<\/em><\/p>\n

Surfing the internet should really be called surfacing the internet because we can’t go all in when we don’t know where we are going.<\/p>\n

You understand. We’ve all been there. We’ve all found great benefit from the internet too but if we could harness all of our surfacing the internet hours and use them more intentionally, perhaps we’d have more time for all the things we say we don’t have time for.<\/p>\n

I’m writing a book over the next few months and I don’t want my book writing to look like this:<\/p>\n

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Instead, to have a better book writing experience, to write a better book and hopefully create more time for things I really want to do, I’m committing to a 90-day no-surf challenge. I’m creating a list of things I’d rather do than surf the internet. I’ll keep the list close by, so when I feel the pull of the internet, I’ll go to my list first. Before jumping into the internet waves, I’ll also have a specific plan and set a time limit before diving in. I’ll go in, get what I need and then come back up for air before getting lost in the abyss.<\/p>\n

I’m starting my no-surf challenge on July 1 and will share more details soon. If you want to join me …<\/p>\n