Another web browser feature I would like to incorporate into my life
I've noticed lately that I use Firefox's pulldown list of recent urls whenever I'm losing interest in the project I'm working on. If I'm doing something online for work and I get bored, it's so easy to just pull down a link and check blogging.la or boingboing or any of the other sites I frequent when I'm feeling lazy. Sometimes the only way I can get myself to focus on work is by clearing the history. It sounds dumb, but that stops me from absentmindedly using the pulldown links, and I get more work done.
Sometimes it would be nice to "clear history" for real.
If I could just press one button, and be rid of every distraction floating around in my head... I could stop thinking about all the art projects I wish I were working on, all the email I still haven't answered, all the writing projects I haven't looked at in months, and actually get some work done for once. If I could "clear history" on my life lately, I could forget about how I fell down like a total spaz in the Express store last week (why did I go in there anyway? I don't even like their clothes!), and how I can't seem to make any L.A. friends, and how I've promised everyone I know a screenprinted t-shirt even though I've still never screenprinted anything, and how my life just isn't where I wanted it to be when I turned 30. I could erase every memory of every stupid thing I've said lately. Ohmigod I would use that button until the letters wore off, and then I would probably use it some more.
And then instead of thinking about all those distractions, I could think about whatever I was doing right then, and I'd be amazingly focused and get about six more hours of work or creative stuff done every day. And I would make lots of money and be wildly successful and I'd never want to "clear history" again. (Although I would keep that button handy in case my successful new self still trips over stuff in public.)
hey lisa, hope your well. like the mermaid hair. maybe you could use some E6000 glue to make it happen(my stint as an arts/crafts store clerk is finally usefull).
ReplyDeleteif you happen to create a button to take awy all the distracton, could you make me one too? so i can get my butt in gear and get more creative stuff going. btw, im looking at maybe going into art school(poss. starting with foundation courses).
much love,
justin
ps- new portal i made that links to my others...
http://www.freewebs.com/justinmcash/
Justin,
ReplyDeletetoday I was MUCH more focused, so maybe all you have to do is talk about how much you want a button like that and then you won't even need one anymore.
the other day, a friend of mine and me, were sitting h=in his car eating taco bell... and talking about all our friends who ahve this great drive. and there we were feeding our faces.
ReplyDeletebtw, i have officialy found out that my dad wants a "better" life for me. he knows my art school intentions. he wants me to get me into a good job at the local big engineering firm(where he used to work). down with reality!!!! i told him i didnt want to end up working in a job i was misserable at, hoping for a 401k. haha. i dont' plan on "not killing myself" just so i can feed kids and a wife. just so that all the people around me are feed and have a house over there heads.
life can more than that. anyways, long comment...
much love,
justin