I need a big help...HELP ME!
By gr8life
@gr8life (6251)
Malaysia
June 8, 2007 3:30pm CST
I am a working woman, married and a mother too. Recently I signed up for mylot. It changed my life. Normally I stay up late to be able to chat with my husband who is in his home country right now. I do surf the net, looking for websites which can offer earning money online. After I get to know mylot, it is very difficult for me not to sign in and read all the discussions here. I am badly affected by this site. My husband too, can feel that I changed a bit. Before, I always complained to him of tiredness, sleepy and non-stop chatting with him about almost everything. I used to stay up till maybe 12 midnight or 1 am. But now, I can stay up till 3 or 4 in the morning. Sometimes, I just take a rest for an hour, around 5am and then wake up at 6 in the morning. I do feel tired but I can't stop myself from viewing, reading and responding to the topics here. Oh! I don't want to have dark circles under my eyes later.
So friends out there, do you have any idea how I can control myself from just sitting here, right in front of my pc and non-stop typing?
*Just now my husband told me to go to sleep...it is already 4.30am and my eyes are still wide open...
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16 responses
@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
9 Jun 07
i have been a myLottian for 10 months now. and i can't still get away with my myLot addiction. so, i can understand how you feel.
but still, i hope you won't be too addicted that you end up not having enough sleep at all. put your family and health above anything. it's nice to be in myLot and i love it here, too. but we need to make schedules which is good enough for us.
so, proper time management gr3life is all you need!
... anne
@babystar1 (4233)
• United States
9 Jun 07
I am also addicted to mylot.I come on every day in the morning before I go to work and in the evening. I like mylot so much I just cant stop from coming on. So I really dont no what to tell you cause I am just like you.lol
When the weekends roll by I am on mulot even longer I sometimes dont get to bed untill 2 or 3 in the morning.
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@gr8life (6251)
• Malaysia
11 Jun 07
Thank you for sharing your 'problem' with me. We are in the same boat. I have been thinking, if I don't switch on my computer, I will not have the urge to sign in to mylot but another problem is, I need to chat with my husband (miss him every single day if I can't talk to him online..hehehe). So yesterday, I made up my mind and stopped myself from sitting right in front of my computer and well you know what happen next! To tell you the great news...I MADE it.
@executive85 (299)
• India
9 Jun 07
I know that its such a good site that you cannot get away from it but you really need to control your self because excess of everything is bad.Don't stop it but try to take out some time for other important things also.
@golfproo (1839)
• Canada
9 Jun 07
I think you have to set some limits for yourself. This can be done by either setting set timelines, or a set number of posting responses. I think a goal of 50 a day would not be so time consuming and would give you lots of opportunity to talk to the many great people here.
cheers,
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@gr8life (6251)
• Malaysia
11 Jun 07
wow...I stay up till wee hours and can only reply to maybe 20, the maximum. I just wonder how people can respond to 100 posts per night? I will end up staying up all night to accomplish that goal...anyway, thank you so much for your advice. It helps me...
@Avaava258 (4)
• China
9 Jun 07
Hi,my english is poor.I hope you can undstand me.
I can't sleep in the everning too.Because I am junior student now,I hope I can read more . Maybe you might try to relax. And you might talking more about you families.
The peole around us is the most important,I think. the outside is new and different,we can imagine,we can feel,but wo live in the turelife.
Sorry,my english is too poor,but I really hope you can feel better.
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@gr8life (6251)
• Malaysia
11 Jun 07
It is okay. I can understand you. I am not better than you either... That's why I am here...to earn, to find new friends and to improve my english..I am not a native speaker. This is my second language. I think it is hard for you to respond to me and I really appreciate it. Thanks for your advice...
@angelfantasy23 (561)
• United States
9 Jun 07
I think that you should you should make a set time everyday to go on mylot and stick to your plan. You can still make money and have fun on here but you can't let it consume you so you have to plan a set time that you will go on mylot and stick to your plan and after a while everything should be alright.
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@howard96h (11640)
• New York, New York
8 Jun 07
I too am addicted to this forum. I understand. I think you should set the alarm on your clock giving yourself a certain amount of time, for example if you want to do 2 hours then when the alarm goes off so should you. Tomorrow is another day. This way your husband doesn't get annoyed and you can spend some time chatting with him too. Good luck.
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@elisa812 (3026)
• United States
9 Jun 07
Oh wow! I had a similar thing happen to me when I first started. I kept thinking I'd respond to just a few more discussions and then I kept finding more and more that I wanted to respond to! Maybe you could just try to come up with a certain time that you have to be offline by, or just try to schedule certain hours of the day that are set aside just for being on mylot, and then certain times that are just family time or something. Just a thought!
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@PunkyMcPunk (1477)
• Canada
8 Jun 07
You need to slow down! I can understand why you really like Mylot, it is a good site, the people are great, the discussions (mostly) are thought provoking and we get paid money BUT you shouldn't risk your health and deprieve yourself of sleep for Mylot or the computer!
Set aside let's say 2 hours a day where you will come onto the computer and do Mylot. Then the rest of the day and evening do something else. Or if you find 2 hors is too little set a certain amount of time. Don't go over this tie at all. Pretend you are at work. You work your mylot "shift" from this hour to this hour and then you go do other things.
You won't be a good mylotter if you are too tired to think of good things to say! ;)
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@lynboobsy11 (11343)
• Philippines
9 Jun 07
Maybe this is all our problems being stay late because of addicted in mylot. Me too I already stay up to 3 to 4 am and woke up at 8 to 9 am it's been my regular habit. It's like my hips ae getting big and bigger because of always sitting. hehehe.
@helloravinder (433)
• India
9 Jun 07
I think you should make a criteria for the disscussions. It should not be the case that you are going for everything. One more thing that your family is more important to you as compared to other things. You should try to concentrate there also. As you wrote here that you used to sit 3-4 am in front of computer, it may bring your health down. Money is not important then Health. If you are in good health then you can respond well on the net.
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@sweet_1986 (29)
•
9 Jun 07
yew!!! its quite a big problem on your health sister. You dont know when will be the effect on what you are doing. Having inadequate sleep...u should always take care of your health because you have a family...i may not a good adviser but that what can i say....god bless...
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@faerybeach (55)
• United States
9 Jun 07
You need to stop this for your child's sake. You can't be an effective mother if you're living on no sleep. Try not thinking of it as stopping for you, but stopping for your child. Best of luck to you.
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@babystar1 (4233)
• United States
9 Jun 07
I am also addicted to mylot.I come on every day in the morning before I go to work and in the evening. I like mylot so much I just cant stop from coming on. So I really dont no what to tell you cause I am just like you.lol
When the weekends roll by I am on mulot even longer I sometimes dont get to bed untill 2 or 3 in the morning.
@nonelemental (261)
• Brazil
8 Jun 07
someday you'll be tired of mylot ^^
if you are like that cause mylot dont try play a mmorpg (Online Game ) ^^
