What's new??? And what is your experience??????

My husband often jokes that I am addicted to my laptop! I am on MyLot most of the time, I don’t know if I would consider myself addicted but so far it has not been detrimental to my life so I hope I am not in any ‘danger’. I would consider an addiction something that takes over your life to excess. If you felt you overdid the games, it is probably a great idea to cut back and focus on other things in your life. I love writing and being here but I make sure my family life doesn’t suffer; it is all too easy to get lost in what you are doing and shut the rest of the world off.

Hi rjvb26, Long time no see. I hope all is well. There are a few changes on mylot, mostly there's an administrator here now who is doing things to help us. She started asking questions to get our opinions, and so to change things for the better here. As for me in 2010, I suppose it's a new year with a job, bills, and just starting out with my husband and I trying to get a car and a house. The house will have to wait a bit, but I hope not too long. I've also got to learn to drive, but I think we're going to wait until we get the car so I can get used to driving in it. In any case, I have been addicted to the computer, I think that has been my strongest addiction. I used to want to be on the computer all the time, but that kind of stopped once I met my now husband. We were too busy either going out places, me working, or us just sleeping because of the schedules my job and we put on ourselves.

Sometimes I stay up too late (I should say early!) playing games, as some of them really are quite addictive. So I am trying to keep it under control. But it is so fun and relaxing, that I do like to play at least a few quick games every night before sleeping. Sometimes on holidays I will play a few games during the day, too, but not usually.

Other than being an addict myLotter? Seriously, I seem to get really into a site for a long time. First it was Multiply, then it was Yuwie and now it's myLot. And I can really only focus on one at a time. Right now myLot's getting all my attention. Is it an addiction? Well it doesn't stop me from eating or getting work done or getting enough sleep, so maybe not. But it does take up a lot of my time.

There are a lot of people that become addicted to the internet in one form or another. I guess I am to a certain extent. How did you manage to distinguisg the two and what are you doing with your time now?