A Real Life Interlude

yes i get to come here only once in a while now. when i joined mylot i was on summer break from teaching and i was here everyday. ever since the semester started things have gotten really busy. i really am looking forward to sem break . . .

I've also found that I dont get onto myLot as often as I did and I do miss people who were "regulars". I think there are times when, even if we're not feeling particularly sociable - for whatever reason - its nice to see a familiar name & know that someone cares. Glad to hear things are going well for you.

Short answer: Yup. Longer answer: Yes, 'real life' has got in the way of a lot of my computeryness. I'm still doing a blog regularly, but I'm too tired to do much else. (As you know) I've set up a business and that's taking a lot of my time at the moment, when I'm not doing that, I have my house that I need to keep clean and relatively tidy. It is a shame when real life gets in the way, but unfortunately that's what normally takes precedents over cyber world. It's still good to catch up with computery friends every so often though. :)

I've noticed you are not here as much but it's always a pleasure to see your name in my mailbox! Yes, life has a way of interfering. I'm not here as much as I used to be. I'm busy writing articles, mostly, and I've cut down my hours on the computer because I was sitting here every waking hour and that is NOT good! So I'm here less, too, and sometimes my mailbox fills up with notices from myLot--I've learned that I can't answer every one and to put things in perspective. It sounds as if your life has filled out and gotten more interesting, and that's a good thing! Life does tend to get in the way, if we're lucky!

When I first joined myLot, myLot slowed my real life down. I must admit there was a point in time that I also left because some of my friends left, and so the place got boring, discussions were repeated, others clearly were just in for the money, a lot of guideline violations happening all around. By, place that doesn't pay us, do you mean Facebook?

Mylot has a different effect on me. It has an opposite result, the more I do MyLot, the more addictive it became. If I can have it my way, I would MyLot from sunrise to sunset. Where in the world can you find giving out your opinions and getting paid for it? Only MyLot can.

It certainly has. I joined Mylot a month before I had my second child. I was at my mother's for the delivery and had nothing much to do (no housework and the only work I had was to go for my checkups and take my older son to his classes).A month after my delivery, I came back home but we didn't have an internet connection and I was off mylot for 9 months. Once I got a net connection I was on Mylot many hours in a day. I had a part-time job when my little one was 18 months old....I still managed time for mylot. But slowly family responsibilities and work took its toll and I would could come less frequently and then it became once in a month...and sometimes once in two months! I've made a few good friends at Mylot...I'm regularly in touch with them through emails and at other social networking sites....and sadly, it's been a while since I emailed a few others.

Real life slows everything down. :-) What invitation only place are you at?

Real life means accessing the internet via my mobile phone in an area where the signal just sneaks through the mountains on a good day. Real life means having to put the generator on to power up my laptop as the kids have flattened the batteries watching DVDs. Real life means being too damned tired to bother! Sadly, myLot is something I get to do far too rarely these days. On a positive note, I´m sure I get many more useful things done as a result, but I´m sure they´re not nearly so much fun!

Good morning, no, i haven't slowed down on mylot. It is so much company to me. I'm in the house more than alot of people i'm sure. I like u have made some good friends on here & i treasure those friendships alot. There is alot of silly discussions on here but i just ignore them if i vcan, lol. I'm glad u have found a good place to visit w/your friends, Have a great sunday.

Hi P1key, The only thing that slows me down on Mylot is that most of my dear friends like you don't come here often for the reasons you have stated obove i.g Trolls, so I have missed them as their discussions has been fun and had somany tread going but of late nothing, but silly discussions that I have no interest in, also I am on other forums and on Facebook where most of my friends are, so that is the only thing that slows me down on here. Hugs. Tamara xxxxx

Hi P1key! When I first joined here, real life came to a grinding stop (other than essentials), because I was here so much. That had to change! Now I spend less time here, and only answer the discussions that I really have something to say about, or that strike a chord with me. Many of the friendships made here had continued at other sites, or other means. I think I've achieved a happy balance where reality and MyLot co-exist happily.

Real life slowed down my MyLot experience from the start. I would love to spend more time here and find it quite addictive, but I have a family that needs my attention too, plus there is a business to run and housework to do, sport, exercise, reading, learning guitar, sleeping, the list goes on! That is great that you have made so many good friends here. I have too. I am glad to hear that you have found somewhere else 'safe' to hang out as well, just for the fun of it.

My mind works with numbers. And I like building stuff. And racking up total counts. That's why I stay here in myLot. I have little goals like reaching the next hundred, or the next thousand, etc. I do have a job and a life away from this computer, so at times it has slowed my myLotting down. But I always come back too.

hi pikey well outside of the 11 months when life for me and my son' turned upside down and we felt like we had been struck by a runaway train, I have been on my lot a lot since I got back on the net. At first I had my computer and monitor ouf of storage but was not on the net as I had to find out what cable company serviced the area where I reside in this tiresome retirement center. then I found time Warner cable. and got on and am paying my internet bill by my mylotting.I am finding that a lot of new ones do not seem to give a damn about making really good discussins but only about making money, which is sort of funny and stupid in that good quality discussions are the ones that will make them their earning. None of them seem to care about having fun or making wonderful friendships and thats sad as I am here because of you and all my other wonderful mylot friends. I remember that time when some really great mylotters quit because they were being harrassed, and felt so bad as we dont need trolls here.

I'm probably as active as I ever was. Like you, I do get tired of responding to the same discussions over and over, but I sometimes still respond because I figure it was started by a newcomer.

Repeated matters can also be interesting if it can be presented intelligently. We specially me is fortunate that you did not leave myLot forever. I enjoy your discussions and responses. But for lacking of English language I can't response to your responses properly. Sometimes I can't understand also. In your discussions I find some specialty. Thanks for not leaving us.

I felt my life was not slowed by Mylot. I logged in Mylot, every day use the phone, I logged in Mylot when all work is completed. I do not have many friends, and I am more often alone. Mylot is a friend of mine, when I'm alone, Mylot who always accompany me. Mylot has taken away my loneliness.

I'm actually a little bit diffferent on this whole scale... when I got some bad medical problems, and had to stay inside and seated for months, I started going to another site, "Hi5". They were big on topics that I found really interesting, and most of the people who were there were really interested in the direction of the message boards, so there was always really cool topics coming up, and I'd be going there everyday. After long enough, though, the site started to die down... I was doing other things, but I still have time to be going to websites. Ever since facebook came around, Hi5 had started to die, and the message boards aren't nearly as interesting. I decided to join Mylot because it seemed busy, and the money aspect was a nice addition... but then, even in the first week of being a member, I got so irritated by the simplicity of some of the topics... even moreso with topics that I'm really big on, where the people posting literally sound stupid about it all... But, I'm still here. I just want to have a good message board site, where thats all it really cares about, and anyone can be a part of it... so you don't know what to expect. This one may not be the best, but at least its something.

Just like you I used to spend a lot of time in Mylot before. I spend an average of 5 hours a day when I have work and almost 18 hours when I am on rest day. However, I'm not as active as I used to be ever since I had my second child who is just 2 months old now. Aside from that the Nanny of my eldest went away. I still visit Mylot when I have free time just like today. I'm on leave for four days. However, even if I'm on leave I only find time to be here in Mylot when both of my sons are asleep.