Do you feel guilty when being on the internet for hours at a time?

@justhere (229)
United States
September 26, 2011 10:08pm CST
I was just wondering if you feel guilty, being online making working trying to do many things to earn money. You wind up doing many things at one time and try to add it all up after 3 hours or more and you only made a few pennies. When you complete what you are doing online, do you feel guilty because you could of been doing something else?
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@greenline (14838)
• Canada
27 Sep 11
No, I don't feel guilty, because I come on to the internet, for personal interests, only in the evenings after I get back home from work. This is a way for relaxtion and getting refreshed after a long day at work. So, that becomes a necessity for me, in a way.
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@dodo19 (47336)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
27 Sep 11
Sometimes, I do feel a little guilty. Especially when I've spend a lot of time online. But I can't say that it's something that happens very often. It only really happens once in a while.
• United States
27 Sep 11
Basically, I live a guilt-free life. It's taken me decades to reach this point, but I no longer subscribe to guilt-ridden feelings. And since it's only me, my dog, and a roommate who does his own thing, I feel no guilt whatsoever for my time spent online - not neglecting anyone nor anything (except for maybe housework, ha). I enjoy every moment of my online activity, spending hours writing, creating, designing, sharing a bit o' sunshine. I spend hours working and playing and earning extra income online. Not a thing to feel guilty about at all and I really wouldn't want to be doing anything else with my time and talent.
• Canada
27 Sep 11
It all depends on what I'm doing on the Internet. If I've already accomplished the writing goals I've set for myself for that day, then I don't feel bad for enjoying time for myself doing other things online. But if I haven't done anything productive, and I've just spent time watching YouTube videos, for example, then it does nag at me a little.
• Malaysia
27 Sep 11
Yeah I do feel guilty being online for hours just to get a few pennies. Sometimes I feel I should not online for hours coz I should have been doing something else that I know can make more than online. justhere we have same feeling on this. I thought I'm the only one who felt this.
@Omblues (94)
• India
27 Sep 11
I never felt guilty for being on internet for hours. I do,what i like and i like spending time on internet.It is fun,knowledgeable and i am earning here too. I came online,only in my free time so there is a no point of regret/guilty.
• India
27 Sep 11
well some times you sit on the internet for hours thinking you will make lots of pennies today but at the end of the day you will make just few but what i say is you should be satisfied by what you get because doing something in hurry will also make you frusted and also you will loose interest on that by gaining slowly you will feel interested and you will spend time and also think of new ideas of make more and more pennies.
@opalina143 (1240)
• Morristown, New Jersey
27 Sep 11
I don't feel guilty. I'm home all the time anyway, so what am I going to do? It's better than sitting around watching TV all day. At least,I'm getting something, even if am only making pennies. That's pennies more than I would get if I sat around and watched TV all day. Plus some socializing with people and meeting new people, which has its own value. So no, I don't feel guilty.
@zearah (5381)
• Philippines
27 Sep 11
I do not feel guilty when I know I spend the hour/hours for being productive staying online.Be it in small or big bucks important is I enjoy what I am doing.Sometimes when nothing to do in a day that can make me bored and thus online earnings is my way to enjoy throughout the day.Mix activities I can do while I am online.Mylot is my priority followed by answering questions in one legit site then typing jobs.While chatting to several friends online I can put additional income on my purse online
@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
27 Sep 11
I don't feel guilty. I do all my works first before sitting infront my computer. I also use the net for my earnings and not for socializing alone, so I don't feel guilty that much. I am earning thru net and helps me pay some of my bills. have a good day
@moneywinner (1864)
• Brazil
27 Sep 11
All the time!! At the end of a day that I spent hours on the internet, 90% of the time I regret of spending too much time online. The main reason is because I always think that I should be studying (and I really should!) to my college.
@r03249 (357)
• Philippines
27 Sep 11
Yes, all the time. But I really can't help it. I am addicted to it now. Sometimes I even spend 12 hours straight in front of my computer just chatting with friends, blogging, spending time with my adobe Photoshop and checking my emails every hour. And I am currently looking for a job online just to make my time worth spending. The problem is that I am having conflicts with my mom because of my behavior. I don't go to school anymore and still have no job for almost 3 months now and sometime I feel like I am so worthless because I cannot provide anything for myself. But I guess this will change soon once I have my job.
@firedice (11)
27 Sep 11
Yeah, I do always feel it. I wish to earn more and I'M into it. I don't mind the time passing by. But by then, I feel guilty. I thought I could have done other things rather than to stay online and earning a few pennies. But, hey I'm still here trying to make money online. This time, I'm doing something in the office while composing words to post comments on a friends' post. And I enjoy it