Has MyLot Changed the Way that You Communicate?

inertia, that could be very true. Now you are making me wonder is it healthy to spen more time online than offline? Perhaps, it is just the modern times. Then again, it could be that we are busy trying to earn some money online, and in the process fell in love with the myLot site.

inertia, I had similar experience when I started here on myLot. I worked on the site a little bit, but I did not see the benefits of it in the beginning nor did I really understand how it worked. Maybe, I just did not have the time to invest to learn how it worked. Three years ago when I signed up I was still working on my Master's Degree. I worked a little on the site, but never really earned much on this site in the beginning days. I did get some good tips on sites that paid money such as GPT sites. I started working GPT sites instead because they seemed more profitable at that time. Then, life just got busy and I totally forgot about myLot. I was away from the site for about two years. Recently, I was again at a point where I needed to make some extra money, so I began trying to earn money working online again. That is when I remembered about myLot. So, I decided to give the site another try. This time I got some good advice from others on the site, learned how to really participate on the site, started having lots of fun chatting with others and making friends here on myLot. That is when I totally feel in love with myLot. The ironic part is now I am really earning from the site. It seems so easy. I almost feel foolish for not figuring it out initially, but I guess better late than never.

It has to be a combination of all those things. I know when I first found MyLot I thought it was a lousy site. So I did not come here for quite some time. But after all the trial and error online I came back and thats when I fell in love with MyLot. I just never gave it a chance in the beginning. Now I am glad I did. And yes, making extra money online is always a good perk.

bluespygirl, I am glad that myLot has helped you to improve your English. I would much prefer to be on myLot than texting on my cell phone. Then again, thanks to a friend here on myLot the way I text has changed too! This friend taught me how to use the T9word feature on my cell phone. I like it so much better than having to keep pressing buttons to get the letter that I want. myLot helps us all to embrace positive changes in our lives.

Yes, bluespygirl, myLot has so many benefits. One of them is definitely providing our lives with positive change as we learn and expand our knowledge. It helps us to make healthy personal change in our lives. What positive changes has myLot made in your life?

I like the thing you said that myLot has positive changes in our lives.

Yes, caller id has changed everything. It has empowered us with the choice to decide whom we want to talk to on the phone. It is also nice because even if people do not leave a voice mail lots of time you can still tell who was calling.

gaza, I definitely understand. The odd thing was that whenever was great with my boyfriend I used to be this way too. It did not matter what time of the day it was I would jump the second he called or texted. Now, that we have broken up I do not jump for my cell phone. We are trying to stay friends, which feels like the hardest thing in the universe. Lately, it is like if I here the phone I feel more like I will get back to him when I have a chance. I do not see why I should stop everything. I can always text him back when I have a chance. He rarely callss.

Yes, I agree that it all about having boundaries. Sometimes it is hard to set these boundaries, but they are very much needed in life. You make a good point that we need to ensure people that take time in participating in our discussions that we have not abandoned these discussion that we will come back to comment upon there posts. I generally strive to respond to people in discussions that I start first prior to finding new discussion. Recently, I got a little behind. Now, I am trying to get caught up. Originally, I was a tad overwhelmed. Then, today I thought of a good way to sort through all the notifications to prioritize my attention to the notifications. I flagged all the responses to discussions with a red flag. For me, these are my high priorities. Next, I flagged any comments that I received on others discussions orange. I consider these second highest priority. Any discussions that I started reading through that I want to return I coded as yellow. New discussions that friends have started are green. MyLot Digest are color coded purple. This is really helping me to prioritize my attention as I have time to participate here on myLot. Little by little I am learning how to really utilize Outlook for time management and organization.

it's like being on vacation. do i have to tell everyone in advance when and where i'm going? do i have to load myself with all sorts of gadgets to record it and worry all the time about chargers, signal and theft? do i have share anything and everything that's going on? so when am i supposed to chill out and enjoy myself? it's about setting boundaries and sticking to them even if the internet has borders around time and distance. the decision to share, how much and to whom still lies with us. with mylot, i always advise people to deal with a few responses at a time so people will know you did not abandon your own discussions.

prasadditya, what a very enlightening response! I hope you are right that the paradigm shift is coming from personal growth. It has been the most challenging of years. I truthfully really do need to learn to strike more of a balance that helps me to stay in control of my own life. That will help me to overcome the tendency to emotionally react to much or to have panic and fear keep me stuck in a perpetual loop of bad luck, misfortune, and mistakes.

Hi rberon, Well right now it is about 7 PM here, so it is pretty early in the evening. What time is it there in the Phillipeans? I thought I had figured out the time zone difference is like 15 hours, but with the change in day light savings time I am not sure now. Arizona does not participate in day light savings time, so it is more like trying to figure out how that shifts the time in over parts of the world, as we go between being on Pacific time zone and Mountain Time Zone. Right now, we are back on Mountain Time Zone. Sorry for not answering. I had a horrible headache last night that kept me up till about 6:30 in the morning. Finally, I feel asleep, and woke up around 2:30. I saw a few unavailable phone calls on my cell,and I wondered if perhaps it was you. As for the ex-boyfriend, I am just doing my best to accept the break up. As so many have said, it is probably for the best, and I have realized that the break up was more about him rather than me. I have some how rationalized that there is no point in feeling upset about it. There is nothing that I could have done that would have changed the inevitable. It was his choice, and the only person that I can control is myself. I am just slowly trying to pick up the pieces little by little. I think I might have a lead on a possible job interview. I got an email from a principal asking if I was interested in a teaching position yesterday. I emailed her right back, but so far no response. I called and left a voice mail with the school secretary. Hoping to hear something about a possible interview. I have my fingers crossed. My luck needs to change. Then, I woke up to the ex-boyfriend wondering if I had heard anything back from the principal. Then, he started trying to dictate that as part of being friends that means that I should answer my texts and the phone. That is what inspired me to post this discussion question. I ended up telling him that he needs to chill out. That he new that I would text him back. I guess his health problems are getting worse. He just wants his freedom and to have fun. I do not understand, but again it is no longer about me it is all about him. I just have to learn to let go. Sorry, I missed your phone calls. It would have been nice to talk. Yes, generally I do keep my cell by me when I am online. It is just especially with the ex-boyfriend that I am not really jumping to stop what I am doing in my life to talk to him. I am trying to stay friends with him. It is just tough. I am working on directing more of my energy into my life, and making changes that I need to do for my future. Hope you are having a good day.

Youreyes4Today, that is great that you can just check out with out needing to have your phone every minute. I know there are even times that I will run errands, and realize later that I left the phone at home. It is so nice sometimes just to detach from your phone. It is like you can just enjoy your day without the interruptions of phone calls or text messages.

beamer, that is great that you have a system of priority that you know that your phone calls are priorities; whereas, your text messages are low priorities. It used to be that if my cell rang it was important. Now, it may be a call I want to take or just someone calling me about something that does not interest me.

jenny, I know what you mean. We get so involved with myLot that we tend to block out a lot of the other distractions.

LovingMyBabies, I cannot imagine what is so important that they have to keep looking at their phones. Maybe it is something about those new fancy SmartPhones. I have an old boring phone, and there are times like if I have to wait and only have my cell with me it is like I am totally bored looking at the cell phone.

Hi mariaperalta! I agree I would prefer to know what my friends are up to here on myLot rather than talking on the phone. Plus, you also do not have to deal with those pesky phone calls from companies wanting money or wanting to sell you something. I use my cell phone for a regular phone, and it seems that I am getting so many phone calls for stuff that I am not even interested about. At least, the election is over so I am no longer getting weekly phone calls about propositions on the ballot.