Although I'll never get as bad as Howard Hughes, I have to emulate his lifestyle to a very small degree. I don't have the money he had and I'm not a hypochondriac like he was, but I'm probably just as crazy as he was.
Saying Goodbye to Twitter, Plurk and FriendFeed
Although I really like the social aspects of these 3 services, they're incredible time sinks. Even when I was just viewing tweets, plurks and shared items, I noticed hours of my time disappearing on a daily basis. I've already said my goodbyes on Plurk and Twitter and I suppose, through sharing Tweets, on FriendFeed as well. I even went so far as to remove my Twitterfeed.
I've already removed the "follow" and "join" links in my sidebar widget. I'm not destroying the associated accounts, though, because I want to make sure I've subscribed to the RSS feeds by email for those I'm "following" who have the option available.
Withdrawing from social-oriented services like this merely means I'm being more reclusive than before, but not completely antisocial. I'll still be doing the other things I normally do, such as answering email, replying to comments and commenting on other blogs.
Projects on Top of Projects
I don't like being reclusive, but it's extremely necessary for me to be that way until I get the brunt of my projects completed. The projects include, in no particular order:
- The combination and separation of my various blogs and blog topics. I'm not even at the halfway point of being completed with the first 2 stages.
- Working on the Do Follow, CommentLuv and KeywordLuv Blog List. Verifying statuses of blogs on other people's lists (as well as my own) is a time-consuming process, even if I don't take the time to comment on those blogs.
- A project I haven't mentioned yet and may mention later today. But then again, maybe not. I still have to think about it a bit more to decide if it's a project worth undertaking.
- Finishing up on the reviews and articles I have backlogged and in various stages of completion. I figure I have at least 2 weeks worth. Some are still in my head, but the majority are saved as drafts.
You get the picture. Some people will say I'm being antisocial. Well, if that's the appropriate word, then so be it. I simply have too much to do to waste (and I use that word lightly) time on being a social butterfly.
