Compulsive internet surfing

Being frugal with money is important -- and so is being frugal with time. One of my biggest time wasters is being online, ironically enough. I don't go online with the intent to kill time; a huge portion of my life is "lived" online. I use it for:

• Blogging
• Banking
• Shopping
• Paying bills
• Searching for job/freelance opportunities
• Searching for information that helps me save money
• Keeping up with friends and family
• Networking

However, turning me loose on teh Interwebz is like turning me loose in a combination library/hardware store. I end up dashing from one thing to another simply because they look interesting and I have to find out more, which in turn leads to another thing that looks interesting, and so on....

Case in point: the other day I was checking out jobs on our local public library's website and somehow ended up downloading a copy of my great-grandmother's death certificate from the Missouri State Archives!

It's good to know I'm not the only one like this -- Web Worker Daily has an excellent article on how to avoid the humongous time suck that is CIF (compulsive internet fiddling). I highly recommend it to anyone who works online.