07 January, 2010

Wasting Time on the Webbernets

So you know when you get on your computer to check your e-mail or poke your friend back on Facebook and all of a sudden five hours have gone by? One particular instance of this in my own personal life ended on deviantArt when I ran into an interesting quote that I will now share with you:

"To all young singaporeans who aspire to be an animator or anywhere related in the digital media field...Be prepared to give up your favourite hobbies like gaming and so on...and be a creator, not a player...It's better to create stuff for people than play/watch stuff from people" -NCH85 Emphasis added for . . . emphasis


Then I looked back on the past couple of hours and I threw my hands up in the air and said "WHAT HAVE I DONE?!" I really need to quit that off. Of course, I can't very well just forsake The Intertron completely, I've got to look up worksheets for the kids at school! I've got to get information and pictures for the church bulletin on Sunday! I just need to show a little more self-control and spend more time creating and less time viewing.

Things I'd like to do instead of waste countless hours looking at things of little to no importance:
Make a vlog already
Keep drawing every day
Keep writing here
Maybe animate? It looks fun.

It could be argued that in order to create, we need inspiration. That's kind of a lie. I think I've actually stifled my creativity by looking at everyone's everything. It's fun, but not very productive. Don't lie to yourself.

Also, you don't have ADD or ADHD if you can spend eight hours playing Guitar Hero.

Thank you.

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