I sort of equate the internet to drinking. We are able to choose to control how much we partake and how much it affects us. If we do too much, we suffer the consequences.
Alcohol=hangover
Internet= STRESS (If you have work deadlines)
Why do that to yourself?
I had to realize that it was not the end of the world if I wasn’t on face book every waking hour or chatting or all of the above. Thank God I do not like to text! lol

So, the internet is not ringing in your ear unless YOU set it up to.

What I mean by that is, have sheer discipline and a level of professionalism and just do not log into messenger or face book or anything. Use that as a TREAT later on, for being good and getting your “CHORES” (work) done.
It is very difficult not to go there when you are ultimately addicted to the interaction and used to it. It gets easier once you adapt to cutting it off as needed though, and it is much more professional to do so and in the long run you will feel less stressed and better about yourself when you do it like that.

I have to decide to BE the big girl that I AM and just say NO until I am finished with my projects… and yes, most of them ARE online.

Until I win the lottery in a huge way, this is how I must force myself to do things in order to keep my job and stay relatively sane, lol.

There was a time when cell phones and even answering machines were non existent and we all live to tell about it and got our work done with much less stress, knowing all the while that if someone REALLY NEEDED to talk to us, they would call back later. :)