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As of 1/1/2015, what is the longest you have gone without going online (1 Viewer)

comfortably numb

comfortably numb

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Not counting sleep, what is the longest amount of time you have not been on the internet this year?

I mean surfing web, social media etc...

Texting/checking email WILL count as being online.

Streaming music on your phone does NOT count but streaming movies/shows DOES count.

One time in February I was at AT&T having my phone serviced....for about 2 hours....i think that is my max :unsure:

 
Same here. I dropped my phone at the Apple Store one night to get fixed and wandered the mall for about an hour. Felt really weird. That's probably my longest, other than times when I've been in court for extended periods without phone access, but those don't really count since I'm so occupied I didn't event notice it.

 
Probably 4-5 hours at a time at work...but even then I sneak a peak at my email, at a league.

Man, we suck as a society.

 
Went fishing in Canada where there was no service of any kind for 8 days. It was kind of weird at first but it was awesome.

 
I think about this a lot and how I see being on my phone or online so much as a waste of time. It reminds me of my grandparents views on the TV, "That crap is going to rot your brain". I don't see watching TV as being pathetic. I'm pretty sure my kids don't see being on the internet as sad. Do we just have issues with the next generations form of technological entertainment?

To answer the question I would say 4 hours...maybe.

 
HughHoney said:
How many grab their phone first thing in the morning before getting up to piss?
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iPhones on our night stands. Last thing we look at before bed, first thing we pick up in the morning when we open our eyes. Before a piss and contact lenses. It's sick really.

 
Since 1/1? Id have to say probably 4 hours or so. I dont have a smart phone so anytime my kids have a ball game, Im without service for a few hours.

 
comfortably numb said:
Not counting sleep, what is the longest amount of time you have not been on the internet this year?

I mean surfing web, social media etc...

Texting/checking email WILL count as being online.

Streaming music on your phone does NOT count but streaming movies/shows DOES count.

One time in February I was at AT&T having my phone serviced....for about 2 hours....i think that is my max :unsure:
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Honestly, probably 6 hours or so this past weekend. Rebuilding my deck and the wife went out of town and took the baby. I worked outside for 20 hours this weekend, 10 hours each day. I had Pandora streaming the whole time. I know that on Sunday mid-day when the wife was driving back, I didn't get any texts for quite a while. That's the only stretch that I didn't get texts. If texts didn't count, I'd be at 10+ hours.

 
Dropped my phone in a lake while on vacation 2 years ago..went 6 days. There was also no cable at the cottage we were staying at. The first 2 days I was like a junkie needing a fix. After that I felt liberated and so relaxed. I would walk to the store and get the newspaper and relax and read it section by section, something I had not done in years. I realized I did not need to know the inning by inning scores of MLB games..reading the results and going through the box scores in the paper the next day was enjoyable.

 
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I think I went a day or so when I was on vacation in FL over Easter break. It was a good feeling when I realized it and didn't even know where my phone was at. Otherwise, it's a bad addiction I can't break.

 
If my job weren't 24/7 I would definitely not stay so connected all the time. That's the problem with all the remote work technology these days. You're never free. My "vacations" usually end up with me going through my work email at least once an hour on the beach. There's gotta be a better way...

 
Texting kills it for me. Would have a couple 24 hour stretches if texting wasn't included.

 
Probably some weekend day between finishing morning coffee and the family going to bed, so, 11 hours or so. I try to stay offline whenever I am not at work or training appointments as long as everyone is awake as much as possible. I imagine one of those days I wasn't online at all, but no specific day immediately comes to mind.

 
Otis said:
If my job weren't 24/7 I would definitely not stay so connected all the time. That's the problem with all the remote work technology these days. You're never free. My "vacations" usually end up with me going through my work email at least once an hour on the beach. There's gotta be a better way...
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I only have a couple law acquaintances, but they say the same thing.

I talked to one of them recently at a social event about how on his freakin' honeymoon in Hawaii that he would be up at 4 am hawaii time (his natural wakeup time) and knock out 3-4 hours of work before his wife woke up to goto the beach.

I can't imagine working on any vacation let alone a honeymoon.

How when I"m on a domestic vacation I will call to check in on the office and possibly address any small issues or decisions... but that's generally < 10 min per work day.

My cousin who's a lawyer brags about how he can work basically from anywhere in the world, so he travels frequently... but has to be glued to the laptop/smartphone for a least a few hours of every one of those days.

I guess I have mixed feelings about it.. on one hand that sounds awesome to be able to work from anywhere you want... on the other hand, you have to work from anywhere you are.

I can't make any money unless i'm physically in the office physically seeing patients... so on one hand when i'm out of the office I'm free of anything but minor nuances... on the other hand my vacations have the "double cost" of the price of what I spend on the vacation plus any lost revenue from being gone.

 
On vacation in Mexico this March, the place we were staying had bad wifi and cell service was non-existent. I'd do that again.

 
9-10 days every 6 months when on vacation.

Recently in the last year or so I've also made it a point to not answer work emails and texts when I'm off hours, they'll call if it's that important.

Also, the movie part doesn't make much sense. You should either include all TV or not. Unless you're strictly OTA TV then it is some form of cable hooked up to a computer.

 
Dentist said:
Otis said:
If my job weren't 24/7 I would definitely not stay so connected all the time. That's the problem with all the remote work technology these days. You're never free. My "vacations" usually end up with me going through my work email at least once an hour on the beach. There's gotta be a better way...
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I only have a couple law acquaintances, but they say the same thing.

I talked to one of them recently at a social event about how on his freakin' honeymoon in Hawaii that he would be up at 4 am hawaii time (his natural wakeup time) and knock out 3-4 hours of work before his wife woke up to goto the beach.

I can't imagine working on any vacation let alone a honeymoon.

How when I"m on a domestic vacation I will call to check in on the office and possibly address any small issues or decisions... but that's generally < 10 min per work day.

My cousin who's a lawyer brags about how he can work basically from anywhere in the world, so he travels frequently... but has to be glued to the laptop/smartphone for a least a few hours of every one of those days.

I guess I have mixed feelings about it.. on one hand that sounds awesome to be able to work from anywhere you want... on the other hand, you have to work from anywhere you are.

I can't make any money unless i'm physically in the office physically seeing patients... so on one hand when i'm out of the office I'm free of anything but minor nuances... on the other hand my vacations have the "double cost" of the price of what I spend on the vacation plus any lost revenue from being gone.
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It's a choice they made. I wasn't in legal, but I had a job that didn't require me to be there all the time. If I didn't respond to an email/text/phone call during business hours (no matter what I was doing instead) within a couple of hours though? Cover, butt hole.

I chose to leave for less money and more freedom.

 
The part i like about answering work emails off the clock is when I get into the work the following day, I have already handles a lot of the fluff work via emails.

Either discarding them or handling them while on the toilet or waiting on line for something.

The bad thing is it becomes such a habit that when I am doing meaningful stuff I find myself checking when I hear the ping.

 
comfortably numb said:
The part i like about answering work emails off the clock is when I get into the work the following day, I have already handles a lot of the fluff work via emails.

Either discarding them or handling them while on the toilet or waiting on line for something.

The bad thing is it becomes such a habit that when I am doing meaningful stuff I find myself checking when I hear the ping.
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Not sure if it's feasible, but ever consider writing them up then saving them as drafts? When I respond to work emails while out of the office I'll do that then when I get into the office again I'll send them. That way others don't get into the habit of thinking I will respond even if I'm not in the office/outside of working hours, but I'm also not wasting my time in the office on the fluff.

 
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Why do people demonize the internet and being "plugged in" so much? It's perfectly possible to be plugged in and still enjoy the other fine things in life.

 
Dentist said:
Otis said:
If my job weren't 24/7 I would definitely not stay so connected all the time. That's the problem with all the remote work technology these days. You're never free. My "vacations" usually end up with me going through my work email at least once an hour on the beach. There's gotta be a better way...
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I only have a couple law acquaintances, but they say the same thing.

I talked to one of them recently at a social event about how on his freakin' honeymoon in Hawaii that he would be up at 4 am hawaii time (his natural wakeup time) and knock out 3-4 hours of work before his wife woke up to goto the beach.

I can't imagine working on any vacation let alone a honeymoon.

How when I"m on a domestic vacation I will call to check in on the office and possibly address any small issues or decisions... but that's generally < 10 min per work day.

My cousin who's a lawyer brags about how he can work basically from anywhere in the world, so he travels frequently... but has to be glued to the laptop/smartphone for a least a few hours of every one of those days.

I guess I have mixed feelings about it.. on one hand that sounds awesome to be able to work from anywhere you want... on the other hand, you have to work from anywhere you are.

I can't make any money unless i'm physically in the office physically seeing patients... so on one hand when i'm out of the office I'm free of anything but minor nuances... on the other hand my vacations have the "double cost" of the price of what I spend on the vacation plus any lost revenue from being gone.
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I'm a lawyer and the 24/7 thing pretty much sucks. If I don't have access to email it stresses me out way worse than if I disconnected. I'm always worried that something important is going to come up and I'll miss it.

I've a few friends who are doctors and, like you, when they are out of the office (and not on call), they are totally free. Seems like it'd be awesome.

 
Couple of days. No biggie. On vacation I rarely go online and never answer work mails. It's vacation. If it is urgent they can call me and I'll deal with it. But it had better be urgent or I'll ream them a new one

 
whoknew said:
Dentist said:
Otis said:
If my job weren't 24/7 I would definitely not stay so connected all the time. That's the problem with all the remote work technology these days. You're never free. My "vacations" usually end up with me going through my work email at least once an hour on the beach. There's gotta be a better way...
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I only have a couple law acquaintances, but they say the same thing.

I talked to one of them recently at a social event about how on his freakin' honeymoon in Hawaii that he would be up at 4 am hawaii time (his natural wakeup time) and knock out 3-4 hours of work before his wife woke up to goto the beach.

I can't imagine working on any vacation let alone a honeymoon.

How when I"m on a domestic vacation I will call to check in on the office and possibly address any small issues or decisions... but that's generally < 10 min per work day.

My cousin who's a lawyer brags about how he can work basically from anywhere in the world, so he travels frequently... but has to be glued to the laptop/smartphone for a least a few hours of every one of those days.

I guess I have mixed feelings about it.. on one hand that sounds awesome to be able to work from anywhere you want... on the other hand, you have to work from anywhere you are.

I can't make any money unless i'm physically in the office physically seeing patients... so on one hand when i'm out of the office I'm free of anything but minor nuances... on the other hand my vacations have the "double cost" of the price of what I spend on the vacation plus any lost revenue from being gone.
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I'm a lawyer and the 24/7 thing pretty much sucks. If I don't have access to email it stresses me out way worse than if I disconnected. I'm always worried that something important is going to come up and I'll miss it.

I've a few friends who are doctors and, like you, when they are out of the office (and not on call), they are totally free. Seems like it'd be awesome.
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My sisters are both doctors and it's a little different when you're an employee of a group... then when you're gone you are almost 100% truly gone.

Many dentists own all of or part of their own small business, and then like any other small business there's always something going on. Both my dad and I have both always felt compelled to check in when on vacation to see if there was anything that needed input or being addressed.... most of the time there isn't and the call is < 5 min with no decisions needing to be made, but occasionally i'll have to call a patient back or a specialist or a lab.

And now even when you are on an international vacation you can always be gotten ahold of via e-mail, instant message, etc.

Again.. not complaining.. but there is a slight difference.

But I've always been intrigued by the work from anywhere lawyer who just needs an internet connection an a laptop... I would be able to travel a lot more.... but I suppose when you're on vaca you're probably in for 4-6 hours of work everyday.

What needs to be done when patent lawyering at like 10pm at night on a friday? i've literally seen the guy work then when we were at the bars.

 
WhatDoIKnow said:
AhrnCityPahnder said:
comfortably numb said:
Streaming music on your phone does NOT count but streaming movies/shows DOES count.
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Um, ok? How did we arrive at this being the yardstick?
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I think it's because when you're watching a movie, you're watching the device. Streaming music can take place in the background while you're enjoying other things. :shrug:

Unless you like to stand around your phone and dance.
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What if I stream movies directly to my Television? What if I watch on-demand?

I get the point, just seems like a weird cutoff.

Also, I was the runner up in the Hennepin county phone dance off, of aught-9.

 
Normally do some stuff in a game soon after getting up, but have gone all day without the internet after that.

I'm not addicted to my phone specifically. I rarely use it for internet stuff unless I'm away from the house. Having larger screens and more monitors has always been a desire for me. Doing something other than trivial on a tiny phone screen while I have better tools available is taking a step backwards in my mind.

 
AhrnCityPahnder said:
WhatDoIKnow said:
AhrnCityPahnder said:
comfortably numb said:
Streaming music on your phone does NOT count but streaming movies/shows DOES count.
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Um, ok? How did we arrive at this being the yardstick?
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I think it's because when you're watching a movie, you're watching the device. Streaming music can take place in the background while you're enjoying other things. :shrug:

Unless you like to stand around your phone and dance.
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What if I stream movies directly to my Television? What if I watch on-demand?

I get the point, just seems like a weird cutoff.

Also, I was the runner up in the Hennepin county phone dance off, of aught-9.
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My thinking was streaming music to go run or work out for an hour or 3 was different than having to go stream a movie.

 
What's really sad is that I'm starting to forget what life was like before the internet changed things so much. So many aspects of life these days involve being plugged in.

I do still remember riding my bike a couple of miles to the local b-ball court with a ball in a backpack and couple of bucks in my velcro wallets so I could by a soda and something to eat.

 
3-4 hours, probably. I was playing volleyball or softball and just didn't check my phone between games.

 
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