limiting internet - week 3 update

some observations: i still need to be Vigilant, i find myself reaching for backgammon outside the one designated period having the no/low-internet account results in the laptop staying "harmlessly" open all day and it makes me /feel/ online, somehow chained, don't like that (maybe it's akin to the phenomenon where people feel distracted just by the presence of a mobile phone, even if it's face down or far away?) even with allowed activities like listening to music, i might find myself browsing the site too long, it becomes a kind of scrolling substitute. i need to make sure to pick something quickly, and if i can't - just click whichever album in my favorites there have been a few instances of youtube during partner's meeting hours. there are few things i can do while wearing headphones in the bedroom, and often it's still too noisy/distracting to focus on reading or writing (words in general), not to mention meditating or anything of that sort. maybe if i used noise cancelling…