When an internet junkie is having a slump, nothing rubs salt into the wound more than a rainy day. When a stick-and-brick house dweller asks me how I could live in a small RV, I just roll my eyes at them, because it is quite easy. But in rainy weather the difficulty goes up a factor of 5-10. If he is a dog owner, it goes up another factor of 5-10.
How do you handle an internet slump? The book reader who is slumping can walk into a new bookstore, or down a different aisle in the library. And it works (!) more times than not. But when that computer screen stares back at you, it can intimidate you how much information is on the other side of that screen. You become frozen with inaction. You are tired of wading through all the crap, the linkbait.
it could always be worse... it could be snowing.
ReplyDeleteStrictly speaking, it's the aftermath of snow that causes me problems, not the snow itself. But with rain, the whole experience is unpleasant.
ReplyDeleteBut you know more about snow than I do!
Nice to know that I am not the only that has those days. Staring into the computer trying to find a reason (among thousands of thoughts) to write about something -- or read about something can be tough. Even worse is trying to find something truly new and fresh and not just a rehash of previous material found someplace else.
ReplyDeleteWandrin,
ReplyDeleteMaybe the answer is to turn the internet slump into an internet diet.