Hey, thanks again for all of that, I appreciate it.
So, I do a lot of writing and want to do a lot of writing in the future. I want to be able to sit down with a computer and have *nothing* to do on it except do mental work for however long I want. When I need to send/download something I'll plug it in and do it all at once. I had this for several months, and I can't tell you the difference it made in my productivity plus how good it felt to open my laptop and not always have the mental strain of not checking this, or not checking that, or the need to do this random thing on the internet and then 20 min late come back to writing and have to refocus.
I'm very curious and find distractions stimulating and a bit addictive. I've always had this love/hate relationship with the internet (like probably everyone). This is one way I've found to still have connectivity when I want it but not have it overload my brain. Plus with my experimenting, I've found that all the "reasons" I *needed* always on connectivity are actually a load of bs. My brain is perfectly capable, and in fact much stronger, when it just has time to think all on its own.
A lot of people find this extreme. And if they're honestly just better at self-control then I am, more power to them. But most of us don't even realize how just the presence of the internet robs us of the ability to just sit with our selves (and a few physical books) and think deeply. That's something I value highly and so come to the place where I refuse to allow the internet to take that from me.
Thus, a macbook without wifi access lol.
