I’m a multi-disciplinary artist.
I just stopped. I couldn’t take it anymore.
I was searching the web and managing a lot of sites for myself and my band.
Then I hit the wall and realized that all I was doing was chasing the next innovative techy carrot.
I combed through an old photo album of my cross country trips, camping trips and realized that I was very happy then, without all of these internet accoutrements.

So, I stopped.
Unplugged myself from the machine. Well, as much as I could. It was like a tech-fast.

I got the dumbest phone I could find, which I refused to answer on the weekends.
I moved in with my boyfriend, so no more TV and cable, hence I read so many more books and gained so much inspiration.
I unsubscribed from everything.

Once I felt my artistic mojo return, I slowly began to subscribe to certain sites. That is after special consultation with those who are tech obsessed.

In other words, I got back to my natural rhythm of life.

Since I first found the web, back in the late 90s, I knew right then that I never wanted to miss out on what’s happening. This would lead to hours upon hours of trying to keep up, going deeper “underground” to stay ahead of most topics.

Now, it seems like there are parts that have created this addiction where it’s not so much that I want to consume information as I just want to be exposed to it.

It’s difficult to focus in on one item at a time because I’m so used to multitasking but at certain times it clicks when you have that burst of inspiration and get things done.

It does require you to unplug from time to time.

I love that you mention meditation. Yes, I think it is quite important and I would add at least once a day. Or some similar practice that relaxes you.

Myself I have adopted the “work for 90 minutes, rest for 30 minutes”. This gets me focused and it also seems to relax many of the urges. I feel like I have more time. Usually, the need to “be on top of EVERYTHING” comes from a deep stress that one is not enough. So, relaxing more, is more helpful than at first site.

Everybody has different schedules of course but personally I have sections of time for certain things. For me, at the moment, my posts and books are the most important so I have to do that first or it just won’t work. So, I do this early.

If I start other stuff on the net it will drive me mad with “guilt” not having done what is important. So, I focus on what matters most first: My current project that is. That is rarely checking out the latest stuff.

But also very important, when I have done those tasks, I do have times set aside for checking out the web, doing comments etc and I find that knowing there is time for this later, after the essential work, I have calmed down a lot and I am more focused.

So, having a small simple daily schedule how to work really helps. It brings focus. Having to do everything and checking everything is unfocused. It means you don’t know what the priorities are, or even what you are trying to achieve. So find them first or you will keep being overwhelmed.

And even though Nile Rogers coment is true there is also a deeper truth that “woman” is everywhere, not just in women and you can breathe deep, the feminine beauty in every breath, feeling full of “her” radiant beauty wherever you are. Perhaps a good idea in order to calm down from the demands of a hyper super-ego telling you to “do more!”

Cheers!

One of the ways I’m looking at, which you mention, is dividing my time. I normally set time in the morning for clients and earlier afternoon for writing. Once those are done I’m free online to do as I please until 5pm.

Yet even the time supposedly spent on the learning is often really spent on the fluff – the email, the surfing, the undisciplined indulging in distractions.