Author: Graham Laight
Date: 10:25:14 03/14/02
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IMO, a period of abstension is the best bet. Try it for a week. If that doesn't work, try it for two weeks, then four weeks etc. Hopefully, after a week away, and seeing that not much has changed (I've been following the sport for 12 years - and mostly the change is gradual and incremental) may improve your perspective. Alternatively, throw in the job and do full time computer chess. Young people tend to put income first - but older people tend to say, "Do what you love - even if it means taking a pay cut". Purely guessing here - and excuse me if I'm completely wrong - but it sounds as if learning meditation and relaxation techniques might help in this case as well. Get some quiet music (or just use silence), and meditate 20 mins per day for the next week - see what the effect is. -g On March 14, 2002 at 09:16:36, Paul Doire wrote: >Does anyone else here suffer from computer chess addiction? >I go to work and before I check my voice mails, e-mails, notes and faxes >I find myself visiting CCC and WinBoard Forum to get my "fix". >Sometimes it wil be an hour or 2 before I do any real work...worse yet if >new programs or books are available...I might just spend the entire morning. > >My work has suffered on occasion because of this. >Then I exercise my self-discipline and tell myself that this is silly that I >must make work my priority and forget about computer chess...God help me. >Of course this will last at tops one week approximately, and then I'm back >spending entire days to compensate for the time I missed during my "self >control" > >Am I alone? Anyone understand what I am talking about? > >Paul
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