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01-22-2009, 06:58 PM #1Registered User
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getting NOTHING done....
i don't know whether to hug you guys or scream at ya....
ever since i have found this site i have gotten nothing done and i sit here and read post after post and blog after blog....and before i know it the day is over....and i am staying up way too late at night .....
i will be debt-free by the end of the year coz i haven't left the house in a week...haha
honestly though....i think you are all a great bunch of people who have 'found' each other on this site and created a really 'cool' little community...the participation by everyone is phenomenal...i haven't found many forums as active as yours....and that makes for great and 'totally-time-consuming' reading...hopefully i will get all caught up so i can get up off this couch.... and get on with life....my legs have fallen asleep...
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01-22-2009, 07:39 PM #2Registered User
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I'm glad you found us, too! This is a wonderful site and you'll find so many great people with wonderful ideas, you can't help but succeed in becoming debt free. Welcome to FV!
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01-22-2009, 08:36 PM #3Registered User
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Lol! That is exactly how I was too when I found FV! Enjoy and welcome!
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Better pace yourself. Do the 15/45 minute challenge. Housework/whatever else you need to get done for 15 min, and visit FV for 45 min, repeat. :laughinghard:
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01-22-2009, 08:53 PM #5Moderator
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I know, it's great, huh?
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EHHEEEEEEE.....having a computer in your room and laptop in the kitchen REALLLLLYYYYY helps with the addiction!!!
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01-22-2009, 09:34 PM #7Registered User
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That's how I do it only I also add in time for feeding/changing/fussy baby. Some days I don't get on here until late at night or sporadically throughout the day and I must say I suffer withdrawal LOL. If you don't pace yourself though it's easy to get lost and they day wasted away. Yep, I'm a FV addict.
Originally Posted by Michelle
Better pace yourself. Do the 15/45 minute challenge. Housework/whatever else you need to get done for 15 min, and visit FV for 45 min, repeat. :laughinghard:Jill, SAHM to Ivy Marie 11/24/08
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01-22-2009, 09:42 PM #8Registered User
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Yeah, I've got to literally shut down my laptop in order to get something done sometimes...lol
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01-22-2009, 09:42 PM #9Registered User
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i like the ratios.... 15 mins working...45 mins FV.... sounds like a good plan to me and well thought out too....
actually i HAVE justified all this coz think of the money i will be saving with all your great ideas and plans... so there's the 15 mins working....that leaves 45 more mins for chatting.... problem solved....i'm back on the couch.....
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01-22-2009, 10:31 PM #10Registered User
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I, too, found that I spent waaaay too much time on Frugal Village when I found the site. I have an obsessive compulsive nature, unfortunately, so it didn't help. I ended up having to force myself to get back to reality (housecleaning, taking care of the kids, etc.) I have a much better computer/life balance now. I try to limit myself to 1/2 an hour to 1 hour in the afternoon and 1/2 an hour to 1 hour at night. It often becomes a little longer than that, but that's my personal goal.
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Sometimes keeping it completely off is the only answer. Lessens the temptation and I actually feel accomplished cause I've gotten things done so I "deserve" to go on FV at night.
Jill, SAHM to Ivy Marie 11/24/08
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That 15 minutes off F.V. and 45 minutes on is my routine on the weekend
. I joined 2 years ago and I think there have been very few days that I have not visited and those were usually because I was out of town. I even managed to visit the site for about 15 minutes on my honey moon. I had to do it on the sly because my poor Dh would have flipped if he had known I was sneaking in F.V. time. He appreciates that I love this place and it's my time, however, he may not have appreciated it so much on our honey moon .
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01-23-2009, 05:40 AM #13Banned
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I guess I'll have to institute the 15/45 plan also. My house is a wreak ever since I found this place. Someone over at EONS posted the link to here and here I've been ever since! LOL I just hope I don't pi$$ off too many people. I can be a tad blunt sometimes in my postings. Sometimes I forget to use some tact when I reply to folks. sorry in advance LOL
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I just make sure I visit the site every day, so I don't get backlogged on new posts to read through! I take my "me-time" in the morning with my coffee and peruse what is going on. Then if I have free time during the day, I check in. But if I don't check in for days at a time, I have way too much reading to catch up on and never get through it all!
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Welcome to the club!
I've been here since 3:30am today! Luckily I have to go to school in 30 minutes.
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