From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RCc91-0007dZ-OH for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:01:11 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 764ED21C26A; Sat, 8 Oct 2011 19:01:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f181.google.com (mail-gx0-f181.google.com [209.85.161.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5356821C25E for ; Sat, 8 Oct 2011 19:00:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggmi1 with SMTP id i1so5077091ggm.40 for ; Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:00:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=XtErWRTSx/vtEUJW+neQTN79SrdTxTi8qqB5xJfq62w=; b=mr/4bIp4pUQjL369zfQn7TQTKdOsdpRjDwwIQR7Crx4A+QjV5DFTKYpDr/0xbOdC6P t1uIqQtWx6fNpSajUr+KQagrwkgoWrOZeAmtFUpg2JbzitaxMcSeA4k50IztojPDh7gk aKbcqKMuMkZfErgl0OSBhtuPQ8Xl1PmI8Afes= Received: by 10.236.191.170 with SMTP id g30mr16739092yhn.110.1318100406846; Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:00:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-98-95-215-244.jan.bellsouth.net. [98.95.215.244]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 16sm34913556ant.10.2011.10.08.12.00.05 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:00:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4E909DB4.8030504@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:00:04 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20111002 Firefox/7.0.1 SeaMonkey/2.4.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Computers and mental/emotional health References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 2e1371d996067a92b5ef4148d4e243c6 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Grant wrote: >> Over the years I've found that the time I spend on the computer has a >> negative affect on my mental/emotional health. It seems to suck the >> life out of life and impair my ability to function in the real world. >> I've tried various things to counteract the problem, but the only >> thing that really works is not getting on the computer, and that works >> really well. I think part of the problem is caused by my processing >> information, but I think part is due to radiation/glare from the >> laptop screen. Has anyone dealt with this successfully? I'd love to >> know how you did it. >> >> - Grant > I'm very late to this thread so I'll only offer one thing I don't > think showed up elsewhere. My dog. Spending 5 minutes every hour > laying on the floor with a Yellow Lab getting licked in the face > always makes me feel better. I work at home so this is practical for > me. Might not work for others. > > - Mark > > I have my garden. That gets me outside in the sun and some exercise. I really need a gut buster tho. I just eat to much. lol Dale :-) :-)