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 1RCbwZ-0002Oo-5U for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 08 Oct 2011 18:48:19 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 487E121C25A; Sat, 8 Oct 2011 18:48:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qw0-f53.google.com (mail-qw0-f53.google.com [209.85.216.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 366B821C251 for ; Sat, 8 Oct 2011 18:46:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qafi31 with SMTP id i31so6981243qaf.40 for ; Sat, 08 Oct 2011 11:46:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=hBRB5P8WjhTrrxSBVbu2JTJoKVmwPTLBvSFwMNoQmcM=; b=RnxO2IF/Q+NZ5arqSd217NaFmOYqK2heNNG3C/L4ZyvIB8MwM5LOQgG32gIVOUEOvp wMslwBuukpvdwL+x00fEnI6BAXtln1FAv+bDsKgylF5f0YuOQYonwSxTN6u1st8e720W WdXr4ZI4+a5CZM558XwnGC/tBsC8NqncnhWCE= 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 Received: by 10.224.113.75 with SMTP id z11mr5232262qap.87.1318099588742; Sat, 08 Oct 2011 11:46:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.80.209 with HTTP; Sat, 8 Oct 2011 11:46:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 11:46:28 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Computers and mental/emotional health From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 1a2e26b4e5231d0fbc45514009878321 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. =C2=A0It 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. =C2=A0I think part of the problem is caused by my processing > information, but I think part is due to radiation/glare from the > laptop screen. =C2=A0Has anyone dealt with this successfully? =C2=A0I'd l= ove 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