Okay, guys. We really need a Broadway World Anonymous. My whole life for the last few days has been devoured by broadway world. I won't leave the house. I just sit here in front of the computer reading broadway world and looking at broadway websites......... What do you all do to drag yourself away....I always feel like I am going to miss something!
You force yourself to go cold turkey for a week...Seriously; a week to prove to yourself that there is still a life beyond here. Do something else you like to do and rediscover why you like it! Then just stop in once in awhile to "play" but not to "live"... It really IS an addiction... That sort of worked for me...but then I'm here right now...so, I guess it didn't...work...very...well.....
Diva, I've found that I restrict my time to BWW to keep me occupied during the drudgery of a day spent temping. I rarely do anything here on my own time...but it's a wonderful place to read up on news, gossip, and chat with friends! So take it for what it is...but, sometimes, just remember to unplug your computer, go outside, and breathe some air!
Pip, love youwere so missed. TheatreDiva, as I said in another thread "do you think there will one day be a wing just for us at the Betty Ford Clinic?"
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
Hello my name is "mominator" [Hello mominator!] And I haven't been on the BWW board for 6 months!
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
Yes, BWW is an addiction. I took a break the beginning of the year, and am now back a little more often than I had intended to be, but I find balance. Or, I try.
I do love it, though!
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
It is defnitely a addiction. But what the heck. It makes the work day so much more enjoyable. And my life has not stopped or been consumed. As a matter of fact.. I do more outside of work and home now.
For a while I was in the I have to be on bww all the time.. Then I took some time off, and now really only spend time during the work day here.. you just have to remember there is nothing going on here that you can't go back and read later.. Usually the good stuff gets revisted.. Multiple times..
"All work and no smut makes Cammy lose her edge." ~DG
"Someday I'm going to have a baby and I'm gonna name her L'il Mimi Marquez and I and will sing to her every day and when she's a toddler I will say "L'il Mimi Marquez, clad only in a bubble diaper, will perform her famous play pen handcuff dance to the sounds of breast milk being pumped!" ~Kringas
I think I finally found balance. It totally freaked me out when I changed screen names and got to Legend in 3 weeks. I turn off my computer at home at night so I'm not tempted to check in the am before I get to work. I try to do something outdoors everyday. But I love checking in every day, saying hi to people who have become friends.
Celebrate Life
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.
- Randy Pausch
I was thoroughly addicted when I was working at a computer lab in the spring and early summer. Now that I have lots of classes to take and to teach I usually only get to check in at night or occassionally during a break at work. I do miss some excitement, but nothing I can't catch up on later. (unless its so good it gets deleted )
"All the while making faces like a baby platypus who forget to take some Beano before eating a chimichanga." FindingNamo in reference to Jessica Simpson's singing.
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
I've been posting since 2003. jesus. Talk about needing BWWA...
Suzanne: I never use catalogs. I'd rather go in the store and see all the salespeople groveling and sucking up to you.
Julia: Pardon me, I never knew they were so solicitous at the K-Mart.