“…Maybe you should rule your computer, instead of letting it rule you!” - Laurie Meade
I know the title sounds strange …so you are wondering and asking what could your doctor have with internet marketing. Well, you will soon find out but what I want you to bear in mind as you read this article is simple. It is an order from your doctor.
Now, before I tell you what your doctor has to do with internet marketing, I won’t mind if you just drop some lines on how you are doing with the Big Bang …just use the comment box below and don’t forget if you are having any issue we are here to help you resolve it …Don’t waste time trying to figure it out on your own.
…Back to the topic of the day.
Dear friend, do you find yourself sitting down with blood shot eyes facing your computer? …While the rest of the family is either waiting for you to get ready or perhaps has gone out without you to a place where you were all suppose to go.
Do you notice you jump on the PC once you are back home …seems difficult to find time for anything else …there are only but a few reasons why you won’t be sitting next to your system and they included; inability on your side to make it to any of the internet service providers to make payment, you have paid but the service is just not working …our honourable PHCN (formally known as NEPA) has done it again or you just couldn’t get fuel for your generator.
Do you find yourself taking your meals while going through your emails, reading another web page, and that is also while you are waiting for a free download to finish, so you can start digesting the content that is promising you something bigger than the last email you received?
…You are in bed but you just can’t take your mind off that offer …if only I can get that done now.
Or
If you are like many others that browse from a cafe, then you are always asking the cafe attendant for just a few minutes …you need a download to finish …you need to hit one more link …yet you have been browsing for God knows when.
I don’t need to ask, if you see yourself doing that. We all do unless you are not serious about the subject of internet marketing. Infact I think I should rather ask you how many times have you fallen asleep while working on your system?
Why write on this?
It recently came to my awareness that people generally find it difficult to actually take out some time to rest not to talk of taking a Vacation, especially when we tend to feel job or economic pressure, just as the world is somewhat experiencing at the moment.
For those of us in Lagos we may have taken sometime to rest today been the last Saturday (environmental sanitation) of the month, not because we want to but because their is a “no movement sanction” on such days.
Come to think of it, apart from your night rest and days as describe above, do you ever find out time to rest and relax your mind from all the challenges that life could bring? There is something about balancing work, rest and other daily activities that can make a whole lot of different in the result you get.
My chairman once said, “you can not operating at your full capacity without rest”. That’s very true …you will not just be operating below expectation, you will also not be useful to yourself, your family, your coworkers as well as your company.
As you make it a point of duty to log on to the internet also make it a priority to create time to rest and find time to attend to other things.
…imagine you broke down/fall sick and just can’t do anything but rest, infact the doctor asked that you stay in the hospital, so they can monitor you more closely (though not good for your imagination). Will you do otherwise?
For instance, it is our culture here in the office to go on a one day off basically on the last day of every month, though we tend to skip this atimes, especially when we have a few extra stuffs to do. You can do the same if your work allows you, If not make an alternative provision.
If you are a working class, you may want to ask a trusted coworker to back you up (am not suggesting you have them lying on your behave) while you take some time off, they should be willing to do it for you most especially when you offer to return the favor.
All you need is a peaceful retreat from stress that may arise from work whether at your place of work or what may unknowing be turning to internet addition. You need to balance things up with how you live your entire life.
You might want to close early at work on such days, if you won’t be allowed to stay away and just go somewhere to cool off. Just find something you enjoy doing that does not require effort.
You have as many options as your imagination can think of …from going for a treat at any of the eatery to a walk at the beach …you might as well choose to go watch a movie …what about visiting places you have never been to before? Whatever the option, just think it through.
Don’t wait until you are knocked down or burned out by the unnecessary stress (called work) that we sometimes place on ourselves. Taking out time to rest and relax while you get involve in other things that can help you get rejuvenated, therefore making it possible for you to resume work with more energy and focus.
If you find it difficult to do any of the suggestions above …here is some thing I do once in a while, I plan my leisure and other activities that free up my mind in such a way that I can have them while at home.
I sometime choose to play with the kids of my neighbour …find friends and just chat off the feeling of stress and pressure. These days I newly incorporated one good idea I have come to love …I simply put off my system no matter what I have to do and head for midweek service …I was really finding it difficult doing any of this things last year.
Bringing this to an end, I need to say that rest, vacations and a total balance of your life activities are very important, just as making enough money is important. You need to watch your online habit, don’t allow it become an addition.
I perceive someone, saying “let it become an addiction as long as am making enough money”.
Nevertheless, I need you to remember that, this is an order from your doctor. So, if I were you I will take it while I get myself ready for what is to come in the coming month.
…Though we don’t actually take the advice of doctors in this part of the word serious, I want to advice that we all turn a new leaf.
I have to stop here and possibly plan my time off; I need to join you in taking a rest. My Boss was considering going to Ikoyi on Monday, actually he had in mind doing that yesterday but for the busy week at SADC which held the sixth edition of an Internet Marketing Boot Camp tagged, Demystifying the internet VI, a one week event in which he was a facilitator.
Am hoping he ask me to come along, hopeful I can convince him that we should go see the “PALMS” …since I have been considering going there, I heard a whole lot of things had change since I last visited it.
Don’t worry, I may as well ask you to join us, once he approves of it but until then go have some fun …catch some rest …just give yourself some break and don’t forget live a balance life. You do need it.
Francis Alaeto
