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I\u2019m adicted to media.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There it is. I said it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But seriously I\u2019ve got a problem. Hulu. Netflix. iPhone. Temple run. And almost every social media tool out there.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u2019m addicted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to give it up. Not all of it though. Only some of it. Let\u2019s not get too crazy<\/em> now. I\u2019m not putting away my iPhone, or going to stop blogging, tweeting, and facebooking\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n

Though I am<\/em> canceling my Netflix. Reading one of my 12 books instead of watching one of the many shows I frequent on Hulu. And deleting half my games and other useless apps on my iPhone\u2026 It\u2019s time to eliminate distractions.<\/p>\n

Ugh. Time management and utilizing every hour of everyday to create the most productivity is so tough.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m adicted to media.\u00a0 There it is. I said it.\u00a0 But seriously I\u2019ve got a problem. Hulu. Netflix. iPhone. Temple run. And almost every social media tool out there.\u00a0 I\u2019m addicted.\u00a0 It\u2019s time to give it up. Not all of it though. Only some of it. Let\u2019s not get too crazy now. I\u2019m not putting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2493,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nEliminating the Distractions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I’m adicted to media.\u00a0 There it is. I said it.\u00a0 But seriously I’ve got a problem. Hulu. Netflix. iPhone. Temple run. 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