1 . Earlier this year, I removed all Internet services from my home, which was very upsetting at first, but I have lived that way.     1    .

I was not content with the time I was wasting—    2    . If there is something I want to research on the Internet, I write it down and use that list when I have Internet access. Now I’m forced to leave the house to get the Internet. I’ll go to the office, the library, the coffee shop, or some other places with free public Wi-Fi, and work on what I need to do online.

Now the Internet is a tool I use to improve my life.     3    , but I go on the Internet with the intention of doing these things. Whenever I’m on the Internet now, I use it in a deliberate way, a way that benefits me and my life, and a way that adds value.

    4    . I could focus on writing without being disturbed. I have more time to read, to write, to think, to exercise and to walk. Because I’ m out of the house and there are people around. I meet new people. Additionally, I have more time for friends and I feel less stressed and my thoughts are clearer. My mind is more focused on important things.     5     Plus, I no longer long for the Internet like I once did.

It will be upsetting at first, but you will live, and your life will be better without it.