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Your Wi Fi is Down!

         What's your favourite way of passing the time when your internet connection is interrupted for an extended period of time, especially when you had a lot you planned on taking care of online? Or, if you prefer- real talk- how addicted to the internet are you?          



I have to say that I am just a little addicted to my internet, I have a laptop and two tablets, one of which I can take with me and use the internet with while I'm out. I also, of course, have my mobile phone.

Therefore, what do I do when I can't get online, reading is one of my popular options, catching up with the housework that I haven't done is another. On a normal day, after doing all the work online I need to do, I'm off playing games. Then I do the housework, I'm aware that my priorities aren't always quite right at times. Some days I'm good and I do the housework before the games!

I have a disability that means I am unable to work in the usual sense of the word. I have a voluntary job one afternoon a week; I help people who don't have IT skills use computers so they can look for jobs.

I get out as much as I can and leave my internet at home, so addicted, perhaps not, at least until I get home, then it's all go! So, perhaps you'd call it an obsession rather than an addiction. I do like to think I use it for practical purposes, though, not just gaming all the time. Being disabled it's a connection for me to the outside world at those times when I'm stuck indoors. It becomes a little lonelier if I lose my internet connection but I have friends and family here so it's not the end of the world.