Online Monkey business...

I do have a life other than being 'Online. I clean my house, do dishes, wash clothes, make lunches and dinners, walk the dog, take in the mail, greet other inhabitants of the house as they pass by, and generally live the basics of a mom and housewife.

Isn't that just exciting!

Other than all the above, I have found some spare time to delve into this online monkey business. I am up to my ears, or should I say eyes, in anything and everything to do with being 'online.

Its not such a bad thing really, and I have read a thousand websites and blogs and posts where others seem to be making it their entire life.. but I cant help but wonder, how healthy is it to be sitting at this desk, staring endlessly at this screen, with electronic typed words, and rearranging my body every now and then when I feel the strain of one position too long.

I suppose if one found a really lucrative and meaningful reason to keep on with that ritual, like making vast amounts of money or something, I suppose its justifiable....but, would I really want to spend my life, making money that way?

Its very isolating. You never meet 'real people, or hear real voices, other than when fancy websites blurb on with a preset voice that booms out at you, from some electronic looking person that is animated on the screen.

I think that being 'online can be constructive in limited measures...but then, you would be going against all the voices of the online guru's that imply you have to put in the time, to make the dime..... hmmmm.

So, it all boils down to choice.

Do you want to put in the time, staring at a screen and hitting at a keyboard, or make your dime at someone else's whim, or dictation of how to spend your glorious 8 hours a day?

Does it really matter at all?

The mind justifies everything we do in this life... and right now, mine is saying, just give it a try.

Ok.