mindless time suckers | pad patter 2.19.18

My cats suck up my time. I only have to sit down for a sec and they jump up for a cuddle, and I just can't resist and before I know it half an hour is gone!

 

Definitely a good binge worthy series on Netflix.

Social Media surfing.

Perusing TLP's shop for pretty things. ROFL

 

My current phone game obsession I might be spending a bit too much time on is Word Wow Around The World, which I believe was recommended to me by someone here at TLP after I mentioned how much I love word games a few months ago. Who was it???? It's all your fault. Just kidding. Actually thank you very very much!!! You can see one of my recent great words I made in the game in the upper right corner of this page I made for the photography challenge last night.

 

Netflix I generally watch while I am scrapping so I don't know if I can constitute that as a time stealer Facebook is definitely one of those. If I wasn't using it to connect with my friends that live elsewhere, I probably would get rid of it. It is also addicting. I dont know what I used to look at all day long when I didn't have a cell phone!

 

I stumbled across a "cross stitch" app for my phone - it's really like paint by number (just looks like cross stitch) - I can sit for hours and tune every little thing out and just color the time away!!

 

I'm another with the phone apps. "Did I check on my villagers? Are all my cool downs being used? Did I remember to log in and get that quest done?!" etc etc. And I CANNOT get into Pinterest, I fall down a HUGE rabbit hole there if I do! Netflix gets me every once in awhile and Quora also gets me sometimes. I have to be careful, I'm very susceptible to things like that and lose track of the time.

 

My daughter got me into playing Word Cookies on my phone and I am spending waaaaaaay too much time playing it.

 

Games on my kindle... Cookie Jam, Cookie Jam Blast, Mystery Match and a MahJohng game. Several reality TV forums and this forum. Lately, I have added jigsaw puzzles to that list.

 

Right now it's the Olympic Games- I get so into them for some crazy reason! Last night I fell asleep on the couch watching them & didn't wake up until after midnight to go to bed! At least our 'normal' shows aren't on because of the olympics so it's not like we are getting behind in watching them!

 

Youtube, Facebook, Pinterest etc

 

Oh, most definitely my phone games!! I play them to relax. I will tell myself that I just need ten minutes of relaxation and start playing my favorite---Fishdom! The next thing I know, an hour has gone by. I am also addicted to Pinterest. I will go on there to look up one thing---yeah, right!!! An hour later I am still looking around!!

 

Instagram gets more of my time than it should. I just like looking at silly memes that make me giggle.

 

I know probably out and about with friends having meaningful connections with them lol! I only say this because my hubby and I were talking about this a couple of weeks ago. We came to the conclusion that we saw our friends more often when social media wasn’t so much a part of our day to day. Nowadays everyone is tapped in all the time so they are privvy to your daily life leaving little need for catching up in the physical sense or atleast not as regularly. Weve spoken to friends too about it and they feel the same its an interesting societal shift not a good one but interesting.

 

I had to leave Pinterest for awhile, but now I'm back. I get on there and I can't get off! I was trying to explain what Pinterest was to my husband and he just looked at me like "HUH"?

 

Facebook, instagram and pinterest. I've been trying to be better about only having certain times that I check in on these. I definitely get more done when I leave my phone in my bedroom. If I keep it on me I get sucked in.

 

BAWWHAA!!! Paradise Bay, "I need to be a good trade master and get those things traded so I can make more things! This is so me!

 

I love White Collar. So sad when it ended, but at least it had a good ending. I hate it when you get into a show, the season ends on a cliffhanger, and then it doesn’t get renewed. Ahhh!!!!

 

YouTube is a time suck for me. It’s pretty much my #1 tv channel.

Pinterest is IF I allow myself on for too long. I try to just drop in to pin to my boards and then leave. If I start looking around too much, then I’m down one rabbit hole after another.

 

Mine is Instagram! I spend loads of time on there watching people's stories and browsing their content.