I work from home, on a computer, for fourteen hours a day. I get up to get food, water, and other such things, but I go weeks without really leaving the house for any long period of time. I don’t walk, jog, or play any sports. I am part of the growing epidemic of obese people in this world, and it is not just because it can be hard to eat healthy, but also because I live a very stationary lifestyle.

Why is that? Well, I communicate through computers, listen to music on my computer, watch television on my computer and pretty much do everything that is currently possible with a computer, on a computer.

yo lazy its called get up and do some physical activities you work at home so you virtually make you own working ours you choose to sit in front of a computer screen for 14 hours a day and i bet for half that time your not even do your job your doing some sort of other B.S so don’t blame it on technology because your lazy. And the only reason why i fond this stupid post in the first place is because I’m writing a college essay on people just like you who think technology is bad because your to lazy to do something with your life and your blaming it on technology. Trust me I’m a college student and i also am on the computer countless hours of the day and i still find time to do physical activities to keep in shape so i suggest you start doing the same thing.

I think that statement of you being a fat ass is pretty harsh.
At least you are admitting to your own faults, now lets hope that you have taken some steps to take your life in a healthier direction.

Im a graphic designer, im 5′8 and 140lbs so not overweight but I can see how the computer has sucked me into it, because its both stimulating and mesmerizing and is also very draining. I work long and crazy hours on the computer, but I do try to make the effort to be apart of the pulse of life and in nature. I agree with Jack Goldman that nature is filled with life and will inspire you to “live” more and spend less time infront of a screen.

Yes technology has benefited our modern lives in many ways, but we should always have a healthy balance between what it is to be human and our dependance on technology.

Hope your on the right track!

I own a wilderness cabin on a wilderness lake, off the grid. It is priceless. I have to canoe to it. Nature is filled with life and love spontaneously given to us from the Universe. Cities are filled with carnivores, parasites, cannibals, vampires, on our time and life, harvesting your life with machines. It’s the Matrix. If you want freedom or love get away from the machine. Get into wilderness. Get into being a human being, in love, instead of a human doing, serving the machine.

Protect yourself. No one else can or will. Manage your time. Have goals. Be proactive. Do not let the cell phone use you. You use the cell phone. When you let the drug use you, instead of you using the drug, you are an addict. Be proactive, not reactive. What is your goal? Why do you want a computer? Where will this vehicle take you? If you don’t use the computer, the computer will use you. It’s the same with all machines and all of life. Same with the car. If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there. Know what you want. Know what the price is. Pay the price. Be the master, not the slave, of the machine.

Jack Goldman
St. Paul, MN

we always argue with my husband, because i dont have time for them.
he wants me to sleep with him, but i cant even do that regularly,instead spend it with my pc.

one day he said, should cut internet subscription for me to have time with him and my 2 yr old kid.

i cried loudly and said , if you do that ,half of my life will get lost.
and maybe lets get separated.

i told him i can give up everything for blogging sake.

but now where ok now, i set time for my family , because my mother is mad at me regarding what had happen to us and even the whole family.

You being a fat-ass has nothing to do with the computer or your job and everything to do with yourself. You obviously have discipline and a work ethic. You need to make the decision that your health and fitness is as important as your work.

Once you make that decision and approach it that same way you approach other important decisions in your life, you will be able to make accomplishments there as well.

Supposing the abscence of a true medical (or mental) condition, the only reason people are fat and unhealthy is because they’ve decided to let themselves be fat and unhealthy.

Now get off your fat ass and go for a walk with your wife!

Nobody closes the door behind him anmore, as they would say in the Netherlands .. small changes have big impacts in unforseen ways forever and always.

This is how life is … unpredictable and not-so-well-behaved