When you have things that need to be done, at home or at work, do you get side-tracked by the urge to go onto the computer (or smartphone) to do fun, personal stuff?

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Sometimes, but fluther is the only site I participate in. Dropped FB a few years ago, it bored me. I tend to work in bursts and while I do procrastinate at times I am a white tornado when I need to be. This is my particular “style,” from zero to 60 in less than than 30 seconds. lol

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