Bakari, do you mind if I ask ... any thoughts or insights from the experience? Or was it simply of practical benefit - freeing up time and motivation to do things around the house?
Sorry, I wanted to think about that question, and then forgot until Grant's sign off brought the thread back to the top (Bye Grant, enjoy)
No, not really. I was never among the really heavy net users - I very rarely use facebook, I don't have a smart phone - outside of this forum, I mainly use it as a tool (email, wikipedia).
I imagine it would be a lot more dramatic for many other people.
It did force me to get started on writing several essays I have had in my mind for years and years and never got motivation to actually get down in print. And once started, I got the momentum going, and I have finished 2 of the 3 (which will get posted to my blog Mon and Tue, after the current MMM Forum philosophy/economics/politics excerpt series is done)
The first one is an idea that I came up with about 5-6 years ago, so finally writing that was actually somewhat major, and I may never have gotten around to it if it weren't for having nothing else to do on a rainy internet-fast day-off from work.