So how do you balance here and the real world? - Page 2 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
As of January 1, 2019, we have closed our forums. This is a decision we did not come to lightly, but it is necessary. The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk. The server software itself must be updated, and it cannot be without removing the forums.
So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our long-running forums. They came online in 2000 and brought together so many wonderful Disney fans. We had friendships form, careers launch, couples marry, children born ... all because of this amazing community.
Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.
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There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
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I like to surf the net in the evenings while I am watching TV. I wouldn't be doing anything except relaxing anyway!
Same here, I have a laptop on my lap while I'm kinda watching tv. I also go online in the morning before going to work when no one else is even awake yet...nice quiet time
I tend to have a routine - most of my time on the boards is the hour or so between DH leaving for work and me going to work and then in the evenings, if he's watching something I don't want to watch, like football.
I wake up between 5 and 6am (even when I don't want to) so I check the boards while everyone else sleeps. Then, sometimes before bed I'll check again. I do understand how you feel- I'm sort of all or nothing when I get into a phase with something I like.
I have been known to disappear and reappear. Life just sometimes gets in the way!
Seriously though, I do enjoy my time on the boards and catching up with everyone. I get on when I have some free time, or when I can actually be on a computer (have to compete with DH and the girls). Everyone else is asleep right now!
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I typically check in from work when it's slow - so during the summer I have a lot of time and as soon as August gets here, it will become more sporadic.
I'm on more in the summer when school is out, but often have to take short breaks from the boards during the school year as teaching English requires a lot of planning and grading in addition to all that must be done at home and church.
I go through phases where I love writing and being here, and others where I just peek in for a few minutes, to days or weeks when I'm not on at all. It's natural. You get bored with the posts, you find you have more to do in real life, you feel like you're drowning, you swim up for air. I don't think it's unusual at all. Finding that balance for yourself is part of the process.
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I usually browse around in the morning while I'm having my breakfast, and in the evenings while everyone else in the house is watching TV (don't watch a lot of TV myself). I also use the boards as a good thing to do when work is slow, I'm waiting on the laundry to finish, I need something to read while I eat lunch, etc. So basically, I just fill in here and there. I don't find myself on here for more than 20 minutes or so at a time, but still several times a day.
I'm on vacation this week, so I'm totally ODing here... but I'm also one of 7 who are admins on a local parenting board, so I have to check in there periodically throughout the day. So now, when I check in there, I pop over here too This is a MUCH bigger board.. my other one only has about 100 members
When we are home I usually get computer time in the morning, after lunch, and then in the evening after dd has gone to bed, and we are watching tv... since dh watches stuff I don't have much interest in
Shortly after we get home from a trip I tend not to be on the boards because we don't have a count down to look forward to until our next trip is planned. As a trip gets closer, I spend more and more time checking in here and there throughout the day and asking questions. It can be very addicting!
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