Hi, My Name Is John and I'm a YouTube Addict. (Hi, John).
I may have discussed this in a previous post, but this time I want to zero in on my addiction. It's not as serious as heroin or cocaine to be sure. Nonetheless, it impinges on my ability to work on my scripts, take time to exercise, and to finish the most menial of tasks. I'm talking about social media. Public enemy number meh. When I was working a normal nine to five, I was fidgeting with my smart phone to check out any news on Facebook. If I wanted to do something extraordinary, I would add a YouTube clip in the FB post to show how clever I was. Sometimes I would go to a meme generator, find an image, add text, and post it either on FB, Twitter (hereafter known as Shitter) and Instagram. Here are some examples: Ha, Ha. Ha ha ha. I thought I was a genius for putting together these bon mots. It helped pass the time and break up the monotony at work. The problem was, when I got home I was still at it. Clips, memes, gifs, more of the same. E...