Being a person who enjoys learning makes it a much nastier addiction. I just wrote this in my post.
>> even about projects I'm excited to work on
This. Let me lay a comparison here to alcoholism. One thing that happens when you're an alcoholic is you plan your time around when you're going to drink. Suppose there's something you really want to do after work, but you're going to get into it for 4 hours and not go to a bar. You get off work, and suddenly it feels like a really heavy lift, when it was something you actually wanted to do. So you make excuses that you'll do it on the weekend, but then you don't do it, and eventually it starts to feel impossible. Time gets chopped up and you never get the long-term focus that comes with settling in and losing yourself in a project that takes hours of concentration. You forget how to concentrate.
All of these things are true for internet addiction as well.
>> even about projects I'm excited to work on
This. Let me lay a comparison here to alcoholism. One thing that happens when you're an alcoholic is you plan your time around when you're going to drink. Suppose there's something you really want to do after work, but you're going to get into it for 4 hours and not go to a bar. You get off work, and suddenly it feels like a really heavy lift, when it was something you actually wanted to do. So you make excuses that you'll do it on the weekend, but then you don't do it, and eventually it starts to feel impossible. Time gets chopped up and you never get the long-term focus that comes with settling in and losing yourself in a project that takes hours of concentration. You forget how to concentrate.
All of these things are true for internet addiction as well.