You know you've been online too long when...

you start dreaming about bugs in Firefox. I don't even use Firefox, but there I was, this morning, dreaming about having that security problem and needing to fix it.

Strangely (as though the dream weren't strange enough!), I don't spend as much time online anymore. In fact, I've limited my time in the evenings to a half-hour or less. Sometimes, I only get online to do a quick email check.

There are things I miss about getting online, of course, such as talking to friends, but I had to break my dependency on that interaction and pay more attention to my real-life relationships. The bad part is that I could quite easily see myself getting hooked back into spending hours in front of the screen.

I just have to keep busy.