by Bob Zimmerman

Created on: October 19, 2009

Here are some valid reasons people spend so much of their spare time on the internet.

1. We get bored easily. The internet has so much out there to offer if your willing to look. You could play games with people in other countries. You could talk to family members who you can't afford to call.

2. You already paid for it so you may as well use it. If you already paid for it than it's like cheap entertainment.

3. You can watch movies. There are countless sites that you can watch television or movies on. Hulu.com is one of them, if they don't have what your looking for the site will often suggest a site that does. The television shows are usually current shows from the previous week and older.

4. We are in a recession people. Going out to the club or a night on the town is not always an option these days. It costs you much less in the long run to play on the internet than it does to waste gas money going to some lame club and over paying for drinks.

5. There's money to be made. There are a lot of people that are laid off from work that need to get some sort of income flowing. There are sights where you can sell stuff to make a few extra bucks. If you want to push those sights even further try out drop shipping. There are a lot of sights out there that want you to sell their stuff without you investing a dime. You just list it for a price larger than what your drop shipping sight sells it to you for and absorb the profit.

6. There is free music out there. I'm not talking about pirating music, I'm talking about sites like Pandora that let you listen to music for free. On Pandora you type in a request and they design a radio station built off the style of music they think you like. You get to tell them if you like a song or not. This helps them to decide whether or not to play future selections.

7. The internet gives us ideas when we can't think of anything to do. Maybe you want to do a craft but can't decide what, there are a million different ideas out there. Maybe you want something interesting for dinner but can't decide what to cook, foodnetwork.com has anything your heart could desire from dessert to main course.

There are more reasons, but I'm not going to begin to try to list them all. Just know that the internet when used properly can be a valuable guide to important things in your life.

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