If you remember in "Spider-Man", Peter Parker refers to his powers as a blessing and a curse. I feel like that with the interwebs for me.

As we get closer to "real-time" internet with tools like Twitter and location-aware apps, the amount of information surrounding us is increasing all the more. This influx of information can easily overwhelm us. For me, I've found it to be a distraction especially in the mornings. Since I've been leaving my computer on overnight to backup data to Mozy, it's been really easy to wake up and head straight for the PC to check on things. First stop, GMail. At that point, it's a quick click over to CNN.com to see the daily news, and then once I get on Google Reader it's all over and I might as well visit Twitter to say: "Morning Distracted".

So now I'm trying a new thing. I'm turning the computer off at night, so therefore it's not on when I wake up in the morning. What that means for me is that the first thing I head for in the morning (after the bathroom, of course) is my Bible. I'm already surrounded by computers at work, so any email can just wait till then.

My body works against me though. With my brain groggy, vision blurry, feeling cold and hungry... it takes a lot of effort to read the Bible first thing in the morning. It's painful, and I'd rather be doing a million other things when I first get up, but I know this is the best way to start the day.

Here's a clip from a Josh Harris sermon that totally speaks to this: