Past Hawk Wings posts have talked about how spending less time with your email can lead to getting more things done (”Addicted to Email? Dr Tom has the cure“, “Emailing to live, not living to email“, “Inbox Zero: Slash and Burn at 43 Folders“).

In the end, they all depend on willpower.

A poster on macOSXHints has come up with the answer for people without willpower — using a timer switch to cut off internet access for some portion of the day.

He suggests a couple of set-up to cut off varying degrees of connectivity.

Another poster notes in the comments that the new Airport Extreme allows for a child protection option that also cuts connectivity off for a set period. A bonus for the inner child in us all.