Checking your Blog stats is an addiction. The first thing you do I am sure just like I used to when you come to work is check your blog stats. Worse if you carry your site with you, you stay awake till the time of stats close just to check how many you’ve clocked today. Then there are anxious moments when you are waiting for the mile stones to be crossed. You bite your nails, chew them some may even puff away and like the stats of your favorite game of cricket you might even start counting the number of hits per minute or what ever your traffic is. Get out of this addiction because you know it is a waste of time. Here are some methods you can adopt. 
Fix a Time
You should lay down specific time for checking the stats and do not over step it. Once you know the rate of hits and the gradient of climb so get control over yourself and stick to your schedule.
Avoid Using Side Bars
Using the available side bars for your stats is as good as the real thing. It is only a substitute as potent as the original
E Mail Notifications.
It is better to employ eMail notifications so that you do not lose track of time when you are deeply engrossed.
Entrust the Work
If you are still not confident entrust the work to some one and let him set a pass word that is not accessible to you. It might work.
Practice Self Hypnosis
Short of giving yourself an electric shock when the desire strikes you, you can practice any method of self hypnosis like thinking of a wretched thing or a better thing. Suit your self.
Compulsive Substitute
If you are the compulsive type then it is better to chose another kind to get addicted to.
In the end “Happy Stats”.
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