Being a blogger for so long, certain habits have gone into me in a way that it has become part of my life. To name a few, late sleeping which results in late rising, sitting on the computer for hours and the posture getting worse with every passing hour. Starring on the computer screen for long hours and especially night time screen gazing has given me painful and red eyes many times over. But again, we take all this for granted and don’t even think about it. Very recently, I saw one of my friend’s status update which made me think about it. Below, is the exact, unedited status update of my friend from facebook.
Benjamin Franklin said- “There will be plenty of time to sleep when you are dead” Life is for living.. So wake up & enjoy every moment ♥ ♥ ♥. This is why we bloggers work late nights… Bloggers Rock \m/
Night Blogger
Source – 97103921@N00
This is all very good and touching, yes we bloggers work real hard and I do agree that we rock. But late night working is so unhealthy? Let’s focus more on the “wake up part” and that reminds me that late night sleeps and waking up late has stolen my early mornings for quite some time now. So, for a change I tried to wake up early and I must say, the day starts with watching the sun go up, that is the very positive thing which relates to living, tells you that you are alive and let you enjoy the best moments by just watching the sun rise. And err… Benjamin Franklin, sorry to be rude, I know you are awesome and everything, but please, let me just state in straight words that you are wrong on that statement. The more you sleep the better you will be. Sleep for 8 to 10 hours a day to live longer and keep death away. Body requires a long and peaceful sleep to regenerate, so make sure to sleep plenty while you are alive.
This also made me to think of some of the other unhealthy habits that I was developing and cherishing. So, let’s discuss some of those unhealthy habits here and then in the comments section you can come up with more unhealthy habits and discuss on how we can get rid of them.
Sitting long hours – Sitting long hours in front of the computer screen can cause several health problems like back, neck and shoulder pain and it can further damage the bones and make it a chronic disorder. So, why not take small breaks, like a 5 minutes walking and roaming around the room or taking a small nap in the bed if you have already exhausted yourself on the chair. For relaxing you can try Epsom salt, there are some excellent health benefits of Epsom salt that you can use at your advantage.
Changing to LCD from CRT – nothing technical here, if you are having the old computer screen then it is time to move on to the super sleek LCD monitors. That way your eyes will be less strained, but I think you are already are on a LCD because CRT is so backdated now.
Exercise – Bloggers need specific exercises for neck, shoulder, back, hips and even hands as we type quite a lot. But I don’t have to write more on it, because Lisa Johnson has already written an article on fitness for bloggers. In case you are developing some extra weight, you might consider some exercises or lifestyle changes seriously, try eating some super foods to boost metabolism.
Posture – Have you tried sitting straight while you are on the computer? Has it happened that while you started your day with a straight back, in the next hour or so you have completely gone round on the chair in an almost sleeping posture? It had happened to me, I was almost round on the chair after a few hours and I think I can take a bit of my own tip from the first point and so can you. Also, try to fall back on the desktop if laptop is creating a posture problem. Get a computer chair and avoid taking the laptop on the bed, that is where the real problem of poor posture starts.
Maintain your routine – This starts from sleeping early because unless you do it, you won’t be able to wake up early in the morning. Once you finally wake up early in the morning, start your day, drink some water, do some exercise and then get to blogging. There is plenty of time in the morning that can be utilized for blogging and the early morning clean air provides plenty of ideas and thoughts that late night blogging can’t. As a matter of fact, am writing down major part of this post in the morning fresh air, because it is giving me more ideas than a late night sleepy head can.
Take break – No, am not taking about the five minutes break or a small nap here and there. Take a real break, for 3 to 5 days time and appreciate the life you got. Go on a holiday, a small vacation and have your mind clean of all the regular worries and pressures. Blogging does put plenty of pressures in our mind starting from fluctuations of traffics to ups and downs of retweets on the latest posts or not getting enough link love from fellow bloggers… and while we are at it, please do link… and to the ups and downs of revenue and everything that surrounds our everyday blogging, creates so much of tension into our heads, seriously, every blogger deserves a good rest whenever possible. So, how to take a break and not lose readership. This question will require a whole post to answer, however here I will just put two ways. The number one method is to allow guest post and then sit back and relax while the guest poster takes up your work and the next method is to schedule a few posts in advance, something that I always do.
Remember friends, while you can get a penalized blog back or a sandboxed blog back in the serps, you cannot recover a bad back that easily. You could end up with Spondylitis, Slipdisk and whatnot if you do not take care of your health. Make sure to take care of your health in the same way you take care of your blog’s health. Taking care of your own health is also a responsibility of a blogger.
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Always having enough and good sleep. That’s my suggestion. It is because as bloggers, we tend to work overnight since we love blogging for sure.
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hi Dana,
thanks for your comment,
Yes, i am, myself, guilty of working overnight sometimes… blogging is almost like an addiction, it keeps you hooked and the night just slips away… but for the sake of our health, we must resist to the temptation and make sure to sleep on time,
regards,
uttoransen,
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You’re right! Read a medical article that said that one must stand up every hour and move around a bit or one’s hips will give way and one’s back will start suffering. Scary stuff!
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hi Clotilde,
thanks for your comment, and glad you agreed,
this is not just scary, it is also downright painful. i have had occasional neck, shoulder pains in the past, my posture on the computer is not good at all, am working on it. I must confess that it is a very painful condition, so lets not allow our backs to give us that pain,
regards,
uttoransen,
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It’s especially tough being a fitness blogger… oh the irony.
Seriously, Uttoran, you bring up some great points. I would also add that a good diet is highly recommended.
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hi phitzone,
thanks for your comments,
Yes, a good diet is absolutely important, and to make it better, am making some regular trips to the farmers market and buying a lot of vegetables… to make it further nutritious, and then preaching it on my blog,
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Hi Utteroransen,
Often do I take a walk or a swim in the Mediterranean Sea. Or you can take a trip or a hike. Get out of the house or office and do whatever makes you feel good, but don’t forget to take a little notebook and a pen to scribble some stuff down in case you suddenly feel an idea coming to a slow boil.
Twitter: healthvotes
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hi Lennart Heleander,
thanks for your comment,
am planning to take a vacation actually, might be a long one, lets see… but i like the idea of taking a hiking trip or doing some other work that involved a bit more hard work and sweating… will give it a try soon,
and, about the swimming, well… i don’t know how to swim, and unfortunately there is no place in my town which teaches swimming,
P.S. my name is Uttoran Sen and not Utteroransen
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I have to agree with you 100% about scheduling articles ahead … it takes off so much pressure and frees you up for other things to do. Good article. Colin
Twitter: healthvotes
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hi colin macpherson,
thanks for your comments,
yes, it helps a lot, and with less pressure in the head, it is easy to come up with new article ideas easily,
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I have to agree with you that sometimes as a blogger, we tend to forget about our health and focus more on the business side.
Yeah making money online is good but what good will it give you if you are not healthy?
So yes balance your time, drink water, exercise, eat healthy foods and most of all take food supplements to keep you more healthy.
This way, you are not just keeping your blog healthy but you are keeping your body healthy as well for long term success.
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thanks Sonny Lanorias, for your comment, glad you agree with me,
health is everything, if we are not completely healthy, money and other stuff will be of no real value…
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Very good and wise article Uttoransen. I recently read a book by Leo Baubata called “Focus” (the free version) and it had a lot of good points covered in it. It recommended periods of “disconnection” where you shut down the browsers and focus completely on the task that is most important to your day. It recommended using twitter, facebook and email less and argued that less time on these is less time wasted. I think the principles outlined in that ebook are very useful for us in this hectic internet lifestyle most of us have been living for a while now.
Twitter: healthvotes
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hi Chris,
thanks for your comment, glad you liked it,
i will give the ebook a read, the social media sites can be a real addiction and i must confess, twitter is becoming an anchor on my browser, currently am trying to fix some time schedule for those sites, that way it will be easy to allocate my rest of the time for other blogging activities.
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Appreciate the comment about LCD screens. My eyes bother me often on the computer, so I’m going to have to look into this for the next computer I buy.
I agree that all these tips are very helpful! Great job Uttoran!
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thanks Christopher,
surely LCD screen is a must for all blogger as we of the blogigng kind spend way too much time on the computer screen.
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Twitter: plantingdollars
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I’ve found it super hard to maintain a good routine while juggling work, blogging, and social life, and sometimes pull all nighters to make sure I get everything in. Not exactly healthy, I know.
Scheduling my articles ahead and working in batches is something I’ve recently tried and have found success in doing that. I also know that Yaro over at http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com does all his blogging standing, which may be something to consider as well.
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Twitter: healthvotes
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hi Ryan, thanks for your comment,
Yaro might be standing for hours then? not exactly sure if that is healthy either, also maintaining a right posture while standing is also important, and i guess if i stand for long hours, my standing posture might get messy as well. Will have to ask Yaro how he manages that…
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Yaro Starak replied on twitter, and it seems like his idea of “standing and working” is actually good.
——————————————his reply on twitter——————————–
@yarostarak Yaro Starak
@healthvotes Yep I sure do use a stand up desk – http://bit.ly/LXj6g
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I try to balance my time from work, family, friends, rest, exercise and blogging. However, there are instances I tend to have less sleep because of unforeseen circumstances at work, etc. Sitting for too long makes my back hurt too.
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Twitter: healthvotes
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hi Johanna,
thanks for your comment,
if you balance it properly on most days then i guess you are already doing good, no one can be perfect because all days are not equal. i have had a very hard month myself, and the 40 hours train journey of the day before yesterday is still fresh in my mind… but in the long, it does not count, what really counts is how my lifestyle is going to be on most regular days.
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Thanks for the information. Alot of us forget to get up and go out sometimes and in the end it will all add up, litteraly. this was a very informative post. i will pass it along
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hi thovis, thanks for your comment and glad you found this post informative,
and as you said, it all adds up in the end…
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Twitter: JoeCannon2
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Im a personal trainer and relative new comer to blogging and I can attest that bloggers do need to take care of themselves physically. Sitting for long periods of time can contribute to blood clots. that can be a very serious concern. while this is often discussed when people drive or fly for long periods, I have often wondered if it was an issue in bloggers. Im not aware of any statistics. Regardless, exercising regularly is one of the keys to continued successful blogging
general exercise guidelines are:
aerobic exercise – 4 more more days per seek
strength training – 2-3 times a week
most people do not need to spend more than 1 hour working out
hope that helps!
Joe
Twitter: healthvotes
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thanks Joe Cannon for the input, good to have personal trainers around,
blood clots sounds alarming, hope that further helps in inspiring the bloggers to move around when blogging for long hours,
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As someone who has done rehab to avoid back surgery on several of our members who were in IT or worked for call centers I must respectively disagree with the fitness advice of Ms. Johnson. If anything, doing traditional “cardio” exercise will only add additional negative stress to the body.
Doing some form of weight bearing exercise would be far superior in the form of Olympic lifts, squats, deadlifts, etc. If you do not have access to a good gym with free weights, then a good alternative would be to do something like farmers walks up and down a flight of stairs. Basically fill up two jugs or buckets with an equal/balanced weight. Then carry a bucket in each hand while you walk up and down the stairs (be careful when going down however). Actually stairs are just a benefit where actually just walking for 20 seconds at a time with a 20 second break is already enough for most people. Do that for 15 minutes every other day and you’ll be amazed with your increase in strength and stamina.
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hello Head Coach,
thanks for your comment,
Lisa Johnson is a very reputed blogger and a certified fitness expert, i will not doubt her advice, however i will let her know so that she can reply to it herself,
regards,
uttoransen,
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Twitter: LisaJohnson
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While cardio exercise might be contra-indicated for someone with a specific injury that they are recovering from the vast majority of people can do cardio quite nicely. The stress release benefits and the cardio vascular benefits are quite well documented and I’d refer people to organizations like the National Institute of Health, the American Heart Association and the American College of Sports Medicine for further information.
As for walking up the stairs with two jugs of heavy liquid or sand, since carpal tunnel is a frequent issue with bloggers I would think carrying heavy weights with the center of gravity in the palm would be not as useful to a blogger.
Thanks for your thoughts,
Lisa
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thanks Lisa Johnson for clearing it up,
regards,
Uttoran Sen,
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I am working on getting rid of the extra pounds I’ve packed on since I started blogging. The health consequences of blogging were nothing I considered when I started. Now, I’m trying to find a healthy balance.
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hello Blommi,
thanks for your comments,
same here, when i started blogging, my main concern was traffic and money, but now as i have a bit of both, my biggest concern with blogging is my health and the added weight.
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Hello Uttoran,
This post is very relevant for any blogger who wants to remain healthy! You have brought to light some very good points – thank you!
One of the biggest issues that we are up against, I expect, is the lack of sleep. That is an important issue that plagues so many people and sabotages their health in many ways – a post that I’ll be adding to my blog soon since it has been a personal challenge of mine. Not only do we need to be sure we allow ourselves the proper amount of time for a good night rest, but we also need to ensure we’re not exposed to light while we are sleeping!
~ Beth
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hello Beth Wiles, thanks for your comment, glad you liked the article.
Yes, it is very important that we make sure that we sleep in total darkness, else our internal clocks will be messed up. The lights of the Tube and CFL makes our internal clocks to believe it is day time, thus messing it up, and that in turn has a very negative effect on our sleep.
regards,
Uttoran Sen,
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Hi, uttoransen
Thank you for another essential article. Where else could anyone get that kind of information in such a complete way of writing? I have a presentation incoming week, and I am on the lookout for such information.
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hi Firman,
thanks for your comment, glad you liked the article,
feel free to mention this article in your presentation, that way it will get promoted further, and more bloggers will be aware of their fitness status,
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I totally agree with you post, specially the CRT monitor part, it really strains the eye and it hurts specially when im staring at it for hours, just recently I replaced it with LCD monitor and it is whole lot better. Thank you for this very informative post, i will probably tweet this to my followers as well if you dont mind
thanks
-Eli
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hi Eli,
thanks for your comment, glad you liked it,
feel free to promote this article on the social media, tweet it, share it on facebook… etc.
thanks,
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What you’ve said is true about any blogger or web developer, so many times we stay up way too late, I don’t know why I bother!
I find exercise is the best way for me to take a break from the computer, then I’m refreshed and good to go at it again.
Twitter: healthvotes
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hi Sam,
thanks for your comment and glad you agree to it,
that is exactly what i do as well, whenever i think am on the computer for a long time, i go out and have a walk, do a bit of exercise and return on the computer,
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Blogging can have a negative impact on your health – if you are going to blog you need to get off your butt and workout several times per week.
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hi Survivalist Blog,
thanks for your comment,
i guess you mean, “several times per hour” ?
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Twitter: yourworldhealth
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nice post. I`m also blogging in more 6 hours. I think my eyes began to glare when there is light.
Twitter: healthvotes
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thanks mr.health for your comment,
you might consider meeting an eye specialist, reducing your blogging hours can also be a good idea,
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I used to get to bed so late ( around 2 a.m. sometimes 3 a.m) and you’re right, it’s not good for you in the long run. I started having really bad skin (which never happens), I started to have back ache. Now I go to bed at 10:00 p.m and my skin glows and I don’t feel as tired go figure =)
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thanks gains36 for your comment,
10 is a great time to sleep, i have so far succeded to get it to 12 which is the best i can do, because i take a late dinner. am working on my dinner time as well, hope i get it a bit early as well.
About the skin, yeah, regular timely eating and sleeping, good diet and exercise, and loads of drinking water is the perfect solution for a glowing skin.
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Very nice post, After reading your post in simple language I can say “HEALTH IS A WEALTH”
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thanks Jenny Wills for your comment,
I agree completely, health is your greatest wealth,
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It was really nice reading your post! I must say being a blogger for more than a year now even i have developed lot of unhealthy habits. One of the most important of couse is lack of exercise and sitting for long hours. Thanks for mentioning about the sitting posture too, its a common problem among almost all of us these days.
Twitter: healthvotes
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thanks Alex for your comment,
glad you agree on this,
bad posture is probably a big reason for so many health problems and conditions that affects us, and the longer you stay on the computer, the worse posture it gets. It is time we take it seriously and sit straight while we are on the computer.
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Twitter: oims
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I went out of my way to find a more ergonomic chair and still find myself sitting improperly. And, of course you are right, the very late nights and maybe a sleep in, but mostly sleep deprived.
Tearing oneself away for even a 20 minute walk should (could, might be?) on anyone’s agenda who either blogs or is just a computer fanatic
Also setting the monitor back at a decent distance to help avoid eye strain. Somewhere a long time ago I read that 18 to 24 inches was ideal (no closer than).
Thanks for the healthy reminders!
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thanks oimdiane for your valuable inputs,
Yeah, those small breaks helps a lot. those 20 minutes, or even 10, can help us get back to the correct posture.
Good to see you mention the screen distance, on the desktop it was definitely 24+ inches but i guess that turned into half, once i switched to the laptop… and i don’t think we can help it as the screen and the keyboard is attached so we can keep it only as far as we can type…
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I completely agree with your post! Health is indeed of great importance and it cannot be ignored at any cost!. Even i had this habit of working till 3 am to 4 am every day but within 2 months i had severe back ache and continuous headache. Black patches around my eyes really looked ugly. I have to say if health is gone everything is gone.
Twitter: healthvotes
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thanks Albert for your comments,
I absolutely agree, health is everything, and about working till 4 AM, you can cut that to 1AM at max and focus on waking up early to do the rest of the work, am trying to do that myself… early morning is much more productive than late night…
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I agree with what you have mentioned in your post. Today it is the truth about almost all the bloggers or even people in IT field , there is no proper timings for us and we stay up way too late. For past few months I am also getting myself involved in physical exercises which is one of the best ways to keep myself healthy.
Twitter: healthvotes
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thanks Alex Lim for your comments,
am focusing on the exercise to get myself fit as well, walking, jogging etc. and then some cardio and a bit of weights…
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I am with you, the sleep thing is very important. Unless you have something thats time critical or you are on a roll with a set of articles, but even then sleep is still important. If it is time critical go ahead and stay up I say, just be willing to pay for it with your sleep by sleeping longer during the day. You are correct in saying that too much of this is bad for you, im on board there. I have tried to cut this out as much as I could. As everyone knows when you register a new blog, you are always excited in writing genuine unique useful content. Kind of like this post. Great job.
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thanks joshua brown for your comment and your support,
Yeah, certain things are important and they has to be done, like perhaps spotting a hacking attempt that you could undo by doing the backups if you stay up, and that is certainly worth staying up. I always try to cover up the lost sleep by sleeping late, though lately, am getting some good night sleeps.
glad you liked the article,
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I try to keep myself fit with spending at least 4 evenings jogging in the week, that really works for me.
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thanks erwin for your comment,
i do the evening walk, though it is regular, all week long… however, jogging is better,
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I use the following eye relaxation exercise:
- rub your hands together to warm them up
- close your eyes and cover them with your hands (lightly, don’t press your eyeballs), make sure no light reaches your eyes, all you should “see” is complete darkness
- keep your hands on your eyes for at least a minute
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thanks Tim for your input,
i just gave that tip of yours a try, and surely it helped a lot. It does help in relaxation for the eyes. We should do it more often.
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Couldn’t agree more, sometimes it’s like you’re in a writing trance while blogging and hours just pass by, next thing you know, it’s 5am in the morning and you have a meeting at 8am. *oops* #fail lol
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Twitter: healthvotes
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thanks James for your comment,
yep, i can understand that, i have had that experience too. It was like 2 AM when i had started writing and it was suddenly 5 and i did not even checked the clock. I actually heard the sound of the main gate and saw my dad going out for the morning walk… i saved up everything and went straight to bed, it gave me a big deal of remorse to what i was doing to my health…
thankfully, no more late night work these days… on most regular nights, am fast asleep.
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i spend too much time on my computer blogging or reading this really exhausting to me. your advice is very important to me. some times i stopp blogging for few days for that but not too much as you now once the person started to blog he never ends
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subzero525,
thanks for your comments,
You are right, once you start to blog, there is no turning back, this is way to addictive. I would just suggest you to take small breaks, don’t sit and blog for hours at end, just roam about in your house and then again get back to blogging. That way, you won’t put much strain on your body.
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My experience is that lifting weights works really good for RSI. Sometimes I have stiff shoulders after using a computer for a long time. A good work-out with weights always seems to make that go away.
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thanks erwin, for your inputs,
Yeah, exercise is a great way to battle stiff muscles, i try it sometimes,
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I really liked this post. You are definitely right about taking a break! Most of the time I find myself sitting for long hours.. Well, last week I had to go to the hospital because I was working too much and somehow wasn’t sitting right. Ended up with a twisted disc in my back.
We definitely need to be careful of this!
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thanks for your comments adriannei123,
sorry to hear about your disk, the slip-disk has been a bit of a problem for me as well, and that was when i really started to focus on my posture.
PS. You have put a “,” after the www instead of a “.” in the URL field, so your link is not opening,
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Excellent post with loads of useful tips for bloggers! Health is wealth so never igore your health at any cost. Other than the above i would also like to add that drink plenty of water to keep your self hydrated which is very essential for our body. It helps in to combat headaches and fatigue, increases energy and even enhances fat loss.Always remember to take a break in between and have a glass of water.
Twitter: healthvotes
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thanks Albert Lim for your inputs,
i absolutely agree with drinking water, one must drink enough water throughout the day. I always keep a few bottles of drinking water on my computer table so that i don’t forget to drink water…
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Hi,
Thanks for a really good post and a necessary reminder.
It is so easy to forget how important it is to take breaks, to have a good chair and to think about your sitting posture and to get enough sleep. I was reminded a few days back.I have been working too much for a longer period, suddenly my body said stop. I got really bad pain in my right arm, shoulder and upper back. For three nights I could almost not sleep because of the pain and I could not work at all. If the computer is your work it really is a crisis when this happens. You have a lot to do but it is not possible to work because of the pain. I had to take several days off and just relax. I still am not totally recovered so I take it very easy. The good thing is that you really appreciate being healthy and feeling well so much more when you are recovered. We often take that for granted, it really is not.
Kristin
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thanks Kristin for your valuable inputs,
Yeah, that is true, we do not realize how good it is to be totally healthy, we should all take out some time to think on that. I actually do that in the morning, and it is a very good feeling.
wish you best of luck in recovering,
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Amazing post & very useful for all the bloggers. After reading your post no more late night work for me too. I have always been too careless about my health and aftr this blogging habit it has really made it worse. I normally go to bed only by 3 to 4 am. But i always make sure to eat on time.
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@Alex Lim, is Albert Lim related to you? the guy who posted comment earlier.
good to know that you have changed your schedule, i try to sleep before 1 Am now… which is helping me to wake up early…
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He he, i love the Benjamin Franklin quote.
I’m also guilty of staying many hours into the night in front of the computer. I see the sun go up, but that’s usually right before i go to bed. I know it’s bad for health, but i can’t seem to get out of this habit.
I just feel i can concentrate better at night because there are no distractions.
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thanks for your comment, Maria Pavel,
this is something that has happened to me so many times… i see others going to take morning walk outside as the sun is going up or the early morning red sky when the sun is not still out… while i just went to go to sleep. Felt very bad about it though. But not anymore, i have changed that.
I agree though, the night time is very quiet, and it helps to concentrate… but unfortunately our biological clock that is developed over millions of years and is not ready for that change… i would suggest you to try working in the early morning for a change and see how it works… try a 4 AM to 10 AM work and see how it goes…
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Im new at blogging but I have great experience in participating communities and forums and I agree with Maria I have more good results when working at night it always makes me feel comfortable working in a peaceful solemn place. I can think more than I can imagine.
I am aware that our liver rest between 9PM to 3AM so we are required to sleep that point in time so we can let our liver rest as well since thats the only time it can totally rest.
I have bad practices in my lifestyle but I’m trying my best to correct myself those wrong doings and do what is right.
With the reminders that you have posted I feel so relief now accepting the fact that I really have to take good care of my health by following your tips..
Thank you very much for your great post and I found it useful for me.
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thanks lenstroh80 for your comments,
yes, that is the internal clock that i was talking about earlier. We need to give our body proper rest and at the right times. Good that you brought up the liver’s resting time, that should be another reason why sleeping in the right time is so important.
Also, nice to know that you are trying to improve on those points, am trying as well to stick to my correct routine.
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great point here, but you know after reading some tips, and then I really forget all the tips, when I back to blogging..
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thanks for your comment macist,
i know lol, blogging is so addictive, it is hard to leave it and go to sleep… but one just has to. If you feel it is hard to stick to it, try making a off line routine, it will help you.
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Wow, great article. I’ve just written an article along the same lines. I love the Benjamin Franklin quote, and you provide some great information. I think we bloggers need to learn how to live a balanced life. I know there is so many things involved in this our passion, but as we know, we have one body, so we have to look after it.
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thanks for your comment healthylife,
if you had put your name in the name field, i could have addressed you better,
Good to know you guys liked the Benjamin Franklin quote
Yes, we got one body and one life… lets not waste it but utilize it wisely so that we can make powerful blogs with the best content. It is really easy to get carried away and blog in an unhealthy sort of fashion… and while blogging time runs so fast, which should have been 1 AM might just become a 4 AM without us able to realize it in the slightest… am even keeping an alarm to make sure i go to sleep in time… i guess no one else do this silly thing lol
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Great post, thank you for your insights! I too find that I can be tempted overfunction when it comes to getting work done in front of a computer screen….
Don’t want to stop until I’ done!
Life Balance is something I am passionate about though, wellness is my niche!
Thanks for the reminder!
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thanks michelle for your comment,
i agree that it is hard to stop when the work is still waiting to be completed… sometimes that little something takes away the night with it.. happened to me, quite a few times actually. for example a last minute guest post which looks so good that i can’t go to sleep without publishing it, or a published post that i want to promote a bit before going to sleep…
good to know that you are on the wellness niche, will check out your blog now, we all need a balanced life.
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Every blogger need to do hard work and that way it requires proper sleep and one more think i want to suggest that give some time in early morning for morning walk in garden or may be in any park because in early morning the climate is fresh and that is help to make your mind fresh.
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hi Jenny, thanks for your comments,
Yeah, a morning walk helps a lot, but i got this habit of taking evening walks, so i spend my morning on the computer. However it helps me blog a lot because the freshness of the morning really gives me creative ideas that doesn’t seem to come in the night time.
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as a blogger i can understand these are some of the major health issues. me too was addicted to blogging and as you said late night blogging had become ma routine and ofcourse late rising. actually a routine like this is unstabilizing our entire biological clock and physical activities. anyway i have changed it and seems practicing yoga helps a lot to calm down body and mind by reducing stress and increasing circulation..
happy and healthy blogging
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thanks for your comments healthy living,
if you had put your name on the name field of the comment, i could have addressed you better…
Nice to see some yoga inputs, i will also check out your yoga website now. It surely helps us to calm a lot, and for a blogger it is so very useful, as our blogging life is totally stressful…
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Thanks for these tips. I actually ignored my physical burdens when I came to face my computer. Before its too late I am gonna change my blogging cycle.
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thanks allen, for your comment,
yeah, surely we need to change it before it is too late…
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I really liked that last tip. Taking a couple days off from the regular drill of blogging can really help clear your mind. Good post.
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thanks jjenkins238, for your comment,
glad you liked the post,
taking a break always helps, just a few weeks worth of a vacation can help refresh our spirits a lot, and it helps in improving our blogging quality too…
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I too find that walking in the evening clears my mind and lets me unwind. Blogging in the morning is easy with fresh ideas and energy. I like the last post too….taking a couple of days off allows the creative juices to flow. Thanks for all the tips!
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thanks michelle for your comment and the support,
glad you liked the post and the tips,
Yeah, morning blogging and evening walking, that is kind of my routine now,
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Uttoran Sen…………….. I Like your website
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thanks Michelle for your support,
i really appreciate it
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I like what Ben has quoted .. It would be partially true as well
I’ve been getting only a few hours of sleep each day.. Wow ! Now I know I am a blogger ..! LOL
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thanks budwalker, for your comments,
Sure you are a blogger and a hard working one.. but take care of your health if you want to keep working hard, because with a damaged body you won’t be able to work so hard after all…
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Diet is probably another important thing.
I sometimes fall into a slump where I just have Taco Bell as an easy solution, as I “don’t have time” to get up and make a meal. lol
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thanks for your comment Dallas Moore,
Yeah, being busy has a lot of side effects. Eating a good meal with lots of fresh vegetables and fruits has no alternative… unfortunately preparing it will surely take a lot of time out of your busy schedule. Personally, i always take out time to make and eat a healthy meal, on most regular days, i manage it perfectly well.
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