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On Oct 4, 2011 7:01 AM, "Matthew Marlowe" <matt@××××××××××××××××××××.com> |
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> >> Has anyone dealt with this successfully? I'd love to |
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> >> know how you did it. |
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> You're right to worry about this....and I suspect it's also aging |
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> related. The older I get, the more sensitive I am to how many |
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> hours/day is healthy. |
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> I don't think there is a perfect solution, especially as more and more |
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> important things in life require an internet device of some kind. |
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> It's not uncommon for me to spend 2-3hrs researching something, up to |
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> 8hrs working, and then have 2 hrs of other emails/social/community |
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> stuff all in one day that involve computers. |
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> 12 hours/day in a roughly fixed position indoors is never ever going |
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> to be healthy. Especially if it must be kept up for years and years |
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> as one gets older. |
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> So, I've gathered ideas from others and have come up with my own |
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> recommendations: |
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> a) avoid going to the computer if you can be doing something else and |
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> don't need to be there (once I'm at a computer, there is always |
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> something that can make me stay there so avoiding being there in first |
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> place is important) |
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> b) stand up and take brief walks for whatever at least once/hour while |
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working |
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> c) recent research suggests that taking vitamin d tablets starting in |
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> ones thirties can have a significant impact on relieving some of the |
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> sunlight/lack of being outdoor issues |
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> d) try to go to the gym or do some signficant exercise to start the |
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> day, this can possibly trick your metabolism to run faster all day |
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> long |
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> e) what many people do, I find, is simply have days where you don't |
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> touch the computer (briefly check cell phone but thats it) |
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> f) try to find something in your daily routine that will take you |
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> outdoors for at least an hour/day, preferably longer (can be harder |
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> for those of us who telecommute) |
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> g) try to build regular activities with your family/friends that |
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> involve outdoor recreation (build a home pool/take up swimming |
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> laps/etc) |
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> Nothing will completely remove the fact that modern life is |
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> increasingly unhealthy, but the above is at least a good start. |
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If I may add: try a cup of normal (i.e. non-decaf) coffee about 1 hour after |
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you start using the computer. |
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I recently read in the newspaper that 2-4 cups of caf coffee per day |
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significantly reduce the chance of getting a depression. |
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Rgds, |
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