As an author you probably find yourself sitting a lot.
Here are some ideas to help you stay healthy:
- Take consistent breaks. Use the Pomodoro Technique and break your writing projects into timed segments that allow for consistent breaks. For example, get up every 25 minutes and exercise or move around for 5 minutes and every 2 hours for 25 minutes. An app might help to coordinate such a plan or use this free timer: https://tomato-timer.com
- Exercise. There are lots of free short exercise videos on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tP40RWwhoRw
- Invest in a healthy desk. Now you can write and exercise at the same time with FitDesk (v2 or 3): https://youtu.be/3Ud4Pw1xNIg I have had the FitDesk 2.0 since April 2016 and love it! I use it every day.
- Eat well. To set you on the right path, I recommend Dr. Fuhrman’s book End of Dieting. I also like these books: How Not To Die by Michael Greger MD, Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease by Caldwell B. Esselstyn, and Spark by John J. Ratey
- Get plenty of sleep.
- Six steps to better sleep from The Mayo Clinic.
- Are you getting enough sleep? from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
- Twenty Ideas for a good night sleep from Prevention magazine.
- Investigate Health Tools.
- Health Check Tools from MedlinePlus
- Evaluating Digital Health Interventions from The World Health Organization (WHO)
- Wearable Computers and Wearable Technology from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Hey there 🙂
Your wordpress site is very sleek – hope you don’t mind me asking
what theme you’re using? (and don’t mind if I steal it?
:P)
I just launched my site –also built in wordpress like yours–
but the theme slows (!) the site down quite a bit.
In case you have a minute, you can find it by searching for “royal cbd” on Google (would appreciate any feedback)
– it’s still in the works.
Keep up the good work– and hope you all take care of yourself during the coronavirus scare!
Hello!
Thank you for your kind comments. I am using the theme called “Generate Press” I had also looked at the theme “Twenty Twenty”. Good luck with your new site. It looks great! Yes, you too – please take good care of yourself during this time.