Tagged health
Blogging is very time-consuming and challenging. Either you want to break the story, or you want to be the one adding to it with brilliant thoughts and analysis. Or perhaps your income is based on how often you update, something that isn’t all that uncommon after all.
Do you remember to take breaks?
And more importantly, do you remember to take a day off?
I know it can be hard, because that ever present feeling that we need to update is tough to shrug off. That is partly because it is warranted, most of us are having the problem that we need to produce to make money, and we need to produce a lot. The thing is, having 7 day weeks isn’t the solution. Read more →
As someone who’s been into the hospital thrice, partly due to being overworked, with heart conditions, I find the New York Times article on blogger sweatshops not only sensational but downright hilarious.
Here’s a newsflash. Everyone who is running his or her own company, who want to succeed, who’s going through rough times, who wants to be successful, will work too hard!
Is it good for you? Of course not, you need rest, nutrition, mental stability, and to have a good life. I know all about that, I’ve tackled the issue for years, and I still have lots to learn. That’s one of the reasons for the Feeling Productive blog, to help others get more done without ruining their health.
Thing is, blogging for a living is hard, and it will mean that you’re stuck behind the screen for long hours. However, being a games journo isn’t very different, neither is being a designer with deadlines, a programmer, anyhing technical today.
The article is a joke, a sensational pathetic piece. Nothing more.
However, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take the possible health issues your choice of occupation might bring to the table seriously.
Even more: The Blog Herald, BloggingStocks, Syntagma, Howard Lindzon, Mark Evans, and Techmeme