Comments on: Desk Potato http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2012/01/19/desk-potato/ freelance writing by a freelance writer that works in the freelance writing field Sat, 19 May 2012 09:11:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2012/01/19/desk-potato/comment-page-1/#comment-15971 John Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:57:41 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=2396#comment-15971 Hey Mark not always but anything that contains her name generally gets the once over...LOL Hey Mark not always but anything that contains her name generally gets the once over…LOL

]]> By: Mark http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2012/01/19/desk-potato/comment-page-1/#comment-15962 Mark Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:09:03 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=2396#comment-15962 Justin, you really must engage someone to do all that menial stuff for you. Damn, my wife just slapped me. Justin, you really must engage someone to do all that menial stuff for you. Damn, my wife just slapped me.

]]> By: Mark http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2012/01/19/desk-potato/comment-page-1/#comment-15961 Mark Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:07:51 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=2396#comment-15961 Hey, Monika's John, welcome! You know all the right things to say, eh? Is Monika reading over your shoulder? Hey, Monika’s John, welcome! You know all the right things to say, eh? Is Monika reading over your shoulder?

]]> By: John http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2012/01/19/desk-potato/comment-page-1/#comment-15957 John Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:36:59 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=2396#comment-15957 Hi guy's, I know exactly where you are coming from. Monika is often bound to the laptop for hours on end fulfilling deadlines. She absolutely loves it, however the lack of physical movement can be detrimental to our health. Right now Monika is keeping fit 'n' healthy with a brand new program the Boyer Weight Loss Challenge http://www.derekboyer.com/ I on the other hand do all the home things you mentioned cooking and serving meals, tidy up, washing etc, but hey I love it that I can stay at home too, so I gladly do it. Keep on rockin guy's Hi guy’s,

I know exactly where you are coming from. Monika is often bound to the laptop for hours on end fulfilling deadlines. She absolutely loves it, however the lack of physical movement can be detrimental to our health.

Right now Monika is keeping fit ‘n’ healthy with a brand new program the Boyer Weight Loss Challenge http://www.derekboyer.com/ I on the other hand do all the home things you mentioned cooking and serving meals, tidy up, washing etc, but hey I love it that I can stay at home too, so I gladly do it.

Keep on rockin guy’s

]]> By: Justin Mazza http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2012/01/19/desk-potato/comment-page-1/#comment-15895 Justin Mazza Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:53:16 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=2396#comment-15895 Hi Mark, I work online full-time during the winter months and I know that sitting at a desk all day can be exhausting. Working from home I take mini breaks from my desk and do something physical like washing dishes or cooking something delicious to eat. Hi Mark,
I work online full-time during the winter months and I know that sitting at a desk all day can be exhausting. Working from home I take mini breaks from my desk and do something physical like washing dishes or cooking something delicious to eat.

]]> By: Mark http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2012/01/19/desk-potato/comment-page-1/#comment-15893 Mark Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:59:25 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=2396#comment-15893 George, Listen, mate, it's only a 40 degree difference between where you are and where I am. It can't be that bad. Get out and run. Or ask Allena where you can buy some skates. Mark George,

Listen, mate, it’s only a 40 degree difference between where you are and where I am. It can’t be that bad. Get out and run. Or ask Allena where you can buy some skates.

Mark

]]> By: Mark http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2012/01/19/desk-potato/comment-page-1/#comment-15892 Mark Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:56:40 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=2396#comment-15892 Allena, Great point about the calorie-reduction. I am, however, having trouble seeing how you now have time to write while you train for the next Olympics/Winter Olympics. Thanks, as always, for your input. Mark Allena,

Great point about the calorie-reduction. I am, however, having trouble seeing how you now have time to write while you train for the next Olympics/Winter Olympics. Thanks, as always, for your input.

Mark

]]> By: George Angus http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2012/01/19/desk-potato/comment-page-1/#comment-15872 George Angus Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:49:23 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=2396#comment-15872 Mark, Since I have been recently thrust into this exact situation, I can totally relate. It's minus 20F outside and I have writing to work inside, hence there are days when I don't even leave the house. Still, at the end of the day I'm exhausted. Like you, I've heard all the "remedies" designed to keep me fresh yet I'm too lazy/stubborn/apathetic to engagee in any of them. Oh well. George Mark,

Since I have been recently thrust into this exact situation, I can totally relate. It’s minus 20F outside and I have writing to work inside, hence there are days when I don’t even leave the house. Still, at the end of the day I’m exhausted.

Like you, I’ve heard all the “remedies” designed to keep me fresh yet I’m too lazy/stubborn/apathetic to engagee in any of them.

Oh well.

George

]]> By: allena http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2012/01/19/desk-potato/comment-page-1/#comment-15870 allena Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:01:52 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=2396#comment-15870 Ain't this the truth? My brain gets tired after a long day at the desk. I gained 30 pounds when I established b=my freelancing writing business in 2006/07. I worked 80 hour weeks barely moving from this spot. Before this I had been an editor at a University and my department was spread out 3/4 miles between two buildings. And we walked. Daily. Cause parking sucked. I had to really HARDCORE change my lifestyle to make up for the sedentary work. I became a runner, I also hit the gym before I work, and I love to ski and ice skate. I take spinning classes on Fridays... I just do all the moving I can outside of this job. Oh, and by the way- SERIOUSLY- if you go from a "normal" (moving) job to freelancing at home, remember to REDUCE YOUR CALORIES. Even though our brains are working, we simply (biologically) don't need as many calories as people who commute, and walk, and go to meetings, and walk again, and commute again. . . Ain’t this the truth? My brain gets tired after a long day at the desk.

I gained 30 pounds when I established b=my freelancing writing business in 2006/07. I worked 80 hour weeks barely moving from this spot. Before this I had been an editor at a University and my department was spread out 3/4 miles between two buildings. And we walked. Daily. Cause parking sucked.

I had to really HARDCORE change my lifestyle to make up for the sedentary work. I became a runner, I also hit the gym before I work, and I love to ski and ice skate. I take spinning classes on Fridays… I just do all the moving I can outside of this job.

Oh, and by the way- SERIOUSLY- if you go from a “normal” (moving) job to freelancing at home, remember to REDUCE YOUR CALORIES. Even though our brains are working, we simply (biologically) don’t need as many calories as people who commute, and walk, and go to meetings, and walk again, and commute again. . .

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