Write Every Day, August Day #6

[auroracloud]

Writing ergonomics are difficult. My back and neck have been protesting today, sitting at the computer or bending over a notebook for a long time aren't good for them. I've been counteracting it with some yoga and dancing exercises, and it helps. I need to make sure I get off my chair regularly enough. Though I also wish I had a chair and desk ideal for writing, which isn't exactly the case now. Things to do if I had more money... But my back definitely feels better on days when I've been doing more yoga and/or had a dance class. I bet I'm not the only one among us who struggles with keeping back and neck from aching... Any of you have some particularly helpful suggestions?

A pretty quiet day today otherwise. Some outdoors and some reading. And looking through my schedules for next week's WorldCon... I've never gone before, but this time it's in my own country!

Today's Writing

I brainstormed on one of my original ideas quite a lot, and wrote about 200 words on it (not sure of the exact word count, wrote it on longhand and didn't want to type it up yet). I also tried to work on my rarepairfest fic, but I only ended up with one sentence, though it was a long and winding one. My brain doesn't seem to feel like fanfic today.


Tally

Day 1: LJ / DW : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, iberiandoctor, miss_morlandnavaan, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora
Day 2: LJ / DW : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, iberiandoctor, miss_morland, muccamukk, navaan, sylvanwitch, trobadora
Day 3: LJ / DW : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, iberiandoctor, miss_morland, muccamukk, navaan, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora
Day 4: LJ / DW : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, miss_morland, muccamukk, navaan, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora
Day 5: LJ / DW : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, iberiandoctor, miss_morland, navaan, sylvanwitch, trobadora

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Comments

[miss_morland]

I second changing positions and doing stretches. I'd also look into back exercises, such as the Superman: http://www.livestrong.com/article/158862-superman-lower-back-exercise/ (A weak and/or pained lower back tends to lead to pain further up too, IME.)

Writing-wise, I worked on my app and made significant progress -- have sent the draft to my former supervisor in the hopes of feedback. Then I made more beta comments, which is probably the last I'll have the time for since my friend is posting the story tomorrow. Soon I may have time for a bit of drawerfic again...

[auroracloud]

Yay for progress on your app! Hope you get useful feedback! And yay for getting more beta comments done in addition to that, too. Good luck with getting back to the drawerfic!

I've been trying to do back-specific yoga routines and such, but I probably should do more for my back. I definitely need to do things for lower back as well - if it isn't the upper back for me then it is the lower back, or with good luck it's both. :-P That exercise you linked to actually looks suspiciously like this yoga routine I used to find helpful, only it wasn't called Superman in yoga. :-) But thanks for linking to it, because it reminds me I ought to do that one more often! Just stretching and moving the back isn't enough, I need to get the muscles stronger, too.