From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RAuck-0000LO-2j for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:20:50 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 91BF921C073; Tue, 4 Oct 2011 02:20:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A840E21C049 for ; Tue, 4 Oct 2011 02:19:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bw0-f53.google.com ([209.85.214.53]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RAubU-004JaG-72 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:19:32 +0700 Received: by bkbzt12 with SMTP id zt12so64204bkb.40 for ; Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:19:28 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.44.67 with SMTP id z3mr883867fae.47.1317694768261; Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:19:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.74.196 with HTTP; Mon, 3 Oct 2011 19:19:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.74.196 with HTTP; Mon, 3 Oct 2011 19:19:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 09:19:28 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Computers and mental/emotional health From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015174762e095a93804ae6fb801 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 04fd47a62a79d09834a3bef948c56b45 --0015174762e095a93804ae6fb801 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Oct 4, 2011 7:01 AM, "Matthew Marlowe" wrote: > > > > >> Has anyone dealt with this successfully? I'd love to > >> know how you did it. > > > > You're right to worry about this....and I suspect it's also aging > related. The older I get, the more sensitive I am to how many > hours/day is healthy. > > I don't think there is a perfect solution, especially as more and more > important things in life require an internet device of some kind. > It's not uncommon for me to spend 2-3hrs researching something, up to > 8hrs working, and then have 2 hrs of other emails/social/community > stuff all in one day that involve computers. > 12 hours/day in a roughly fixed position indoors is never ever going > to be healthy. Especially if it must be kept up for years and years > as one gets older. > > So, I've gathered ideas from others and have come up with my own > recommendations: > a) avoid going to the computer if you can be doing something else and > don't need to be there (once I'm at a computer, there is always > something that can make me stay there so avoiding being there in first > place is important) > b) stand up and take brief walks for whatever at least once/hour while working > c) recent research suggests that taking vitamin d tablets starting in > ones thirties can have a significant impact on relieving some of the > sunlight/lack of being outdoor issues > d) try to go to the gym or do some signficant exercise to start the > day, this can possibly trick your metabolism to run faster all day > long > e) what many people do, I find, is simply have days where you don't > touch the computer (briefly check cell phone but thats it) > f) try to find something in your daily routine that will take you > outdoors for at least an hour/day, preferably longer (can be harder > for those of us who telecommute) > g) try to build regular activities with your family/friends that > involve outdoor recreation (build a home pool/take up swimming > laps/etc) > > Nothing will completely remove the fact that modern life is > increasingly unhealthy, but the above is at least a good start. If I may add: try a cup of normal (i.e. non-decaf) coffee about 1 hour after you start using the computer. I recently read in the newspaper that 2-4 cups of caf coffee per day significantly reduce the chance of getting a depression. Rgds, --0015174762e095a93804ae6fb801 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Oct 4, 2011 7:01 AM, "Matthew Marlowe" <matt@professionalsysadmin.com> wrote:<= br> >
> >
> >> Has anyone dealt with this successfully? =C2=A0I'd love t= o
> >> know how you did it.
> >
>
> You're right to worry about this....and I suspect it's also ag= ing
> related. =C2=A0The older I get, the more sensitive I am to how many > hours/day is healthy.
>
> I don't think there is a perfect solution, especially as more and = more
> important things in life require an internet device of some kind.
> It's not uncommon for me to spend 2-3hrs researching something, up= to
> 8hrs working, and then have 2 hrs of other emails/social/community
> stuff all in one day that involve computers.
> 12 hours/day in a roughly fixed position indoors is never ever going > to be healthy. =C2=A0Especially if it must be kept up for years and ye= ars
> as one gets older.
>
> So, I've gathered ideas from others and have come up with my own > recommendations:
> a) avoid going to the computer if you can be doing something else and<= br> > don't need to be there (once I'm at a computer, there is alway= s
> something that can make me stay there so avoiding being there in first=
> place is important)
> b) stand up and take brief walks for whatever at least once/hour while= working
> c) recent research suggests that taking vitamin d tablets starting in<= br> > ones thirties can have a significant impact on relieving some of the > sunlight/lack of being outdoor issues
> d) try to go to the gym or do some signficant exercise to start the > day, this can possibly trick your metabolism to run faster all day
> long
> e) what many people do, I find, is simply have days where you don'= t
> touch the computer (briefly check cell phone but thats it)
> f) try to find something in your daily routine that will take you
> outdoors for at least an hour/day, preferably longer (can be harder > for those of us who telecommute)
> g) try to build regular activities with your family/friends that
> involve outdoor recreation (build a home pool/take up swimming
> laps/etc)
>
> Nothing will completely remove the fact that modern life is
> increasingly unhealthy, but the above is at least a good start.

If I may add: try a cup of normal (i.e. non-decaf) coffee about 1 hour a= fter you start using the computer.

I recently read in the newspaper that 2-4 cups of caf coffee per day sig= nificantly reduce the chance of getting a depression.

Rgds,

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