Stress can play a major role in a person getting heart disease, high blood pressure, strokes, anxiety attacks and a lot of other illnesses. People under a lot of stress tend to have weaker immune systems, thus becoming more susceptible to disease than people with normal amounts of stress. Often times people turn to alcohol, drugs, overeating, tobacco, and suicide because of stress. The fact is, stress kills.
A growing work force of home-office laborers and entrepreneurs, armed with computers and smartphones and wired to the hilt, are toiling under great physical and emotional stress created by the around-the-clock Internet economy that demands a constant stream of news and comment.
Of course, the bloggers can work elsewhere, and they profess a love of the nonstop action and perhaps the chance to create a global media outlet without a major up-front investment. At the same time, some are starting to wonder if something has gone very wrong. In the last few months, two among their ranks have died suddenly.
Two weeks ago in North Lauderdale, Fla., funeral services were held for Russell Shaw, a prolific blogger on technology subjects who died at 60 of a heart attack. In December, another tech blogger, Marc Orchant, died at 50 of a massive coronary. A third, Om Malik, 41, survived a heart attack in December.
Micheal Arrington, the founder of TechCrunch says on NYT:
“I haven’t died yet,” said Michael Arrington, the founder and co-editor of TechCrunch, a popular technology blog. The site has brought in millions in advertising revenue, but there has been a hefty cost. Mr. Arrington says he has gained 30 pounds in the last three years, developed a severe sleeping disorder and turned his home into an office for him and four employees. “At some point, I’ll have a nervous breakdown and be admitted to the hospital, or something else will happen.”
So this is not a miner problem but the negligence of this problem can cause many disorders and interrupted functionally of the body.
Follow the Tips to Get Rid Of Blogging Stress
Write about something you enjoy
This is vital to keeping the stress at bay, and many people burn themselves out by blogging about the things they can profit from the most, rather than what makes them happy.
Read other blogs and Stories
If you feel stressed while blogging the another way to get rid of blogging stress is to read other blogs,stories or any other jokes.This way you can gain some extra knowledge and your mind can relax for a while.
Time Management
Create a timetable of your blogging periods for content creation, social media marketing, comment moderation and mails, search engine optimization and general maintenance of your blog. Always allocate the usual office hours for maximum output. Late night and unusual hours are only going to aggravate the problem further.
Automate Tasks
Use some automate features for your blog like auto publishing of your blog posts.Auto blog retweets,Auto responders features where applicable.You can save the time to update your blogging manually and can get rid of blogging stress.
Listen To Your Body
Our body and mind speaks.We feel tiredness when we work over the capacity of our body.Stop working late night hours.If you feel your body is demanding relaxation,go ahead and sleep down for few minutes or few hours.Don’t overburden your body.
Take small breaks
Take small breaks while blogging,whether it’s day or night.Unplug your internet for a short break and walk around.It can reduce your blogging stress and rejuvenate your soul.
Unplug Your Internet to Recharge Your body
Unplug the internet cable and shut down your PC for a day.Go on long drive or on the picnic with your family,friends or with your GIRLFRIEND.I’m sure your body will recharge and will get ready for next task.
Yoga while Blogging
Follow some Yoga exercises to get rid of blogging stress.Yoga is the way of life so follow some Yoga exercises like meditation and asana.It can relax your eyes and the complete body.
Eat Balanced Diet
Eat balanced food.many bloggers ignores their food habits.They eat only what they can manage easily,but they don’t eat what their body requires.Prepare your menu chart and eat healthy and balanced diet.
Avoid Caffeine and Alcohol
Tanya Lagatella says “Alcohol is a depressant – caffeine a stimulant. Both are addicting substances by themselves. Together they have very harmful effects on the body”.
Note: Have you undergone similar situation before? How you cope with this kind of situation?
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Most recently I have been working to try and reduce my stress level, blogging seems to actually help me relax from my daily business operations stress.
I de-stress by intentionally spending an hour away from the computer doing something else, like playing a game with my daughter. Usually the creative juices are flowing and I’m anxious to get back and type.
Just write about what’s really passionate to you. You will be free from the stress
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Hi John,
Excellent point.
This is also the another best way to get rid of stress.
You have mentioned some nice points here Surender, these are sufficient points to get rid of Blogging stress, taking a small break and doing exercise are the key points.
Hi Himanshu,
Thanks for the feedback about Blogging Stress.
bloggers do not suffer from stress….instead they have ailments like backbone pain…eye pain
IndianCashMaker´s last blog ..Blogosphere is an Honest Place
There you go…a great post with small small points! But they are as important as life, because sitting infront of computer for hours is in any case cause us a bucket full of stress. And we get involved and involved…that we don’t want to get up and do something good for our body and soul. Stress is the worst factor leading to all possible diseases
Thanks for sharing, great points for todays young bloggers.
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Good article about blogging and stress. There’s stress when you’re first starting your blog, stress when growing it, stress while maintaining it, etc… It just never ends!
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Blogging is my stress reliever. I blog after my morning coffee and my job paperwork is completed. I close the office door and relax into a blog post. If I have nothing to write about then I surf through my feed reader and read awesome blogs like yours
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I think we’re on the same wavelength! I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately, and spending increasing amounts of time online. It seems to me that the successful bloggers are omnipresent on Twitter, in Facebook, etc. I too want to be successful, but as a Mom I want to have a healthy and full offline life as well. Ah, to strike that perfect balance!
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