Work at Home Moms Articles – WAHM Articles

Work at home jobs or home businesses has many benefits, that is a given. However, like many have experienced; working from the comfort of your home office has a few cons attached to it. Among the many work from home cons include non-school age children home with you all day, isolation, interruptions by family members and friends, no employment benefits and balancing your family and social life with your work life.

And those are just for starters. There are others depending on your situation and lifestyle. However have you thought about the health risks that go along with working at home? Yes, there are indeed many!

1. Your Eyes – Have you thought about your eyes while staring at a computer screen 8 to 10 hours per day? I’m affected, and my last eye exam proved it. My eye doctor could tell (just by my examination) what I did for employment. My eyes paid the price with me needing bifocals. I can imagine what my next appointment will be like. It will probably be trifocals. I can sure feel it …I have to strain more while tilting my head backward; and my eye doctor told me I’d be doing that more and more as time went on.

There is something you can do for this, and I can tell you it works. My eye doctor told me to take several small breaks each day, he said at least 4 times every day that I work. He told me to stop working and walk out on my porch and look out as far as the eyes can see. This gives the eyes a nice break several times a day. Your eyes are important to you, take the short time it takes to do this, and you will feel the affects of it more than you might think.

2. Exercise and Circulation – Sitting in your office every day is not good for your circulation, or your brain for that matter. You need some kind of activity to keep your muscles and joints moving and active. I start out my days with an aerobic video workout. It’s a 48 minute workout (including a warm up and cool down). I follow that workout with abdominal crunches. I feel awesome after my workouts. Walking is also good to stay fit. It would be a good idea to take two separate breaks from your online work to take short walks outdoors, (weather permitting of course). Also a treadmill is something to consider when the weather is bad.

3. Isolation – Isolation is often something that many of us experience when we decide to work from home.. For the most part, you are alone while working unless perhaps one of your kids are home from school on a holiday or he or she is sick. Although for many moms out there, it’s normal to have your kids around you. You need to get out with friends and family for various activities, even it it’s for a lunch or dinner. It can also be just for a cup of coffee and a good talk.

4. Keeping The Mind Active – You may think that your mind is active enough with the work that you do from home. Let me tell you, it’s not. You need to take little breaks during the day to do maybe a crossword puzzle, play a couple of computer games during the day, take some fun quizzes online, (there are tons of them). Anything to get your mind active and thinking.

5. Hand Exercise – You sure don’t want carpal tunnel to set in do you not? A tennis ball is perfect for this. Take time out of your day to do just a few of these squeezes on a daily basis.

6. Stooped Posture – There are many people that end up with stooped posture from working online on a computer every day. However, there are things you can check out and do to prevent this or correct it if you currently have a stooped posture. Firstly, make sure your head, neck, and back are upright and not leaning forward or backward. Your upper arms and shoulders should be square to the floor and completely relaxed. Also your thighs and legs should be perpendicular with the floor . Also your chair, keyboard and mouse should be positioned right for your weight and height. Sitting straight and tall and the placement of keyboard and mouse should be the key to painless working online.

Really, sitting at a computer all day isn’t a healthy way to work. However many people have to do this type of work for a way to make an income. I hope some of these suggestions above helps to keep you more healthy while you perform your online work duties.

Tammy has been successful in the work at home industry for many years. She is an Internet Marketer, Article Marketer, and Ghostwriter. She offers free job leads for the job seeker, as well as other work at home resources, work at home articles, tips, and more at Work At Home Jobs.

Tammy is also a passionate blogger. You can find more articles by Tammy at her Grandparenting Articles and Tips blog, offering grandmother’s experiences, grandparenting articles, parenting articles, brags, recipes, tips, photos, and more.

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