Comments on: Blogging kills! – Stress and long hours = Unhealthy lifestyle

By: The Blues Blogger

The Blues Blogger — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:42:53 +0000

Blogging has been a tremendously positive influence in my life. It has given me a creative avenue that has most definitely helped in my recovery of a heart attack late last fall. Blogging has kept me away from the television and the unhealthy snacks I associated with it… Yesterday I wrote a blog post discussing this in The Blues Blogger style. Here is a link to the article.

http://thebluesblogger.com/167/gene-krupa-king-of-cool

By: virtualassistant

virtualassistant — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:10:00 +0000

Yes, I agree. I used to start at one blog then max at 16 to 17 blogsites maybe. Then I feel sometimes I got brain drained thinking or new articles each time. So now I think I will trim down to two sites and just copy my original post from my two sites to the other 15 sites.

By: Randi

Randi — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:14:45 +0000

They wrote a ridiculous story. Why don’t they write about the hundreds of other careers that are stressful and cause people to have heart attacks? How about the single mother who is working in a factory to feed her children and who has a heart attack because of the stress? Or how about the high-powered fashion executive who works 20 hours a day and has a million dollars in the bank?

Leave bloggers alone.

By: Erin

Erin — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:55:07 +0000

I very much agree with your point about NYT and new media – they are hardly the most impartial source. Overall, I do find it alarmist to say that blogging has a direct cause-and-effect relationship with health troubles. There are lifestyle factors associated with it such as inactivity that may be a legitimate concern, but my take on it is that we all have the free will not to become direct products of the path of least resistance.

Frankly, of the things that you can do and get paid for, blogging is among the most flexible, and one where you have the most freedom to make your own choices about when and how to spend your time off. Although during those moments you do wonder whether you’re missing a big scoop. During one recent vacation, during which I had no internet access for 3 days, I kept thinking, “Jen could be filming a new movie, or dating someone new, or have married a goat, and I’d have no. bloody. idea. And someone else is getting those hits . . .” It can get obsessive, I’ll say that ;)

By: Beth Turnage

Beth Turnage — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:59:36 +0000

Actually, I’ve experienced the weight loss thing. Blogging helps to keep my hands off the cookie jar.

You are right, Dave, that any high end job puts your health at risk. Working in the publishing industry I’ve seen upper echelon managers work 100+ hours per week and get shot down health wise because of it.