Ergonomic issues

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I slept last night with my right wrist bandaged in "pain pads" and a tensor — a reminder of how hard on the body working at a computer can be. When I am in full work mode, I set a timer to ring on the hour: a reminder to get up and go through a series of exercises intended to relieve the neck, back and wrists. But like most good intentions, this doesn't always happen. A friend noted that her son, a musician, had to take courses on ergonomic issues and how to avoid harming himself. Writing courses should do the same.

Accomplished yesterday: ordered a number of books related to my current area of research (17th century theatre); made bookings related to a trip to NY; posted to my research blog (and here); looked over my Sandra Gulland Inc. tax reports; began to organize my To Do lists, which include preparing for a library reading in a few days, a festival interview and CBC recording next week; sent off a photo and release form for an anthology I'm part of; rescheduled writer's group meeting; responded to an email from someone whose grandmother owns a portrait of Louise de la Vallière (subject of my research blog); printed out the manuscript of a novel written by a friend — which I will begin reading today.

You will notice in all this that although everything is writing-related, Not One Thing has to do with actually writing. Today I have over 20 emails from readers that need to be answered (a backlog from being away). Keeping up is hard to do!