{"id":64,"date":"2006-04-06T08:21:01","date_gmt":"2006-04-06T08:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2006\/mowing-myself-healthy\/"},"modified":"2006-04-06T08:21:01","modified_gmt":"2006-04-06T08:21:01","slug":"mowing-myself-healthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/mowing-myself-healthy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mowing myself healthy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/grass.jpg'><img src='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-grass.jpg' alt='lawn mowing' \/><\/a>I&#8217;m sure the my life as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pixelwave.co.uk\">freelance web-designer<\/a> isn&#8217;t the best for my health. I&#8217;m getting <a href=\"http:\/\/eeshop.unl.edu\/rsi.html\">RSI<\/a> from long hours using a mouse and keyboard, I&#8217;m sure sitting in the same office chair all day isn&#8217;t good for my back and no doubt my eyesight isn&#8217;t getting any better staring at these computer monitors all day long either. And that says nothing about the lack of physical exercise I&#8217;m getting and the numerous cups of coffee I drink whilst sat here.<\/p>\n<p>It isn&#8217;t all bad as it can be quite challenging mentally so at least my brain gets a bit of a work-out, but to be honest I&#8217;m sure thinking about web-sites, HTML, PHP and other scripting languages doesn&#8217;t really do much for my overall sanity!<\/p>\n<p>However, all is not lost as I am not your run-of -the mill website designer. 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