Don't just sit at your computer, do some stretches

One of the beauties of owning a laptop is that you can plonk yourself down and start plugging away where ever you like. I like having this luxury but it more often than not your posture tends to suffer.

I like to sit on the couch with my legs up but it doesn't take long before my bum goes numb and my legs start to hurt. I put it down to our couch, it's a nightmare. To me it looks more like a day bed than a couch. I call it the slab seat because it has no give and before you realise it, you're half way down the seat, wondering how you got there.

Crawling your way back up the couch isn't easy because your body is screaming in pain. There is a knack to sitting on a slab seat, when you start to feel uncomfortable wriggle your toes, do small stretches and take mini power breaks. It gets the blood circulating.

Power breaks help get the blood circulating whilst clearing your mind so you can return to the computer fully charged to plug away.

The next time you find yourself at the computer feeling sore or having writer's block get up and do something else. Go for a walk, play with your pets, visit a friend, who knows? You might come back with a new story to blog about.