Let’s do this together
Working from home causes headaches, weight gain, bad posture, too many dirty dishes and a constant feeling you should put a wash on.
OK, maybe the last two aren’t on the list but research by digital freelance marketplace fiverr.com and CensusWide reveals 70% of staff are in fact working from their kitchen tables within reach of the snack cupboard.
Almost 40% of the workers surveyed said they’d become more sedentary, and a further third have experienced weight gain. Yes, well I suppose you would do if you also spend your time on the sofa, listlessly pretending to work.
One in three workers also say the prolonged screen time is causing eye strain and headaches, although this could also be caused by the hangovers because 4pm has become the new 6pm when it comes to rioja o’clock.
But the one claim that does ring true is that a third of respondents also say they have deteriorating posture, although not for the reasons you might imagine.
I’ve been trying to get an appointment with my osteopath for weeks now, but he’s a very busy man these days due to Joe Wicks.
When I finally got in to see him yesterday for a bit of an MoT on my back (old injury caused by carting 10lb baby in my abdomen for what felt like 10 years), he said: “I do wish adults wouldn’t jump up and down to Joe Wicks – his workouts are for children.
“You’d be amazed at the number of ankle and knee cases I’ve got on the books now. I should put Joe on a percentage!”
Having remembered to wear nice big knickers after the time I forgot and the poor man was traumatised when he asked me to bend over to check my flexibility, I got up on the treatment bed and told him: “You’ve no worries with me jumping up and down. The only injury I’m likely to pick up in the next few months is pressure sores from the sofa.”
How are you spending Lockdown 3.0? If you’ve decided to eat your way through it, you can enter our new bake-off competition. Email me at siobhan.mcnally@mirror.co.uk or write to Community Corner, PO Box 791, Winchester SO23 3RP.