 Hello fellow freelancers. So today I want to talk about something that came up as a question, part of a question that I got on my course. Discussing other stuff, this student asked something that I hadn't even thought of because it has nothing to do with freelancing, it has nothing to do with translation, it has nothing to do with any of those things, but it affects all of us as freelance translators and as freelancers. And that is physical health because we, more than other people, spend all our time hunched over a computer doing this and this will affect all of our physical health. I'm not a doctor, I'm not a physician, I'm not a dietitian, I'm not a nutritionist, I'm not a personal trainer, I'm not a coach, I'm not a whatever whatever. I'm a freelance translator and that's it. So obviously I don't know, I'm not an expert in any of these things, but I do have my personal experience. And so I created a couple of lessons that I added to the course where I talk a bit more in detail about this because I have had issues. I've had nerve issues on my neck and all down my arm that I had to go to the doctor for and plus then later on, you know, get the usual issues, I guess of age and stuff like that where you start being sedentary the whole time and just gaining weight. But also the fact is many other issues start to come up. Like I feel like from being like this the whole time I start getting hunched over a lot more and I'm a lot less used to physical exercise in general and stuff like that. And like I said, I'm obviously not a doctor or anything along those lines, so I'm not qualified to talk about it. All I can talk about is my personal experience. And in my personal experience, the important thing is to do something about it. Now this means if obviously if you're having issues, you should do something about it. But if you're not having issues, actually now is the time you should start looking into this and start trying to do something about it. Because as any Italian knows, because they used to have all these commercials that in Italy they used to say, but if you need it, you click what that means like preventing is better than curing. I guess that's exactly what it means and it must be an old saying. But anyway, and it's very true because you prevent something now like say going to the gym twice a week to maintain some physical activity. It'll be way cheaper, way easier and way better for you than if you wait until you have to go to the doctor to look into something. And so the main thing is to do something about it. I'd say next time you go for if you have no physical problems now, but you're a freelancer or you're planning on being a freelancer and that's going to be your profession. Next time you go see the doctor, bring it up and just ask, you know, say, look, I don't have any issues now. And I might not have one for the next few years or something, but eventually something will come up if I'm doing this all the time. And can you give me any advice? You know, the usual advice is always don't do this, do this. And again, I won't go into it now because I've tried a bunch of stuff. The standing desk, the desk, this ergonomic and, you know, kind of facing this way and a whole bunch of other things. Yeah, and, you know, different things work for different people. So I think you should kind of explore and see what works best for you. There's a lot of construction going on outside. I hope it's not too loud. But anyway, yeah, so I think it's something that is definitely worth looking into. Again, I'm not the most qualified person to be talking about it. But if you have any, you know, experience in this, feel free to let me know. I'd love to hear about it. But, you know, this is something that should deal with physical exercise in general and being able to have some movement and figure out what that is. Dealing with possible pains of either carpal tunnel, nerve stuff like that from being hunched over the computer all the time. And nutrition in general also because at least for me, I found myself when I'm working at the computer, I'm just, you know, I have my coffee here and then I keep wanting to munch on something. If I'm in a coffee shop, I'll end up getting pastries all the time. So I had to stop that and or, you know, get a fancy coffee or if I'm at home, especially I'll be munching on whatever's there without even thinking because, you know, I'm concentrating on what I'm doing. And so I just grab whatever's handy and eat it without even noticing I'm doing it quite frankly. So these are all things that I think need to be addressed once, you know, if you're taking this seriously as a career as a job. And and so yeah, and I'm sure a lot of you have been dealing with it or will be dealing with it or, you know, should be dealing with it or something along those lines. So I'd love to hear what you've come across as well. But, you know, this is just a PSA, you know, a reminder of public service announcement that you should be paying attention to this. So next time you talk to your physician, mention it, you know, say, this is my lifestyle. Can you give me some help because otherwise it will become an issue being sedentary the whole time. And working this way, it has an effect. Anyway, that's pretty much it. I just wanted to bring that up. And I thought it was something that that doesn't get brought up very often because we are, you know, we're concentrating on freelancing on translation. But it's something that does affect all of us. So I thought I should bring it up there. Otherwise, that's pretty much it. And I'll see you in the next video. OK, thanks. Bye. Save Doom.