Keep your feet flat on the floor and your arms bent at about a 90-degree angle when using the keyboard. Sit upright and hold your reading material about 14 to 18 inches from your eyes. Use good lighting that doesn t glare or cast shadows. Frequent breaks from work taking time to walk or stretch can help keep your neck-area muscles loosened up. Do like birds of a feather.
Some people get up at the crack of dawn.
Others don t get going until the afternoon and are most productive in the wee hours of the morning. Sleep specialists call people with these predilections larks and owls. If you re an owl trying to fit into a lark s schedule, you re going to end up tired. If possible, consider changing your routine, maybe even your job, to fit your pattern. For people who are constitutionally one way or another, it helps to find a lifestyle that matches their constitutions, says Patricia Prinz, Ph.D., professor of behavioral nursing and adjunct professor of psychiatry and behavior sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle.