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Freelancers Can and Should Eat Well

by Rico on February 25th, 2008

We all know the corporate cliche: the hard-working employee forgoes breakfast, in an effort to get as much sleep as possible and still get to work on time. There’s lunch to make up for it anyway. It’s something we can all get used to, but there are various recommendations against it.

We’ve also heard of healthy diets that call for five or six meals a day. Apparently, eating numerous small meals throughout the day allows the body to better process food.

What’s my point? Freelancers can eat however and whenever they want. The bad side to this is that they can eat unhealthily, turning their workspace into repositories of junk food wrappers (like perhaps yours truly?). But, if the commitment to a healthy diet is there, these freelancers are freed from the limitations present in the office environment. They can take the breaks they need to give their bodies the food they need—at the recommended times. There’s no boss to tell them to stay at their desk, and there’s no need to bring lots of food to work daily.

The trick is to get sound nutritional advice, and not just use the first advice you find on the internet. Eating well is important for any freelancer, as it gives them the energy needed to make their creative juices flow. Not everybody can do great things on an empty stomach.

So fellow freelancers, what are your eating habits? How do they contribute or limit your productivity and creativity?

Photo by Sasha Manuel

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