Health as a working condition
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A writer’s health affects the ability to think clearly, complete assignments and keep earning. Working habits therefore have consequences for professional continuity as well as personal wellbeing.
Thinking, delivery and income
Freelance medical writing depends on thinking skills and good cognitive performance to keep work coming. Long hours at a computer can encourage little physical activity, a poor diet and limited social contact, habits that a 2018 freelance-health account described as harmful to general and brain health.
Health sustains the ability to continue working and earning, so freelancers should take their habits seriously. Illness can prevent a writer from meeting a deadline.