Copywriter dies from overwork

yeah know, just stick with coke.

it's better for you :p

You overwork yourself, your work slowly becomes subpar as time goes by because you'll soon be missing details that make the big picture. It's always better to have a good rest everyday. And death by sugar? Ack. I stay away from all types of energy drinks.

I'm surprised that anyone could sit at a computer for 30 hours without falling asleep!

This is Sad

Sounds like she O.D.ed on Red Bull. She was drinking Krating Daeng for 3 days -

So much for the saying, "Hard work never killed anyone..."

This is not Hard Work. This is self-destructive one-sidedness. A tyrant has an energy problem too, and they get spun out unless they have staff. Then a whole bunch of people go down with a flaming ball of obsession. There is only one reason to stay up 30 hours and press past human endurance: Stubbornness. It's a conceit that follows the same logic as someone who exceeds their meds, "One was great! How much better with two, or even three!"

The great sages of all authentic pro-human being belief systems all talk about the Breathing In and the Breathing Out. The author whose night is lit by the writing candle sleeps until 2PM must value his own source of energy, and thus promote the flow of his productive mental faculty.

Believing their code would become outdated and entirely re-written by year 2000, (another one-sided delusion resulting in a lack of valuation for either code or human energy) guys breaking their health back in the late 1980's were coding the Y2K systems in short-sighted, two-digit fields for the year. But they stayed up all night and for weeks slept under their desks!

Conceit. A famous religious text complains about "Vanities, vanities, vanities!" Here too, a stubborn conceit pushes the one-sided over their self-created edge, and vaporizes their life. The mind as a neighborhood is a bad place to live, eat and possibly sleep. It's the worst place to find good copy or code.

I played poker for more than 30 hours straight once. In case you're wondering, no, I didn't die!

Its not hard work that killed her. Its ridiculous.

Else the military would have 50%+ death rate amongst their recruits.

Although we don't know the full story (real cause and effect) it is still a reminder
that writers have to live balanced lives. I once did 10 sales letters in a short
period of time and did get really sick afterwards. I learned my lesson then.

You know what they say: Writing is easy. Just sit at you computer, cut your
wrist and give blood.

-Ray Edwards

The combination of excessive sitting (blood pooling in the legs) and copious amounts of Red Bull-type stuff did it.

That... and stress.

When I did massage/bodywork, I never had any health-related work problems.

As a copywriter...

It has definitely taken its toll.

This might sound like weird advice, but just get REALLY good...

...and you'll get more done, faster! ;-)

Marcello Francesco

Nothing wrong with hard work. Just gotta learn to listen to your body and take exercise breaks until you feel rejuvenation.

--- Ross

Sad to hear about this. I don't think I could function without a good night sleep. The company must put a lot of pressure on their employees and work them to death. My writing would suck badly if I had to work that long.

I bet she won't do that again. :rolleyes: