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I've been working at a standing desk for a year now made of two study card board boxes. Looms ugly, but is at a very comfortable height, and so have declined of
by SubiculumCode 9y ago
I've been working at a standing desk for a year now made of two study card board boxes. Looms ugly, but is at a very comfortable height, and so have declined offers to buy me a 'real' standing desk.
I usually alternate standing and sitting in 80+% standing / 20-% sitting split. I ront feel guilty when I go home and sit on the couch for a bit, my intestines and other organs feel much better now after standing as sitting prolonged hours seemed to squeeze them leading to discomfort. So overall I feel better. Much better.
Initializing a spout of heavy concentration can be difficult while standing up, but once I get going I lose myself in to it.
But I also recommend once every 30 minutes doing some frantic jumping or whatever to move you heart rate up for a minute or two. A timer is good for that.
- jonnycomputer 9y agoYeah, we know sitting for long hours is bad for us. But do we know that standing for long hours (without much moving around) is good for us?
- jonnycomputer 9y agobesides, should get a fatigue mat.
- mysterydip 9y agoCan you explain more around how you transition between sitting and standing with your setup? I'm imagining either a laptop or you collapse/expand the boxes?
- SubiculumCode 9y agoI am lucky enough to have enough desk to have a spot for my laptop on the regular desk, which I then remote in to the server if I need to work. What is interesting in my poor man setup is that my mouse is lower than my keyboard by maybe 25-30 cm, which I have found to be quite comfortable position.