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Warning: controversial... Getting uncomfortable after remaining stationary for 15 minutes is normal. Your body is telling you something - being stationary is t
by dTal 5y ago
Warning: controversial...
Getting uncomfortable after remaining stationary for 15 minutes is normal. Your body is telling you something - being stationary is the enemy. I think trying to optimize your chair is the wrong solution. Instead the answer is a diverse work environment you can move around in and continually adopt different postures! My favorite work environment is a carpeted floor which I can lie down on, crouch, sit up, work at a coffee table, or even pace around. Any one of those postures would probably get uncomfortable after a while, but I cycle through them too quickly. Admittedly this probably wouldn't work well for work involving huge amounts of typing, such as long form writing - but for the kind of programming and data exploration I do it's great! I've always been a fidget, and being able to fidget with my entire body feels like I'm finally embracing something I was always meant to be doing.
This working style has only become practical in the last decade or so, with the advent of very light computers with excellent battery life, and I don't think we've culturally caught up.
- armchairhacker 5y agoSeconded, although I recommend something much more simple: a standing desk. I stand when I get uncomfortable sitting, I sit when I get uncomfortable standing. And if I start to space out I can go for a walk or run. I'm very lucky to have this convenience. You don't need a super-expensive desk either, in fact you probably don't need to buy anything. I use the counter-top at my house, you can also get a box or chair to put on your regular desk.
- singularity2001 5y agohow do you comfortably type when standing? never figured that one out
- closeparen 5y agoI set my desk around belly-button level and use a VESA arm to get the monitor up to eye level.
- jdpedrie 5y agoFor me it’s about raising the keyboard surface to almost shoulder level so I can rest my forearms on the desk.
- yoz-y 5y agoThe rules don’t really change. Elbow at 90 degree angle and the top of the screen at eye level.
- glatisaint 5y agoGetting an active sitting chair is great if you fidget too. I bought an Ariel from https://qor360.com/ https://qor360.com/ at the begging of the pandemic and I love it. It's an unstable stool so your body can always be in motion. Office chairs had always given me back pain but it went away with this chair (+yoga and a better mattress). The seat is very firm, however. It took a while to adjust to.
- baby 5y agoThis! I alternate between stand up desk, sitting, lying in bed reading ipad, and sitting in swinging chair w laptop in lap. I also used to have a floor chair, and floor chairs are amazing! I’ve been considering getting a floor couch just for that reason but not many choices and not many people talk about it.
- fomine3 5y agoCheck this https://kokuyo-furniture.com/products/office-chairs/ing/ https://kokuyo-furniture.com/products/office-chairs/ing/