Work standing up – Day 3
Today is my third day working at a standing desk. I had originally thought I would stand for a couple of hours – until my laptop battery died – and then switch back to my desk. That was five hours ago. I’m still standing, and I’ve gone to get my AC adapter for my laptop! I’ve only sat down today to eat lunch. I have to say I feel like my energy levels are much higher while standing, and it’s much easier to not let myself be distracted by sitting back and reading blogs and catching up on the news. One thing I have noticed is that my back feel fine – there was some tightness in my lower back initially – but my feet don’t like standing on the hard floor. My office has thin carpet over concrete floors, so I need to go track down a rug or something with a little padding on which to stand. |
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You might consider going w/an adjustable-height desk, rather than full-time standing — it works really well being able to easily go back and forth between sitting/standing positions. I found a really cost-effective one about a year ago (”GeekDesk” I think it was called), and am spoiled now — I doubt I’ll ever go back to full-time sitting OR standing! : )
Wow – that’s pretty cool. The GeekDesk is a little spendy, but certainly would be easier than moving back and forth between a standing desk and a traditional desk.
I found this while searching for info on standing up while working. I’m giving it a try by using my laptop on an empty bookshelf.
Have you stuck with working standing up and if so do you have any new thoughts on the matter after a year?
@Joshua – I haven’t kept up with it for a couple of reasons:
1) The Ikea solutino looks okay, but is pretty wobbly to actually work on. Quick typing or writing on paper get things shaking pretty easily. I could fix this by screwing the desk to the wall, but the big bosses might frown on that approach.
2) My office isn’t really setup to add the standing desk as well as my main – sitting – desk. So it has been a bit awkward to use it effectively because it puts me right in the doorway and I seem to get constantly bombarded by questions, small talk, gossip, etc. because people think I’m not “working”.
Both are only semi-decent excuses I know, but there you go. I might use this more if my office were bigger or if I could talk the big bosses into springing for a standing desk that was large enough to allow me to get rid of my main desk and workspace.