All good questions. As I write this, I am sitting in the “sunnier” window of the living room. But in general, I do really stand all day. At first, my heels and calves ached a bit. I wear sneakers and should get one of of those pads like chefs use to stand on. I do sit down even for long stretches when I’m writing or doing internet research. I work on my laptop, which I can easily unplug from my big monitor. It sounds like your setup is a more cumbersome?

I have a long table with a chair next to the standup desk. That way I can move over and sit down. I haven’t gotten a stool yet but I was thinking about it except it might make me inclined to sit. Instead, I reserve standing time for when I really need the big monitor and sit when I don’t.

I don’t think it has cured my low back pain, which obviously wasn’t from sitting!

But in general, what I like is that I feel much more engaged and raring to go. I had this dread feeling of sitting down. Standing up makes me more alert and focused for some reason. Or maybe my projects are just more interesting right now!

Let me know how it works out!

I remembered your blog post and I’m wondering, how are you liking the standing desk now? Has your body adjusted? Do you prefer it or are you doing it because you know it’s better for you? Do you wear running shoes to support your legs?

I’m looking around my office and wondering how I could set that up. How do you move back and forth between standing/sitting? Is that hard with the computer/cords/etc? I feel like I would need a sitting desk as a security blanket – plus I really like my desk!

I might try hacking a bit with short shelves and so on but I’ve got two monitors, phone, external drives, etc. – seems like it might be an all or nothing proposition. And did you get a tall stool? Do you like that? Does it bug you to not have a back? How is that ergonomically?

And in case this isn’t enough questions – am I losing my mind or is it snowing here in your blog? Feel free to hit me via email if you prefer!

The just sit on the bottom-most later but they can screw in under the top-most layer.

I wanted to see how the desk felt first and then I would commit to screwing them in. So far,
no need to!