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Re: Working from Bed

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Post by jjice »

Raphmedia wrote: post #25

On the opposite, I'd say it's a great way to destroy your sleep routine and habits. As a rule of thumb, your bed should be dedicated to sleep and cuddles with your significant other. "This study indicates that the use of computers and mobile telephones in the bedroom are related to poor sleep habits" https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2869... "Computer use, TV viewing, and the presence of media i…

When I was in middle school (early 2010s), I can't tell you how much time I spent on social media at night on my phone in bed. I swear I must've gotten 4-5 hours of sleep on average. Somewhere around my senior year of high school I started placing my phone across the room instead of lying in bed with it. Who would have guess that my sleep improved drastically. I never go to bed with technology.

Re: Working from Bed

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Post by soared »

tzs wrote: post #66
wasdfff wrote: post #3

Speaking as someone who goes from bed to couch to bed during this pandemic due to a lack of desk space in my crampt apartment, I would murder someone if it meant I could claim their chair and desk and have actual lumbar support again.

Have you considered the floor? When I was young (late teens to early 30s) I found that laying on the carpeted floor on my stomach, with a pillow under my chest, and my head tilted back (think of Superman flying and you'll get the picture) with my computer in front of me worked great. This probably wouldn't work out well nowadays with a desktop computer because desktop monitor sizes are usually way bigger than they we…

I sit on my floor, back up against the wall/bed, for like 6 hours a day. Big fan.

Re: Working from Bed

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Post by egypturnash »

eric_b wrote: post #78
TimTheTinker wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> but this reeks of a strange "pro COVID lockdown" narrative I've been seeing lately. Along with phrases like "the new normal" and such. There does seem to be a push to keep people from wanting and expecting to go back to the real normal anytime soon. Though who stands to gain from this alternate reality? It would seem the liberal left wants to normalize it (even post-vaccine), but I don't understand why.

Agreed - it's certainly a left-leaning narrative. I don't understand the "why" of any of it anymore. The far-left folks are pro lockdown but also want to help the underprivileged. No one is hurt worse by lockdowns. They want to defund the police, and yet by now even the hardened ideologue can admit that less police is maybe not a great plan. The left is anti-authoritarian but engages in almost textbook authoritarian…

"pro-lockdown" and "why the fuck are we giving people so little money" tend to go together, in my experience. Lock down for a month or two, give everyone more than enough money to cover rent/food/utilities and some entertainment (to keep from going insane), and greatly reduce the spread of this virus. But here we are in the US with a paltry $600 coming after the entire duration of this stupid, stupid pandemic.

As to "defunding police", I like to rephrase it as "fund people, not police" - use those budgets to give people help before they get to the point where the police get involved, rather than having next to no safety net and a bunch of cops itching to use all the military hardware they've got.

There you go, some coherence. Have a nice day.

Re: Working from Bed

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Post by qwertox »

0dmethz wrote: post #26

This article kind of feels like people are working really hard to rationalize working from bed? Personally I just find it extremely uncomfortable, and I just can't be productive that way. Plus you have to wonder what the long term effects are, it doesn't seem very ergonomic.

I never understood people who have no issue with typing on a laptop while sitting or laying in bed. Or outside on the grass. It just doesn't work for me.

I need a keyboard on a table and sit in a chair in front of it, or stand in front of it if it is height-adjustable.

I need space to put things nearby, like a glass of water, without having to care if it will fall and spill.

But I'm ok with having a tablet in bed to browse HN or Reddit or listen to something on YouTube until I fall asleep.

Re: Working from Bed

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Post by fastball »

Raphmedia wrote: post #117
fastball wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really don't think we have enough evidence to backup this assertion.

We know that having a dedicated sleeping space contributes to the quality of sleep, but there are no studies on the size and boundaries required to create that space. Using the bed as a workspace means you're bringing your work with you to bed. You completely erase any possibility of separation between workspace and sleep space. With only one bedroom available, your only way to assign a dedicated sleeping space is to…

I think all of this is overemphasizing how much we are subconsciously "training" our bodies to do anything.

As with most human behavior studies, I have yet to see a sleep study that managed to satisfactorily demonstrate causality in place of correlation when it comes to working in bed ruining your quality of sleep.

In this particular case, you could imagine that people who work from their bed tend to be on screens in their bed until just before bedtime, causing them to be more "wired" than people who have a dedicated office space and avoid screens in their bed entirely.

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Post by hluska »

nickelcitymario wrote: post #35

I've wanted to work full-time from home for as long as I can remember. It took about a month in lockdown for me to realize I hated it. Turns out, my mental health is much better when I have an office to go to. 1h20 in commute (round-trip), no privacy, tons of distractions, and still I'm happier when I get to leave the house to go to work. I suspect it's mostly just a matter of getting out of the house. Those 4 walls…

Hey pal, if your mental health is struggling, my email is in my profile. Feel free to reach out - I'm no picture of perfect mental health so can't judge and besides, I don't know you from a hole in the ground! You can tell me just about anything and who cares??? :)

If you're doing better great, if not, strangers can be a tremendous help.

Re: Working from Bed

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Post by otagekki »

While being between 4 walls might seem isolating, I would happily take a 20 second commute (i.e. opening the computer and voila you're at work) over a 160-minute round trip commute any day. Especially when the feeling of isolation can easily be mitigated by a 20 min walk in the city at lunch time.

Re: Working from Bed

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Post by _2d30 »

nickelcitymario wrote: post #35

I've wanted to work full-time from home for as long as I can remember. It took about a month in lockdown for me to realize I hated it. Turns out, my mental health is much better when I have an office to go to. 1h20 in commute (round-trip), no privacy, tons of distractions, and still I'm happier when I get to leave the house to go to work. I suspect it's mostly just a matter of getting out of the house. Those 4 walls…

This resonates deeply with me.

Re: Working from Bed

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Post by sjtindell »

coldtea wrote: post #145
reaperducer wrote: post #122

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Oohh look at these people with more than one room! I feel ya. Back when I was running a one-man startup, I had myself, my wife, and a cat in 450 square feet. Except when I was out gladhanding potential clients, I worked from my bed. At least back then, I could decamp for Starbucks if I got the crazies. But today's studio apartment dwellers are really screwed. Especially if you live somewhere hot, somewhere cold, or a…

> I had myself, my wife, and a cat in 450 square feet So, like the average "family with 2 kids" size of house in most of the world :-)

I’m picturing someone in a Hong Kong “apartment” cage saying, “Wait you guys have whole rooms?”
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