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Re: Working from Bed

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Post by whitepoplar »

proverbialbunny wrote: post #139
neom wrote: post #30

I'm a 35 year old who internetted/"worked" from bed all the time in my teens and 20s, I really believe doing this: - Removed the sanctity of bed. The bed is a great place to train yourself to decompress and unwind. - Absolutely destroyed my back. I'd build pillow forts around myself to compensate for increasing weak muscles. - Hindered the ability to notice shifts in my mood/difficulties in my routine. Eg: I struggle…

>Absolutely destroyed my back. I'd build pillow forts around myself to compensate for increasing weak muscles. Yep. I had to learn muscle building exercises to get out of that situation. It's totally worth it.

Could you share some of these techniques? I'm in the same boat.

Re: Working from Bed

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Post by KMag »

sjtindell wrote: post #159
coldtea wrote: post #145

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> 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?”

My 350 square foot studio in a luxury building in Hong Kong served my wife and I fine for the first year of our marriage. (A last minute opportunity came up for her to join me a year earlier than expected, and the brand new luxury tower next door flooded the market and made it difficult to find someone to take over my lease.)

The two of us now live in a 700 square foot 4 BR, where we use one BR as a walk-in closet and another as a study. Our landlord claims 13 family members lived in this unit when he was a kid.

Re: Working from Bed

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Post by tartoran »

c0nsumer wrote: post #180
tartoran wrote: post #29

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Lumbar support is a false friend. I used to rely on this until I learned proper posture and did exercises to strenghten and relearn to use skeletal musculature correctly. I need not rest my back on anything now and my general health couldn’t be better. Unless you had a recent surgery and the body is weakened or you have a serious condition (torn discs, etc) I’d advise to try to ditch all these crutches which end up w…

I recently was shopping for a new chair for home, and realized that... I don't actually need anything special because I habitually sit on the front half of the chair and don't rest my back against the back. So I just got one of the low-tier Steelcase chairs we have at the office and it's great! It'll last, and it's just... fine. I tried sitting on a yoga ball for a while, but realized that it's not doing anything mor…

Yes, the yoga ball helps somewhat but it is a training tool not a permanent solution as it is quite awkward to sit on. I've been there long time ago, it was recommended by a chiropractor. I used to have bad issues and was seeing a chiropractor 20 years ago but am doing really well now. As a matter of fact I'm in much better shape in my 40s than I was in my 20s and I don't work out like crazy. It was all about fixing sitting/standing and walking postures then the benefits became apparent. You seem like you're on the right path or even are in good shape yourself. Leaning on the back of the chair or supporting on the armrests teaches us to sit wrong and while maybe comfortable at the time it will soon start to mess up with the sitting posture. And sitting on the front side of the chair is a good way to sit. Also I find that bringing the keyboard as close as possible to the lap and the body (desk or keyboard extender) promotes good posture. (elbows close to the torso and body straight, head above torso not sticking out front, adjusting the screen at eye level helps with that).

Re: Working from Bed

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Post by derekp7 »

reaperducer wrote: post #122
kaybe wrote: post #47

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Oohh look at these people with more than one room! (Ok it's valid for those.. but I'm still feeling a bit salty.)

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 would think that the perfect setup for that size would involve a queen-sized loft bed, but with a flip-down catwalk so that getting out of bed, you swing your feet down and they hit the catwalk at what would feel like normal floor height. Then steps at the end of the catwalk to get off it. Then have the steps and catwalk flip up during the day to give good access under the bed. On the underside would be a divider running the length of the bed in the middle, separating the two halves. Connected to that divider would be a good office desk on either side (so two people could work from home yet have their personal space).

I'm surprised that there hasn't been a real advertising push for solutions such as this during the last year. I can visualize it and probably draft up plans for it (when I do woodworking I always do my own plans). But I haven't seen this exact concept anywhere.

Re: Working from Bed

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Post by musicale »

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…

> As a rule of thumb, your bed should be dedicated to sleep and cuddles with your significant other.

Sounds like the first sentence of the article:

> For years, sleep experts have held one piece of common wisdom above all else: that devices have no place in the bedroom.

Re: Working from Bed

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Post by LeifCarrotson »

KMag wrote: post #187
kaybe wrote: post #47

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Oohh look at these people with more than one room! (Ok it's valid for those.. but I'm still feeling a bit salty.)

My wife and I lived and worked the first two weeks of December in precautionary quarantine, unable to leave an 86 square foot area, along with our luggage from a 1 month trip. I was within a couple of inches of being able to touch opposite walls (the narrow way) with my finger tips. Hong Kong changed the rules from quarantine-at-home to hotel quarantine while we were out. (We booked a place 2.25x as big, but had a pr…

Wow, I don't think I have ever seen an 86 square foot hotel room. I live in what's locally a small, 50-year-old suburban ranch home in the Midwestern US, but even my guest bathroom is at least that big. That really drives home the disparity behind the "we're all in the same boat" memes where one boat is a yacht and one's a castaway raft - though most seaworthy rafts are on the order 86 square feet...

For me, quarantine was the best couple months of my recent working life. My home office is way nicer (quieter, fewer interruptions, better computer and peripherals, better chair etc) than my work office, I got to have brunch, lunch, and an afternoon snack with my kids, had no commute, played fetch with the dog or took walks in the woods for breaks, got a ton of projects done around the house and in the workshop, played with my kid in his play room, and I'm a bit of an introverted hermit so being home without a stream of social visitors was really a cherry on top.

I don't know how to properly say sorry or thank you to urbanites for whom quarantine was more like a prison experiment. I guess I'll try with "I'm sorry that your experience was so difficult. Thank you so much for caring and for going through that quarantine."

Re: Working from Bed

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Post by john_w_t_b »

zhoujianfu wrote: post #190
Barrin92 wrote: post #184

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>Anyone who thinks that working from bed is good in any way, shape, or form, is deluding themselves I work from my bed, I work at my desk, I work pretty much everywhere in my home and it's not at all a problem. I'm really annoyed by these overgeneralisations about what's right or wrong for individuals, and all these buzzwords about "separation of life and work", "work-life balance", I love my work and I sleep like a…

I concur! You’re not alone. I work from bed, I work from the kitchen counter, I work from the couch, I work from the desk, I work from the other bed... I haven’t really had any problems sleeping or feeling depressed or not working from those places myself.

I agree on the benefits of varied workspaces. I work in the backyard, while walking the dog, sitting in the living room or sitting at my desk. I have a low cost bike desk that lets me exercise while working also.

Since the pandemic, I started spending some afternoons working from my car at the beach. Find a beach where you can park overlooking the ocean while working on the laptop. For breaks, you can take walks on the beach. Large bodies of water are very soothing.

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