A day of standing up
Another thing I've been meaning to try for quite a while is standing up for a whole day. Never sitting down.
Standing up for the whole day broke me out of some of my daily habbits and I was much more productive as a whole during the day. It is a neat experiment and doesn't require much of a setup or preparation and may give you a different perspective.
Got up at 9 am. Had breakfast walked around and started working online. Put a cardboard box on the desk so that I could work on top of it. By 12 my legs are feeling tired and I need to move around a bit. Thought, maybe by standing it's easier for my body to give me signals to when I should move.
A friend and business partner came over and we talked about ideas we revised some information on a grant application and wrote down a tentative new title. Then we walked to the middle of my small town and had a drink and a sandwich for lunch.
The rest of the day I've worked on the computer and walked around the house and the yard outside (even if it was raining). I've noticed that I have walked a lot more today.
At the end of the day I can feel that my legs and feet are very tired. I feel the strain in the front of my thighs and my calf muscles and also a bit in the heels of my feet.
All in all it was an interesting experiment that I have enjoyed. Seeing things from a different perspective changes the way we perceive things and in turn changes the way we do things.
Standing up for the whole day broke me out of some of my daily habbits and I was much more productive as a whole during the day. It is a neat experiment and doesn't require much of a setup or preparation and may give you a different perspective.
Got up at 9 am. Had breakfast walked around and started working online. Put a cardboard box on the desk so that I could work on top of it. By 12 my legs are feeling tired and I need to move around a bit. Thought, maybe by standing it's easier for my body to give me signals to when I should move.
A friend and business partner came over and we talked about ideas we revised some information on a grant application and wrote down a tentative new title. Then we walked to the middle of my small town and had a drink and a sandwich for lunch.
The rest of the day I've worked on the computer and walked around the house and the yard outside (even if it was raining). I've noticed that I have walked a lot more today.
At the end of the day I can feel that my legs and feet are very tired. I feel the strain in the front of my thighs and my calf muscles and also a bit in the heels of my feet.
All in all it was an interesting experiment that I have enjoyed. Seeing things from a different perspective changes the way we perceive things and in turn changes the way we do things.
