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Welcome to Episode 119 Main Topic
- Staying Healthy while working at a desk
- Obvious things
- “Office work”
- Generally means you are indoors
- You are not performing physically intense tasks
- You naturally burn less calories in a day
- You are sheltered from the sun
- It’s a lot easier to snack
- And this is even worse if you are a WFH worker
- And a lot easier to make poor dietary decisions
- This can be improved by WFH, if you can be disciplined
- Not so obvious things
- Sitting all of the time is just plain bad for you
- But standing all the time is also not so great
- Mental impact
- In office
- Remote/WFH
- So what do we do about all of this?
- “Water cooler” meetings.
- Don't forget to move
- Limit your snacking
- Drink more water. You’re not drinking enough. Really, you’re not.
- Make sure to take mental breaks
- Take a dang lunch break
- in fact. eat regularly in general breakfast lunch dinner
- Either get to the gym or go for walks/runs/cycling/whatever you're into
- convertible desk
- treadmill desk?
- Articles
- https://www.businessinsider.com/how-your-office-job-is-destroying-your-health-2016-4
- Motivational meetings can depress people -lol
- https://blog.vantagefit.io/office-workers-health-problems/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7934324/
- https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/understanding-the-hidden-health-impact-of-working-from-home/96027/
- https://blog.freelancersunion.org/2022/02/28/working-from-home-and-mental-health/
- https://www.mdlinx.com/article/the-surprising-health-effects-of-working-from-home/tsastCACwiPt6Al4ONUZL
- Products:
- Nate’s setup (amazon links are affiliate links that benefit the podcast)
- Kinesis Gaming Freestyle Edge - Ergonomic Keyboard https://amzn.to/3M18PoE
- With tent risers: https://amzn.to/3xodm0p
- Logitech MX Ergo: https://amzn.to/3uGtE2Z
- Herman Miller Aeron chair: https://amzn.to/3vhH9oW
- I got mine from Crandall Office for a fraction of the new price: https://www.crandalloffice.com/
- Autonomous Sit/Stand desk. https://amzn.to/3xqPM32
- I absolutely did not spend that much though, maybe look for a lower cost alternative, the desk is not worth that price IMHO
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