Proper ergonomics are key. At my old job (from before and during the pan), we had adjustable electric desks. I spent half my time working at a standing position. When I moved and needed a new desk (the old one had already survived one move and wasn’t going to survive another), I got an adjustable desk. I put it in a standing position about three times ever.

I found out that being able to adjust it to exactly the right height, combined with my excellent Aeron chair, made for a perfect workspace. It was the shitty chair at my old job that caused me to stand due to back pain. I no longer have back pain.

His optometrist kept trying to sell him on glasses, but all he needed was to remember to raise his desk.

Also, he’d been wondering for months where that doohickey on the back left corner of the desk had been. “Why did I put it on the under shelf? Oh, right. That was the evening I had that bad trip and spent the evening hiding under my desk.”