{"id":930,"date":"2015-03-07T06:08:36","date_gmt":"2015-03-07T06:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/bioacoustics\/?p=930"},"modified":"2015-03-07T06:08:36","modified_gmt":"2015-03-07T06:08:36","slug":"power-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/bioacoustics\/2015\/03\/07\/power-stance\/","title":{"rendered":"Power Stance"},"content":{"rendered":"

This blog post\u00a0has NOTHING to do with bioacoustics. Or noise. Or marine mammals. Or even terrestrial mammals (ok, well technically humans). This blog post is about the awesome-ness that is my stand up desk. A lot of folks have been asking me about it lately so I figured, why not share the joy?<\/p>\n

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I’ve had my stand up desk for about a year now, made from this<\/a> IKEA hack for about 22 bucks. I am proud to say no less than 5 of my closest friends and colleagues have since also made themselves some version of this (I’m so hipster, its the Oregon way). Many grad students in life science, ecology, marine science, wildlife-y fields pursed such a career path because they love being active, being outside, etc. Look at any of the bio’s of ORCAA students,<\/a> for example. \u00a0But what do we actually do most of the time? Sit at our computer.<\/p>\n

I have far too much energy to just sit at a computer all day!<\/p>\n

So now I’ve got this sweet set up. Not only do I stand at my desk, but I just added a balance pad for EXTRA muscle engagement. I can’t take credit for this,\u00a0fellow grad student Thaddaeus Buser passed on his balance pad obsession\/wisdom to me. And now I pass it to you.<\/p>\n

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Questions I gotten asked include:<\/p>\n

Don’t you get tired all day?<\/p>\n

Yes…at first it was really hard! But it gets easier.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

What if you want to sit?<\/p>\n

Well I don’t have one of those fancy up and down desks or a nice tall chair (that is what dreams are made of), so I take my laptop or some reading material to the library, or a coffee shop, or wherever. It gives me a change of scenery (which I like) plus a little rest.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Is it distracting?<\/p>\n

Nope. I actually find it much easier to focus because all my pent up physical energy an outlet now.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

I will admit certain work activities are easier sitting (writing) vs standing (Matlabbing), but again, that’s what\u00a0all the little work spaces around campus are for!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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