Stand up

Updated Friday, January 01, 2010

Rig yourself a standup desk and never look back! After breaking my chronic addiction to sitting down a couple years ago, I have since been glad I did.

There’s even a bit of science behind the notion of standing up at your desk job. For example, standing up an extra two hours a day looks like it can burn 350 calories. In addition, you will be more productive and energetic.

I LOVED standing up. The soreness in the calves go away after a couple of weeks, and it’s smooth sailing from there. I never experience any soreness, just being tired in the feet on occasion.

The focus is great. Your mind won’t drift when you are standing up. I was able to hit those annoying tasks quicker, and procrastinate less.
After seeing this post it hit me suddenly: After I left my last company, I had been sitting down….and I HATED it. I was so occupied with growing Bixly, ScreenBird, and my other projects, my sore bum hadn’t overcome my focus. My last standup desk was left at the previous company, and since things are still in bootstrap mode, I ventured off to find something I could hack.

I found a decent end table cabinet at the thrift store, and talked them down do $15.

All I had to do was take of the foot stubs, and replace them with long legs. My dear little boy was having a hoot with the project. If my “helper” wasn’t helping me, the work would have been under two hours. We just had to cut the legs, stain them, and secure them to the bottom of the cabinet.

All said and done, my new standup desk came in under $25. Not bad considering they can sell for thousands. In fact a good standup desk (mine MIGHT qualify) is hard to find for under $1,000.

About the author. I'm Adam Temple. After a degree in religion I ended up in the business world and just love it. Sermonspice.com was my first big splash as it's now a multi-million dollar company (which I love saying!). Bixly.com is the next notable effort. Expert programming seriously low prices. It came about as a last ditch effort to avoid working security detail. Bixly reminds me of adolescence: thriving with health and potential, but still learning.