Patricia Hamill's Blog: I read too much! - Posts Tagged "ergonomics"
Is my chair blocking me?
I've come to the conclusion that I need a new computer chair. The reason is I think the old one is blocking me.
I do most of my writing on my couch in the living room, just chilling while my husband watches shows that I can ignore. But editing requires a real computer, not the little Asus Transformer tablet or the good old paper notebook I use for writing my drafts. And, to use the computer, I have to sit in the computer room on the old chair.
It still looks good, but looks aren't everything. One, I don't think the back can be adjusted to sit upright anymore. I like to sit with my feet up on an ottoman, and that tends to mess up my chairs. Two, it feels like I'm sitting on a two by four. It also doesn't help that my legs (one or both of them) seem to go numb if I sit on it for more than half an hour. Not the best sensation when you're trying to be creative.
I wonder what my husband would say if I moved our 'actual' recliner into the computer room and called it my new computer chair.
Now that would be awesome!
I do most of my writing on my couch in the living room, just chilling while my husband watches shows that I can ignore. But editing requires a real computer, not the little Asus Transformer tablet or the good old paper notebook I use for writing my drafts. And, to use the computer, I have to sit in the computer room on the old chair.
It still looks good, but looks aren't everything. One, I don't think the back can be adjusted to sit upright anymore. I like to sit with my feet up on an ottoman, and that tends to mess up my chairs. Two, it feels like I'm sitting on a two by four. It also doesn't help that my legs (one or both of them) seem to go numb if I sit on it for more than half an hour. Not the best sensation when you're trying to be creative.
I wonder what my husband would say if I moved our 'actual' recliner into the computer room and called it my new computer chair.
Now that would be awesome!
