The Zen of Standing Desks

Before:

My old desk was one of those Sauder build-it-yourself jobs that come in a million little pieces. You know the kind: make one mistake in assembly and you’ll be pulling your hair out along with the brackets. The drawer and bottom cupboard (where an upright PC would go) were wasted space, and the desk itself didn’t give me much room to spread out. Note: this photo does not accurately show the mess of papers and sticky-notes that the work area had become! I felt boxed in when I sat down t...