Something that's been working well for me for a few months: a computer on my desk at work, but a folding laptop stand next to it with my laptop on top. SSH/X11 on a fast network makes the two interfaces basically interchangeable, but multitasking between one project and another means that I spend about 4 or 5 hours a day standing and I switch between standing and sitting dozens of times over the course of the day. It turns out that "those tests displaying on the other computer are done running, I should look over the results" is a much better motivator for me to switch positions than "a window from one of those nag-myself apps popped up to warn me to take a break and stretch".
Qualitative definition of "working well": twice this spring/summer I'd developed moderate hip/lower back pain which would be most pronounced when sitting in my usual position and which would last for weeks; that hasn't recurred since I stopped sitting in the same position for 10 hours a day.
This is the public group instrumental rationality diary for the week of November 27th. It's a place to record and chat about it if you have done, or are actively doing, things like:
Or anything else interesting which you want to share, so that other people can think about it, and perhaps be inspired to take action themselves. Try to include enough details so that everyone can use each other's experiences to learn about what tends to work out, and what doesn't tend to work out.
Thanks to everyone who contributes!
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(Sorry for being a day late on this one, life is really full of things lately!)