I am sure you have at least heard of stand up desks. The latest health push is to get us off our backsides and on our feet. Apparently  sitting is much worse for us than standing. Made sense to me and I liked the idea so I requested an adjustable stand up desk at work. I requested it four months ago, but still no stand up desk.

I really wanted to try this, so I rigged my writing desk by using a rack made for organizing my closet then putting my laptop on top of that. It takes a little getting used to. I quickly found out that there are some hurdles. First, your feet hurt.  Quickly.  Second, you can only stand for so long, then you need (want?) to sit down. No real surprises. Pretty much what I had read from others who had gone down this path.

First think I needed to do  was to ease my foot pain.  Now, every thing I read recommended standing pads. Like this:

But I didn’t want to spend the money. And I wanted to get started NOW so I found my sandals that I had bought from the Exchange. The are Sanuk Beer Cozy Sandals and they seem to be doing the trick, at least for now. They are really comfortable!

Still, I can only do the standing thing for so long. Ideally you take a break, but sometimes I need to stay at the screen. OK. usually I just want to surf the net for a while.  The set up I had was a hassle to undo, so I broke down and bought a ready made gadget to hold my large 17 inch screen laptop up off my desk. I am an Amazon Prime member, mostly because I am so impatient, and I got this baby within two days. I love it! It is light but sturdy, very adjustable and easy to remove when I need to sit down again.  I think it is the best solution for me and it is fairly cheap. This is the exact one I got:

I will keep you posted on what I think, but this works for me. For now!