Posture at your desk
Sometimes the smallest adjustment to your desk environment can make a huge difference to your computer posture and consequently your level of comfort. Not only does finding the best sitting position relieve your aches and pains, it makes you more alert, productive and creative.
So here is a great guide showing what can you do to ensure the best sitting position (see right)
So here is a great guide showing what can you do to ensure the best sitting position (see right)
Zen at your desk.
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” — Hans Hoffman
Imagine
for a minute that your desk is completely clear, except your computer
monitor, keyboard and mouse, your inbox and phone, and perhaps a framed
photo of a loved one. Imagine the walls around you are free of visual
clutter, except for a photo or painting or two of a serene nature scene.
You are able to focus, you can crank out your tasks, and you can lower
your level of stress.
It’s not hard. Here’s how Leo Babauta suggests how you do it:
It’s not hard. Here’s how Leo Babauta suggests how you do it:
- Clear papers.
With each document, your choices are to 1) Trash; 2)
Delegate; 3) File immediately, 4) Do it
immediately; or 5) Put the action on your to-do list and the document in an “action” folder. - Clear clutter. Now clear as much of the other stuff on your desk as possible.
- Clear gear. You don’t need your office
gear to be in sight. Put your pens, stapler, paper clips, digital
camera, and
any other assorted gear in a drawer, organized neatly. - Clear the walls. Clear every scrap of paper and most of the artwork from your walls. You don’t want your surroundings to be too busy. Put one or two pieces of simple art on each wall.
- Have an inbox. Have one inbox on your desk, and have all incoming documents, notes, phone messages and other papers be put into this inbox. Process it to empty at least once a day, using the steps above. From here on out, don’t let any other papers clutter your desk except the one thing you’re working on.
- Simplify your computer. Clear your desktop of icons — it’s an inefficient way to launch documents or programs and organise yourself, and they’re just visual clutter. Clear everything from your menu bar too, if possible. On your desktop, use a simple and serene picture as the background, and only have the document open that you’re currently working on. Turn off all email and IM notifications, and only do email at 2-3 set times a day. You don’t need all the interruptions.
- Simple filing system. Use a simple alphabetical filing system with plain manila folders. Have plenty of labels and empty folders on hand, so you have nothing stopping you from creating a new file quickly and filing a document. Don’t let your filing pile up.
- Simple furniture. Go for the simplest furniture possible, a plain floor covering (solid-color wall-to-wall carpeting or undecorated hard-surface floors), bare windows or simple window coverings such as blinds, plain shelves and lamps if necessary.
- Simple decorations. Skip the bric-a-brac, and only have one or two simple decorations, such as a few flowers in a vase or a Zen garden.
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