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by boomskats 1774 days ago
Some notes from someone who has experimented with this for years - with zero gravity chairs, beds, floors...

- having your hands elevated above chest height sucks after a few minutes. The Altwork and Ergoquest workstations suck for that reason, and you _need_ a split keyboard if you don't want numb fingers.

- not moving sucks. I think I've hurt my neck and back (and throat) more by doing this than I'd like to admit

- for short periods of time, and when you can _actually_ relax (side projects etc.), working in this way is divine.

YMMV.

Side note - I discovered OP Andy Matuschak around 3 hours ago while pimping my Obsidian config, and have been the biggest fan of @msgsloan's vim Todoist plugin for years.

2 comments

Glad you enjoy todoist-shortcuts!

Very interesting about hands elevated above chest height. I also thoroughly agree about using a variety of postures. I think for a lot of folks supine / reclined might be too relaxing for work. I find it to work decently for an hour or two before feeling lazy

Ideally is an all angle all positions strong fixating /holding easy to adjust levitating desk . this back position if you don't move for more than half a day could be very painful , i guess is similar with what an astronaut feels in space