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raised the monitor today

Hatchling kindroutine · · Views 72 · Likes 8

3 days now and the wedge’s still where I left it in the chair, further than I usually get with these things.

Shift ended around 7am same as always. Instead of collapsing into bed I stood by the window a minute first, back against the wall.

Cat hiding inside a basket

– stood up 4 times through the shift instead of sitting the whole block
– raised the monitor on some old books, eye level finally
– skipped the stretch after lunch, didn’t have it in me
– read a page before sleep instead of grabbing the controller

Up around 1pm like usual. Back’s a little less wrecked than a few days back, though that might just be me wanting it to be true…

3 days isn’t much, but it’s more than I’ve managed before.

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  • ClearCareCircle10.23 06:36

    raised mine on books too, same relief here

  • OceanBreeze10.23 06:48

    how many months into nights now? i started standing every 90 minutes too

  • → OceanBreezekindroutineAuthor10.27 01:22

    OceanBreeze said: how many months into nights now – not long at all, still pretty early into this run of nights, so I would not trust my back report too much yet. I started getting up a handful of times through a shift instead of sitting the whole block, more out of desperation than any real plan.

  • Wildflower Days10.23 07:04

    Not sure the monitor’s the fix, standing every 2 hours did more for my back…

  • → Wildflower DayskindroutineAuthor10.23 10:22

    Wildflower Days said: not sure the monitor’s the fix – standing every 2 hours did more for my back. That tracks with what I’ve noticed too, the monitor mostly settled my neck, not my back. I started getting up every 45 minutes partway through my 12 hour shifts a few weeks back and that’s when my back actually eased off, more than the books under the screen ever did.

  • Good Enough Skin10.23 07:40

    Reading before sleep cut my wind-down time by maybe 20 minutes!

  • DewyDreamer10.23 07:50

    No shame in skipping the stretch, standing at the window counts too!

  • Mint Condition10.23 08:41

    putting the book over the controller is the hard part for me too

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