From 7d13a05f32d0f6edc391175d920b5dfdbb334f6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gergely Polonkai Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 07:18:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add an article about 5.1 speakers and sitting posture --- ...-relying-on-my-ears-to-keep-my-posture.rst | 42 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/blog/2020-03-25-relying-on-my-ears-to-keep-my-posture.rst diff --git a/content/blog/2020-03-25-relying-on-my-ears-to-keep-my-posture.rst b/content/blog/2020-03-25-relying-on-my-ears-to-keep-my-posture.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4ece458 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2020-03-25-relying-on-my-ears-to-keep-my-posture.rst @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +Relying on my ears to keep my posture +##################################### + +:date: 2020-03-25T05:48Z +:category: blog +:tags: physical-health +:url: blog/relying-on-my-ears-to-keep-my-posture/ +:save_as: blog/relying-on-my-ears-to-keep-my-posture/index.html +:status: published +:author: Gergely Polonkai + +**TL;DR**: my ears helped me create an almost perfect pomodoro timer out of my own body. + +There’s an ongoing pandemic for a few weeks now, so whoever can should and does stay at home. +Luckily we can do it at Benchmark.games, as we only used our office to stay in physical contact +with each other because we are (somewhat) social creatures. But now we try to take care of each +other and even the bravest work from home now. I hope the last one who left the office turned off +the heating and the lights. + +I’m also lucky because i have both a supporting family and a separate room in our house which we +didn’t really use until today. It’s so separate that its door opens to our front yard, not inside +the house. There is/was a lot of junk there, waiting to be sorted or to be thrown out, so i took +a day off and tidied it up a bit so i could put a table and a chair inside. I also did some +cabling work and now it has Internet connection, too. It’s not overly comfy, but it will do for +the few weeks/months this pandemic will (hopefully) take. I also found a lot of treasures i won’t +list here, except a set of 5.1 speakers. + +After setting up my workstation i put the speakers around me. They are not ideally far from me +(the room is not big enough for that) but it will suffice. The front centre speaker is above my +head so the speakers and my head form an almost perfect tetrahedron. The back speakers are also +at the same distance behind me. I have a bad habit of leaning closer to the screen when i overly +focus on something, and with this setup i just realised that whenever i do it i get outside of the +centre zone of the speakers and music doesn’t *sound* right. This way i instantly stop leaning +closer to the screen and fix my posture. Also, since the front centre speaker is above me, if my +back starts to get tired and i start to stoop, my head gets lower, and once again the music +doesn’t sound right. I try to take mental notes whenever this happens and i realised that after +an hour it happens more often, signalling that i should take a break. + +During my breaks i drink some water, visit the toilet, do some exercises, have launch, or whatever +fits me, but most importantly, i try not to think of my current work task (unless i was in the +middle of focused work, which is rare after around an hour). This helps me clear my mind so in +the next hour i can focus better on my next task.