When I moved in with my parents, I set up things in stages. I had a week and a half to unpack the essentials, prioritizing my home office. After cleaning out all the things my parents had stored in the downstairs room, I rearranged the room, using the pre-existing furniture.
Eventually, I replaced the desk, which was actually an ol’ school sewing machine table. Then I replaced the chair, which had no arm rests, no head rest, nor lumbar support.
Professional-Looking Office Chair
To go with my sleek looking desk and adjustable standing desk, I bought a sleek-looking black office chair. Just as one shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, the comfortableness of office chairs shouldn’t be judged by their looks.
No matter what I did, I never sat in that chair comfortably while working. I added a pillow for my back, but the chair’s head rest couldn’t be moved forward to support my head while looking at the monitors. Even adding a portable lumbar support didn’t help much.
Gamer’s Chair
After fidgeting with it for months, I returned to my senses and got an inexpensive gamer’s chair. (Perhaps too cheap because the armrests aren’t adjustable!) I’d bought my first gamer’s chair a few years ago, reasoning that if people a fourth of my age could sit comfortably for 12 hours or more, then a middle age woman could sit for a few hours a day when tired of standing.
Now, in between calls, I sit until a call comes in. I stand up, do what I can for the patient before returning to a seated position after the call concludes. It’s really the best of both worlds since before I bought my standing desk, I felt miserable sitting the whole time. This way, I’m getting slow aerobic exercise throughout my shift.
Not that I ever want to sit on my ass for eight hours unless I’m traveling, but even then, I want a comfortable seat. I have had enough of the ass-biting seats experience back when I was a Peace Corps Volunteer.