I work a job, so when I come home I’m tired. Even if the day was not bad, it’s still eight hours of putting in time and it wears you down. I go home and work on writing out the idea’s that are trying to reach paper, in one form or other. You see, the issue is not so much,- am I going to write?- it’s – am I going to write in any kind of comfort? After a day seeing patients or working in the office, I want to put up my feet and let my mind go somewhere far more interesting than where I have been.
I have my two computers, lap top and standard and I have my dictation program and computer paraphernalia. What I don’t have is a comfortable place to put my feet up, pull up my computer for hours and have all the other things lined up that are essential.
The essentials include the soda, or water bottle. The dinner or snack is very important. The thesaurus, yes I do use the one on the computer, but I like to have the book around. A naming book and the current book I am trying to read when my fingers give out. These things must be spread around me and in easy reach.
However, the most important thing is the chair. It must let tired feet go up or down. It must allow the laptop-rolling cart to fit comfortably in front of the writer and it must not aggravate muscles after many hours of intense concentration.
Currently I have a lovely lounger. Trouble is that it doesn’t allow my cart to go under the chair and bring the computer close enough. (When there are so many things I am capable of pissing and moaning about, this has taken over as the top of the list. My back and shoulders are speaking insistently throughout the night. This getting older is an adjustment.)
Today I spent my time trying to find the perfect chair to buy. After looking over the options and scrutinizing my budget, I decided I would look for a wingback recliner. With the legs wide open a cart should very easily roll under the chair. The wingbacks tend to be comfy and they look very elegant. Let me stop at this point to say that we all know that until you sit in a chair for 4 hours, you don’t really know if it’s going t be comfortable. My budget precluded the 1,600 dollar flex loungers massager chairs, though I would be willing to accept one willingly should any company out there decide they want an honest review of it’s comfort and want to give it to me free for that review. ( I am always willing to give my opinions on most any subject. The comfort of furniture being just one.)
I don’t believe that I am the first writer to have comfort issues during long hours at the computer. I bet there are many who trudged through this issue and found wonderful solutions and I am willing to hear your testimonials about what chair works best for you. I don’t mean an office chair, but a comfort chair that you’d write and lounge in too. If I had my days to write, instead of my day job, well I would be more likely to sit at the computer desk. The time I use to write is the shank of the evening and into night. I go from my 5am wake up, to work and then to writing. I want comfort. Tell me about comfort for you. (I already utilize the occasional Merlot and dark chocolate.any other combination of comfort will do nicely.)
