Nothing important to see here, just having a grumpy day.

[baratron]

Blah. I'm trying to get work done, but I'm so physically uncomfortable as to make that rather difficult. I'm tired, in pain from the cyst (or whatever), perched on a really nasty chair without sufficient back support, the air in this room is too dry, and my feet itch.

None of these things are related (except, perhaps, that I got even less sleep last night than I would have otherwise, thanks to the pain), and most of them are things I can do nothing about. Bring a more comfortable chair to College, perhaps. Bring some slippers so I don't have to sit in my shoes all day.

These really are a bunch of First World problems, aren't they? Here I am moaning about being uncomfortable when I'm in a heated office with electricity, and clean drinking water and a not completely unhygienic toilet round the corner. Ah well.

Edit: 20:15 I am now sitting cross-legged on the floor and feeling much happier.

Comments

[yoyoangel.livejournal.com]

Glad you found a more comfortable place to sit, and I hope you find some solutions that work for you.

[baratron.livejournal.com]

I don't quite understand how sitting on the floor, with NO back support, was more comfortable than sitting on a chair with insufficient back support. It definitely was, though!

Wish we had some comfy armchairs (with proper, supportive high backs and pillows) at College for times when you need to read extensively. People would only go to sleep in them, though.

[yoyoangel.livejournal.com]

I don't quite understand how sitting on the floor, with NO back support, was more comfortable than sitting on a chair with insufficient back support.
Maybe because your posture and centre of gravity are different when you're on the floor, and different when you're cross-legged?

[adjectivegail]

I don't quite understand how sitting on the floor, with NO back support, was more comfortable than sitting on a chair with insufficient back support.
What yoyoangel said - sitting cross-legged makes it much easier to sit with your hips in a neutral position, which makes it easier for your back to be in a more neutral position as well. I do it all the time. Unfortunately one of my problems is that my hamstrings are pretty much non-existent and one of the ways my body has compensated for that is having more-flexible-than-usual hip joints, so actually I'm not supposed to sit cross-legged even though it's by far and away the most comfortable position for me *sadface*

When I was doing my MSc I spent sooo much time in Starbucks (and other coffee shops), I'd buy a big mug of something and then sit in one of their comfy chairs all afternoon with a stack of reading. Completely indulgent but it made the reading into such a pleasure because I could actually focus on the texts rather than half my brain complaining about the hard, upright dining-room-like chairs in the library.

[nitoda]

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