Ask HN: What are your favorite home workspace hacks?
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1. Standing desks rule.
2. Greenery. Makes working so much more pleasing.
3. I like keeping my desk as clean as possible and having as little things on there as I can
4. Organize my computer, desktop files, explorer.
2. Greenery. Makes working so much more pleasing.
3. I like keeping my desk as clean as possible and having as little things on there as I can
4. Organize my computer, desktop files, explorer.
Things that have really helped me:
1. A more ergonomic setup to help with my RSI - an ergodox ez keyboard, with a tilting keyboard tray attached to my standing desk and adjustable monitor arms makes it very easy to adjust things and make it comfortable for me
2. Having some greenery around me in terms of plants helps.
3. I prefer having a cup to drink water from (instead of drinking from a bottle directly)
4. I spray-painted my keyboard and changed the keycaps - made it a little more joyful for me. Might do it again after a while to bring some variety.
1. A more ergonomic setup to help with my RSI - an ergodox ez keyboard, with a tilting keyboard tray attached to my standing desk and adjustable monitor arms makes it very easy to adjust things and make it comfortable for me
2. Having some greenery around me in terms of plants helps.
3. I prefer having a cup to drink water from (instead of drinking from a bottle directly)
4. I spray-painted my keyboard and changed the keycaps - made it a little more joyful for me. Might do it again after a while to bring some variety.
Few main things I did that made my workspace just a little nicer;
1. Added decorations and art that I can see when seated at my desk.
2. Put down some LED strip lighting behind me and also at the back of my desk so I can control what the room looks like a bit more.
3. Traded in my bluetooth headphones for a HomePod mini. It's my own house so I can play music as loud as I want!
4. Plopped a cat bed down on top of my drawers, so I've got a little company during the day :)
1. Added decorations and art that I can see when seated at my desk.
2. Put down some LED strip lighting behind me and also at the back of my desk so I can control what the room looks like a bit more.
3. Traded in my bluetooth headphones for a HomePod mini. It's my own house so I can play music as loud as I want!
4. Plopped a cat bed down on top of my drawers, so I've got a little company during the day :)
What are some of your favorite hacks for improving your day-to-day ease and comfort?
For example, in my case, I finally invested in a real DESK, with drawers and everything, as opposed to just having a simple manufactured rectangle table from Walmart. And to improve storage so everything's within arm's reach most of the time, I bought some adhesive-mounted hooks from the office supply store and mounted them on the inside facing plane, under the desk where my knees and feet are. Now I can keep my BT headphones on a hook, my scissors are there, and a hat for when I don't feel like combing my hair but need to be on a webcam :)
I fully admit that's underwhelming at best, and that's why I'm asking. I'm just looking for ideas to improve my workspace beyond the obvious like "buy a nice chair", "new monitor", "input switch", etc. That stuff's all well and good but having already done that, I'm curious to see what others have come up with. Things that didn't even occur to me, that I didn't know could be improved, that sorta stuff.
So, what are your favorite hacks for your personal workspace? What's made your day-to-day more enjoyable?