I try to walk around every 15 30 minutes and stuff.
My workflow is especially dangerous in this regard because I do almost everything in the terminal so it’s especially easy to get sucked in.
I’ve known sightless hackers who were awesome, it’s definitely not game over, but it also definitely slows you down.
For most hackers our eyes and the musculature starting all the way back in your lower spine through to your fingertips is such a huge part of our livelihood. I’ve been trying to treat all of it with more care.
> My workflow is especially dangerous in this regard because I do almost everything in the terminal so it’s especially easy to get sucked in.
As someone who also mostly works in the terminal and who has stopped wearing glasses thanks to a weird approach, try a pure white or slightly yellowish background with a black font in the daytime.
Most terminal users will find that weird, but among other weird things I tried it worked wonders for me!
It is a bummer that we can often see neglect in that area even amongst people really passionate about computing.
Apologies for the anecdote. I know for myself, I sometimes felt a stigma to investing in "nerdy" equipment designed to make computing more sustainable. Almost like if I don't commit to the furniture maybe I will become that out and about person I think I should be. Funnily enough, it was only after I had gotten into a bunch of outdoor hobbies that I decided to really splurge on quality of life equipment at the computer.
I tend to offset expensive purchases with cheap ones. Expensive chair, cheap as hell desk. Expensive monitor, cheap computer. Expensive keyboard, cheap mouse. You can get a really nice workstation if you choose the expensive parts deliberately for the ergonomics.
I don’t want to speak for you but you said one or two things that echo with me: by hyper-optimizing my workstation to be the most comfortable place in my house I think I sort of feed a tendency to hide from difficult parts of life by just working too much.
I also think you’re onto something about activity, particularly outdoor activity being the best counterweight to that tendency, I just struggle to get an active routine going from a cold start.
Usually if I’m active I can keep it that way, but whether it’s C19 lockdown or a death in the family, it’s very easy to get knocked back into that sedentary state.
