Writers Tools of My Trade: FitDesk

My big investment for my home office this year was this FitDesk. Why? I’ll tell you… We authors live very unhealthy lives because we sit for far more hours a day than recommended by health professionals. After seeing four fellow authors of varying ages (some my own age) have devastating health events over the past 6 months or so (strokes, heart attacks, etc) I got concernedย enough I finally took action. I know myself and I’m not going to the gym. Most days I don’t even put on pants. I’m not going out ย for a walk. I live in the North East where winter hit us long and hard and though I have 5 acres, I’m located on a very busy county route and I’m not going for a walk in traffic. ย I finally settled on and bought the FitDesk stationary bike/computer desk in January, mainly because I knew I’d fly off the treadmill desks I’d seen online and thought I’d be safer sitting down, and also because it was on sale at the time for just over $200 when treadmill desks were more like $1000 and far too large for the space I had. Do I use it? Yes. Daily […]