Standing Desks

How to Be Fine

Kristen and Jolenta

Society & Culture, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of How to Be Fine, Kristen and Jolenta talk about the benefits and pitfalls of standing desks. Plus, they offer up advice on dealing with a seemingly one-sided friendship, and how to ace trip planning with ADHD. Do you have an advice question for us? Email us at [email protected], or tweet us @jolentag, @kristenmeinzer, or @howtobefinepod. And if you haven't already, please join our How to Be Fine (formerly By the Book) Facebook community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/kristenandjolenta Sources: https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/the-dangers-of-sitting https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/magazine/who-made-that-standing-desk.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/19/upshot/why-standing-desks-are-overrated.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4167884/#:~:text=It%20is%20often%20suggested%20that,less%20effort%20(Steenstrup%202004). https://www.bmj.com/company/newsroom/standing-desks-alongside-other-measures-cut-office-workers-sitting-time-by-an-hour-a-day/ https://walkolution.com/blogs/the-walkolution-blog/standing-deks-overrated https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-truth-behind-standing-desks-2016092310264 https://www.posturite.co.uk/blog/standing-desks-are-they-still-popular https://themillions.com/2014/05/the-literature-of-the-standing-desk.html https://medium.com/smart-office/a-short-history-of-stand-up-desks-4951b1e49f50 https://www.carouselpt.com/2022/02/04/how-many-calories-are-burned-with-standing-desks-and-are-they-worth-it/

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to How To Be Fine.
0:09.1	I'm Jolenta Greenberg.
0:11.1	And I'm Kristen Meinser.
0:12.7	In each episode of How To Be Fine, we weigh in on what's happening in the world of happiness,
0:17.8	health, and betterment, and we offer a bit of advice for those who want it.
0:22.4	Now, full disclosure, we are not psychologists, psychiatrists, doctors of any kind, but we
0:28.1	are experienced self-help critics.
0:30.7	We've lived by the rules of almost 100 self-help books for our other podcast by the book,
0:35.6	which is right here in this feed if you scroll back.
0:38.2	So we've tried on almost every kind of wellness trend there is.
0:42.5	And besides, we're not here promising to make you all the best, richest, happiest, most
0:47.8	optimal, most productive versions of yourselves.
0:50.4	If all goes well, we'll just help you feel a little closer to fine.
0:58.1	All right, Kristen.
1:21.7	We have a couple of great advice letters to get to later in the show, but first, as we
1:27.2	always do, we're going to start things with our hot topic.
1:31.9	What is our hot topic today, Kristen?
1:34.6	Today's hot topic is standing desks.
1:38.5	Oh, I've heard of those, their desks that you stand at rather than sit at.
1:46.7	And I think you and I are both sort of at one right now.
1:51.0	That is right, Jill, until we are both at our standing desks right now, right at this
1:56.0	moment in 2023, but I'm curious, Jill, and to do you remember your first time realizing
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