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| comment | | "parent_author":"",<br>"parent_permlink":"life",<br>"author":"onceuponatime",<br>"permlink":"turning-my-life-around-again-lol-standing-up-for-myself",<br>"title":"Turning My Life Around (again,<br> LOL) - Standing Up for Myself",<br>"body":"# When all the while\n### I could have been facing this way.....\n\n\n![ViewIMG_20180315_1447366.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmSPxg42jtceYqx92rjfZbeu3yzmgKEW6N5eShuttdChMU\/ViewIMG_20180315_1447366.jpg)\n\n# Why? Oh,<br> why\n### was my desk facing this way?\n\n![Around1IMG_20180315_1213495.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmdgMv2qRzyfNohvEF71obn1LyVAA7Vh6AXx8wyN2uh3EH\/Around1IMG_20180315_1213495.jpg)\nI mean,<br> have you got no soul @onceuponatime???\n\n\n# And why was I sitting \n12,<br> 14,<br> sometimes 18 hours a day\n# when I knew damn well that so much sitting \n**was bad,<br> bad,<br> bad for my health?**\n\n\n![silhouette-3120378_640.png (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmQT69otTHipagLSRkq2AqGmWCMiCoHayfBAhUvmhvQbRZ\/silhouette-3120378_640.png)\n\n\n## Yes,<br> I had seen lots of the warnings,<br> \nbut kept pushing them to the back of my mind. \n### Here's one example:\n\n***\"We all know we need to be more active,<br> but there is increasing evidence that we also need to spend less time sitting down.\nTo reduce our risk of ill health from inactivity,<br> we are advised to exercise regularly \u2013 at least 150 minutes a week \u2013 and reduce sitting time.\nStudies have linked excessive sitting with being overweight and obese,<br> type 2 diabetes,<br> some types of cancer,<br> and early death.\nSitting for long periods is thought to slow the metabolism,<br> which affects the body's ability to regulate blood sugar,<br> blood pressure and break down body fat.\nMany adults in the UK spend more than seven hours a day sitting or lying,<br> and this typically increases with age to 10 hours or more.\nThis includes watching TV,<br> using a computer,<br> reading,<br> doing homework,<br> travelling by car,<br> bus or train but does not include sleeping.\"*** \nhttps:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/Livewell\/fitness\/Pages\/sitting-and-sedentary-behaviour-are-bad-for-your-health.aspx\n\nand another:\n\n### Yes,<br> sitting too long can kill you,<br> even if you exercise\n***(CNN)Take a movement break every 30 minutes,<br> say experts. No matter how much you exercise,<br> sitting for excessively long periods of time is a risk factor for early death,<br> a new study published Monday in Annals of Internal Medicine found.***\n\n***There's a direct relationship between time spent sitting and your risk of early mortality of any cause,<br> researchers said,<br> based on a study of nearly 8,<br>000 adults. As your total sitting time increases,<br> so does your risk of an early death.\nThe positive news: People who sat for less than 30 minutes at a time had the lowest risk of early death.***\nhttps:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2017\/09\/11\/health\/sitting-increases-risk-of-death-study\/\n\n\n![black-line-divider-clipart-divider-clip-art-9000_2500.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmWok85pARE6x1UgyMr36X4Jo1ciK4y7aonvRhWdHoJ1Av\/black-line-divider-clipart-divider-clip-art-9000_2500.jpg)\n\n\n# Finally I decided to do something\nthat I had been thinking about for a very long time.\nI was going to get myself a stand-up desk and\n# turn my life around!!!\nand I might just as well get a decent chair too \nwhile I was at it :-)\n\n\n\n![Around2IMG_20180315_1215062.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmUSejfphRQoTsgREJ87V286iyrLqkwgp3NHRSctE1y1xx\/Around2IMG_20180315_1215062.jpg)\n\n\nA new chair you say,<br> @onceuponatime?\n\n![woman-3191629_640.png (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmSXmwqX1cUscVbXbszxMmJwM8i3VHtgKXqYMGhcFUPKvR\/woman-3191629_640.png)\n\n\n### Sorry for that.\nSometimes @twiceupontime disrupts my train of thought :-)\n\n\n![black-line-divider-clipart-divider-clip-art-9000_2500.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmWok85pARE6x1UgyMr36X4Jo1ciK4y7aonvRhWdHoJ1Av\/black-line-divider-clipart-divider-clip-art-9000_2500.jpg)\n\n\n\nIn Athens,<br> the first store of IKEA opened in April 22,<br> 2004 in the commercial park of Athens International Airport while the second store opened in close proximity to the city center in March 2008.\n\n\n![IKEABusiness3XL.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmQrRm2VQSr3JARcrEqJDxRDVfBLUEFi67i2XgQW6Qg1aU\/IKEABusiness3XL.jpg)\n\n# Eureka!\n\n### IKEA SKARSTA Sit Stand Desk Review:\n\n\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sV1R4If_KhY\n\n\n\nHey,<br> it looked a little better\non the cover of the catalogue.......\n\n\n![Around5IMG_20180315_1300461.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmPLemU1HhRN1RzpEs1vzL7nYp3U615tPfNwTrtjbhUQtv\/Around5IMG_20180315_1300461.jpg)\n\n\n\nDo these look like a desk to you?\nNope,<br> me neither!\n\n\n\n\n![Fixit1IMG_20180314_1435296.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmWyjNnZ9WAnamRKqhHTUgJqZS6xhaGZM8Mh7uiiUMYho1\/Fixit1IMG_20180314_1435296.jpg)\n\n\n\n\n\n![Fixit2IMG_20180314_1447305.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmbMpc3zgbdcRXYSNRogfwSCTeNvGuuU79dsuG9XQ7rNny\/Fixit2IMG_20180314_1447305.jpg)\n\n\n![black-line-divider-clipart-divider-clip-art-9000_2500.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmWok85pARE6x1UgyMr36X4Jo1ciK4y7aonvRhWdHoJ1Av\/black-line-divider-clipart-divider-clip-art-9000_2500.jpg)\n\n\n# Despite having read The Old Dog's warnings\nabout reading instructions to the end\nbefore beginning to undertake something,<br>\nhttps:\/\/steemit.com\/treetuesday\/@kus-knee\/the-old-dog-presents-the-mean-teacher-and-the-burled-wood-contest-winners\nI at times find myself to be\ncompletely impervious to good advice :-)\n\nAnd so I had to start over a couple of times \nbefore finally getting to this stage:\n\n\n![Around3IMG_20180315_1218058.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQma2XrwwjDAzRTL6zioVYFY1cTE7dtHv4CmuMxXxKJUAnp\/Around3IMG_20180315_1218058.jpg)\n\n\n# It is a good thing\nthat I started by assembling the chair\n\n\n\n![ChairIMG_20180314_1510427.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmdwuBwn5S7AfTpSYUNfgzMLn4HrKm1dgic85H4PPH3Nnm\/ChairIMG_20180314_1510427.jpg)\n(which actually went together pretty easily)\n\nbefore attempting the stand-up desk,<br> which,<br> as I said,<br>\nI had to start over again (ie. disassemble)\nmore than once before I finally got to this:\n\n\n\n![Around4IMG_20180315_1221037.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmamwis7fJtKroF3sk85BBcKsPJi6RPTs4Kev4fuUUsz5k\/Around4IMG_20180315_1221037.jpg)\n\n\n\n\n![black-line-divider-clipart-divider-clip-art-9000_2500.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmWok85pARE6x1UgyMr36X4Jo1ciK4y7aonvRhWdHoJ1Av\/black-line-divider-clipart-divider-clip-art-9000_2500.jpg)\n\n\n\n# But one last frustration awaited me!\n\n![Rod1IMG_20180315_1620379.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmYbU7mC5yCsxsMrFkUijdiLJU4PFKPWyncoTw42NbMNmU\/Rod1IMG_20180315_1620379.jpg)\n\n\nThe crank that is needed to raise the desk\nfrom sitting to standing position and back\n# was bent!!!!!\n\n![Rod2IMG_20180315_1620142.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmdzQ2vDhPWmwCbjqTcdso3Ar6LyKp7Awuifk5AQYsuf9y\/Rod2IMG_20180315_1620142.jpg)\nand won't fit into the mechanism.\n # And so I am considering rage-quitting Steemit!!!\nnot that my FRUSTRATION has anything to do with steemit mind you,<br>\njust that is what all the COOL Kids seem to be doing these days\n(taking out their frustrations on steemit)\n# And who doesn't want to be cool?\n\n![black-line-divider-clipart-divider-clip-art-9000_2500.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmWok85pARE6x1UgyMr36X4Jo1ciK4y7aonvRhWdHoJ1Av\/black-line-divider-clipart-divider-clip-art-9000_2500.jpg)\n\n\n\nouzo and out\n@onceuponatime",<br>"json_metadata":" \"tags\":[\"life\",<br>\"funny\",<br>\"greek-trail\",<br>\"health\",<br>\"loutraki\" ,<br>\"users\":[\"onceuponatime\",<br>\"twiceupontime\" ,<br>\"image\":[\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmSPxg42jtceYqx92rjfZbeu3yzmgKEW6N5eShuttdChMU\/ViewIMG_20180315_1447366.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmdgMv2qRzyfNohvEF71obn1LyVAA7Vh6AXx8wyN2uh3EH\/Around1IMG_20180315_1213495.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmQT69otTHipagLSRkq2AqGmWCMiCoHayfBAhUvmhvQbRZ\/silhouette-3120378_640.png\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmWok85pARE6x1UgyMr36X4Jo1ciK4y7aonvRhWdHoJ1Av\/black-line-divider-clipart-divider-clip-art-9000_2500.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmUSejfphRQoTsgREJ87V286iyrLqkwgp3NHRSctE1y1xx\/Around2IMG_20180315_1215062.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmSXmwqX1cUscVbXbszxMmJwM8i3VHtgKXqYMGhcFUPKvR\/woman-3191629_640.png\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmQrRm2VQSr3JARcrEqJDxRDVfBLUEFi67i2XgQW6Qg1aU\/IKEABusiness3XL.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/sV1R4If_KhY\/0.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmPLemU1HhRN1RzpEs1vzL7nYp3U615tPfNwTrtjbhUQtv\/Around5IMG_20180315_1300461.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmWyjNnZ9WAnamRKqhHTUgJqZS6xhaGZM8Mh7uiiUMYho1\/Fixit1IMG_20180314_1435296.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmbMpc3zgbdcRXYSNRogfwSCTeNvGuuU79dsuG9XQ7rNny\/Fixit2IMG_20180314_1447305.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQma2XrwwjDAzRTL6zioVYFY1cTE7dtHv4CmuMxXxKJUAnp\/Around3IMG_20180315_1218058.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmdwuBwn5S7AfTpSYUNfgzMLn4HrKm1dgic85H4PPH3Nnm\/ChairIMG_20180314_1510427.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmamwis7fJtKroF3sk85BBcKsPJi6RPTs4Kev4fuUUsz5k\/Around4IMG_20180315_1221037.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmYbU7mC5yCsxsMrFkUijdiLJU4PFKPWyncoTw42NbMNmU\/Rod1IMG_20180315_1620379.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmdzQ2vDhPWmwCbjqTcdso3Ar6LyKp7Awuifk5AQYsuf9y\/Rod2IMG_20180315_1620142.jpg\" ,<br>\"links\":[\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/Livewell\/fitness\/Pages\/sitting-and-sedentary-behaviour-are-bad-for-your-health.aspx\",<br>\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2017\/09\/11\/health\/sitting-increases-risk-of-death-study\/\",<br>\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sV1R4If_KhY\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemit.com\/treetuesday\/@kus-knee\/the-old-dog-presents-the-mean-teacher-and-the-burled-wood-contest-winners\" ,<br>\"app\":\"steemit\/0.1\",<br>\"format\":\"markdown\" " | | vote | "voter":"onceuponatime",
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