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title: 2026-04-15 14:54:00
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# 2026-04-15 14:54:00

## Working While Standing for Focus

Yesterday Baker (our current project engineer)
asked if I use the standing mode of my desk often.
I told him I really didn't,
except to show multiple people something on my screens.
Thinking of [[kahneman_2011_thinking]],
I stated that this was a conscious choice
because one can not think as deeply while standing as while sitting.[^1]

[^1]: This is mostly justification for a preexisting behavior.
    I think the largest part of my tendency
    is that I don't like people watching me work.

He clarified that he did this in order to _focus_,
which I have heard before but never gave much credit.
I then made the now obvious connection
that impairing deep thinking is exactly the method
by which standing improves focus.