We can hack this a little by working while lying down
Almost all guides on how to prevent insomnia recommend not lying in bed doing anything else than resting or having sex so that you (roughly speaking) “won’t confuse your body/brain about when it’s supposed to rest and when it’s supposed to work”, and in my experience that works quite well (even though I would describe that more like “you will be tired enough that it will be easier for you to fall asleep when you go to bed”).
My recommendation to compute in bed would be bad advice if you’re trying to prevent insomnia, but if you don’t have insomnia, or have insomnia easily hacked with a pinch of melatonin, then I see nothing inherently wrong with ignoring this advice of using bed only for sex or sleeping.
You could also plop a nice little twin size memory foam mattress in the living room.
I have found too much time lying down while awake anywhere causes problems. I think it is the lack of exercise, so alternating walking and lying may be just as good or better than sitting for a long time. A tablet is good for web browsing or looking over a text document while allowing frequent position changes, and okay for small amounts of typing while sitting, or tiny amounts while lying or standing. I haven’t tried a good set up with a keyboard stand for lying down, but a laptop by itself was pretty uncomfortable.
I’ve found it difficult to have the room to get into a position where my hands aren’t resting on a laptop keyboard on a couch without using a laptop desk. A mattress gives me more room to spread out and shuffle around.
Almost all guides on how to prevent insomnia recommend not lying in bed doing anything else than resting or having sex so that you (roughly speaking) “won’t confuse your body/brain about when it’s supposed to rest and when it’s supposed to work”, and in my experience that works quite well (even though I would describe that more like “you will be tired enough that it will be easier for you to fall asleep when you go to bed”).
My recommendation to compute in bed would be bad advice if you’re trying to prevent insomnia, but if you don’t have insomnia, or have insomnia easily hacked with a pinch of melatonin, then I see nothing inherently wrong with ignoring this advice of using bed only for sex or sleeping.
You could also plop a nice little twin size memory foam mattress in the living room.
What about lying on a couch, like I am currently doing?
I have found too much time lying down while awake anywhere causes problems. I think it is the lack of exercise, so alternating walking and lying may be just as good or better than sitting for a long time. A tablet is good for web browsing or looking over a text document while allowing frequent position changes, and okay for small amounts of typing while sitting, or tiny amounts while lying or standing. I haven’t tried a good set up with a keyboard stand for lying down, but a laptop by itself was pretty uncomfortable.
Typed while sitting on the couch.
I’ve found it difficult to have the room to get into a position where my hands aren’t resting on a laptop keyboard on a couch without using a laptop desk. A mattress gives me more room to spread out and shuffle around.