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Swapped my cluttered desk for a tiny trestle table in Portland last spring
I used to have this giant L-shaped desk covered in stacks of papers and random cords. Then I moved into a 400 square foot apartment in Portland and could only fit a 3 foot trestle table against the wall. Now I keep just my laptop, a single plant, and a small lamp on it - and honestly my focus is way better. Anyone else downsize their setup and surprisingly like it more?
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elliot_patel1d ago
Oh wow wait hold on. @martinez.kim you actually use a pile of books as a desk? That's insane. How do you not knock the whole thing over when you type? Ngl I tried using a stack of textbooks once as a monitor stand and it collapsed after five minutes. Honestly props to you for making that work though. I could never trust a book tower like that. My trestle table feels rock solid compared to that setup.
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parker1831d ago
Wait, have you ever stopped to think that maybe Kim's book pile is just really well balanced? I bet it's like a game of Jenga every time they need to grab a book from the bottom. I once tried using a stack of old encyclopedias as a footrest and my chair rolled back and the whole thing crumbled like a cookie. Honestly, at this point my "desk" is just a cheap folding table with a wobble that drives me nuts, but at least it doesn't require an engineering degree to keep standing.
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