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I’m Elise, Entrepreneur & Home Office Enthusiast
I can easily spend up to eight hours a day sitting on my derrière at my desk — not necessarily being productive during that entire timeframe. I love the work I do, but I know it’s not always the best environment for my mental and physical health. That’s why I’m sharing my best home office and desk ideas designed to to boost health and productivity. Read more about me…
What Are You Looking For?
I started this site to help other home office desk workers find practical solutions to minimizing the negative health effects of their sedentary lifestyles. Check out some of my blog posts in the following categories:
Focus & Productivity
Maximizing work productivity comes with its own set of challenges. Take a look through some of the following posts to learn how to get laser-focused so you can work as efficiently as possible.
4 Science-Backed Reasons to Quit Social Media (At Least Temporarily)
Think it's time to quit social media? Or maybe just take a break? You're not alone! Social media platforms are incredible tools that help educate and connect us all, but if we don’t balance our social media use with other healthy activities, all that time spent...
The Truth About Time Management (Plus Three Good Time Keeping Techniques to Use)
If you’re anything like me, then you’re probably someone who often gets sucked into reading a lot of blog posts that talk about all sorts of weird time management techniques, productivity, and good time keeping trends. Every time a new headline catches my eye, I start...
7 Ways to Avoid Getting Distracted by Technology
Trying to avoid getting distracted by technology is like trying to resist petting a really cute puppy... nearly impossible! It’s pretty obvious that we live in a distracting world — now more than ever thanks to the technology we have today. And yet none of us are ever...
Lifestyle & Habits
How healthy are your everyday habits? From eating and sleeping, to moving and working, check out these posts to help you find ways to improve your lifestyle a little more.
12 Surprising Reasons Why You’re Stressed (Plus Natural Stress Relief Methods)
You’ve heard it before: natural stress relief is basically a myth, and stress is going to kill us all. “The silent killer,” they call it. It affects your brain, your heart, your waistline, your muscles, your sleep and pretty much everything else that you need to keep...
5 Healthy Fall & Winter Habits to Beat the Cold Weather
Are you one of those people who really wants to love the colder seasons, but just can’t seem to fully embrace it with all your most positive fall and winter habits? Colourful leaves, comfy sweaters and the scent of apple/cinnamon/pumpkin spice may be some of the most...
7 Bad Personal Habits That Are Sabotaging Your Success
How good are your personal habits these days? Sadly, it’s not uncommon at all for many people to set great intentions for themselves and already be struggling just days later to keep their good habits going strong. Good habits are hard enough to develop in the most...
Office Decor & Inspiration
Give your home office the makeover it deserves! Get ideas and inspiration for everything from furniture and accessories, to art and design.
23 Clever Gifts for Home Office Workers
Need unique ideas about gifts for home office workers? The beauty of working from home is that those who get to do it have total freedom over how they choose to design and decorate their home offices or workspaces. The downsides, however, are that they tend to spend a...
14 of the Best Small Desk Plants for Your Home Office
Are you the hunt for the best office desk plants to have around while you work? You're not the only one! I know that when I'm sitting at my desk, quietly working away on whatever project that's consuming me, it's really nice to be able to glance over to the side and...
17 Comfy Desk Chair Ideas for Your Home Office
If you work at a desk, it can make a big difference to have the most comfortable office chair you can find. It's just as important for your desk chair to be ergonomically designed so you can work away at your computer efficiently and painlessly. The more adjustable it...
Office Organization
Feel frazzled when it’s time to get to work? Learn how to keep things neat, tidy, and organized with these tips and techniques.
12 Planner Organization Ideas to Boost Productivity
If you use a daily planner, it's worth having a few good planner organization ideas in your back pocket to help optimize your ability to get things done. A standard daily planner is typically an annual one, dated and broken up into sections per day. Depending on the...
Standing Desks & Treadmill Desks
Beat your sedentary lifestyle with specialized ergonomic office furniture and equipment built to help you move! You’ll burn more calories, feel more energized, and perhaps even help lengthen your lifespan.
The Top 3 Best Desk Exercise Equipment Options to Get Your Body Moving
You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know that sitting for long periods of time is bad for you, which is why you should make a conscious effort to exercise at your desk. Yes, it is possible to exercise and and work at the same time with the proper desk exercise...
How to Use a Standing Desk to Supercharge Your Productivity
I just joined the standing desk revolution and despite seeming quite obvious, I’m now left wondering how exactly I’m supposed to stand at a standing desk. My new standing desk converter was delivered just about an hour ago and I couldn’t help but put all the parts...
Work-Life Balance Tips
Balancing it all is tough, but you don’t have to sacrifice relationships, health, hobbies, and everything else you love for work. Check out these posts to find out how to manage everything that’s important to you.
Got the Summer Blues? How to Know If You Have Summertime Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Are you finding yourself suffering from a case of the "summer blues" during the warmest months of the year? Most people who live in areas of the world with cold and dark winters are familiar with Seasonal Affective Disorder — a form of depression that’s also referred...
How to Reset Your Sleep Schedule Naturally and Effectively
Trying to figure out how to reset your sleep schedule is one of the most frustrating parts of being a human. You can't deny that you just need to sleep a certain number of hours and get a certain quality of rest every night. But however hard you try to get a...
100 Healthy Work-Life Balance Tips to Live By
Sorry, but you won't find the best work-life balance tips by searching for them on Google. That's because you're a unique individual with a work life and a personal life that's incomparable to anybody else's — meaning only you have the power to figure out how to...
