Vincent Ritter

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I've been wondering about my desk lately, and its purpose. There has also been a fundamental shift for myself on how I think about computers too — what even is a computer these days? Do I have to always sit at my desk? Why does the desk dominate the room with a screen on it, always visible? Should I get a smaller desk? Maybe I can sit on a cushion on the floor where my desk sits now. Perhaps a standing desk, because I don't like being stationary for too long. But no, that is also a desk. Creativity doesn't always strike at my desk either — in fact it is quite the opposite too many times. I do need a desk though. I don't have a laptop, so I am stuck with a big screen — perhaps that's changing soon. Who knows. So, now I am planning. Do I need a desk? Work can happen anywhere — at the old (the one I am sitting at now) desk, the dining table, kitchen counter, my bed, a coffee shop like good old times. No desk also means less emphasis on technology sitting there, waiting to be used. Calling out — "hey, I am here, look at me with my dark screen" — waiting. I am planning on no desk. That's my aim. Intentional.