Danger: Walking While Working.

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10:46 a.m. Discover I can sign for packages and open the ones from DHL (but not UPS). I can meet with an editor to discuss ideas, using for emphasis Zorba the Greek dance (works well) and Andy Samberg impression (not so much). Interviewing's a bust: subject asks if I'm vacuuming.

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12:16 p.m. E-mailing while walking: bingo.

12:49 p.m. Read newspaper. Crank desk up to heady top speed of 2 m.p.h. This is the optimum velocity, the literature says, because you are moving but you won't break a sweat. I'm cruising!

12:54 p.m. Fall off. Decide it might be nice to sit for lunch.

2:23 p.m. It's not that I didn't want to come back to work. It's just my glutes that didn't.

2:40 p.m. Invite an editor to hold weekly meeting in my office. She declines. Never mind. One secret upside of the Walkstation: you enjoy long sedentary meetings.

4:14 p.m. Veering off track. Resisting the urge to Google Are we there yet? No longer quite so friendly to drop-bys. ("Yes, it's a treadmill." "Not that difficult, but I'm a practiced walker." "I am working.")

Later that day: When I get home, I really feel as if I've done a day's labor. It's not just that my mind is weary. My whole body is. Very satisfying. Bonus: too tired to tidy up.

Wednesday

9:35 a.m. Notice a little chafing on my elbow from steadying myself to read. Mouse manipulation also an issue. Print when I want to delete. Delete paragraph instead of a word. Send wrong e-mail.

10:07 a.m. Learn that when you are having computer issues, you cannot simply walk them off.

Rest of day: Find a lot of reasons to be out of the office.

Thursday

9:37 a.m. Now for the fun part: writing.

9:42 a.m. Ummmm ...

10:12 a.m. Silence.

10:32 a.m. Who knew? Antipathy toward writing is enhanced by antipathy toward exercise.

10:45 a.m. Recall that Steelcase doesn't recommend spending the entire day walking. Company also delivered chair. Must. Not. Be. Tempted.

11:45 a.m. Deadline looms. Retreat to old desk to write. Maybe you can do it all, but you can't do it all at once.

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