Found my old desk photos from 3 years ago and laughed at how bad it was

I was cleaning out my phone last week and stumbled on pictures of my first DIY desk setup from 3 years ago back in my old apartment in Austin. Man, it was rough. I had a hollow core door balanced on two mismatched filing cabinets, and the whole thing would shake if I typed too hard. The cable management was a joke, just a bunch of extension cords taped to the wall with duct tape. Last month I finally built my current setup with a used butcher block countertop from a local salvage place for $40 and some steel legs from a hardware store. Took me a whole Saturday to sand it down and put three coats of poly on it, but now it's solid as a rock. Did anyone else start out with a janky setup like that or was it just me?

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angela_kelly2d ago

Three years ago my desk was a board on cinder blocks, shaky as hell.

hannah3852d ago

A wobbly desk builds character. All that jank forces you to learn better habits like not pounding the keyboard like a caveman. You probably had better posture too since you couldn't just lean on anything.