As a wife and a mom of 3 sons, I have rarely had to concern myself with mechanical things.
There was usually an available male to take care of that for me.
Fast forward to my empty nest and a husband who is currently 8,000+ miles away and it’s time to get my left brain on and build myself an office chair.
No big deal, right? For someone with my lack of mechanical talent, it’s very empowering to be able to do this myself. Not to mention that my $10.00, 40-pound behemoth scavenged from Deseret Industries was giving me severe NBS (Numb-Butt-Syndrome) and attacking the backs of my calves with that big metal ring… they may be semi-permanently bruised…
Anyway, building my Amazon Basics Low-Back Office Chair was relatively painless. In less than 30 minutes I had opened the box and built the chair. I’d been kind of procrastinating and staring at the carton for the past week and now I feel kind of silly about that. It’s really comfortable, my butt isn’t falling asleep anymore (Yay!) and it has 4.5 stars on Amazon Prime (522 reviews) so I’m pretty confident it’s going to be a great chair. It’s lightweight and spins really smoothly. No tools necessary – it includes the hex wrench which is the only tool you need.
Not to go quietly, Big Behemoth gave me one last little poke right in the shin as I was dragging him down the stairs to the curb. Hopefully he can induce buttock numbness on someone else for awhile.
Just a little leap out of the comfort zone today but it almost always feels good once it’s finished. I’d love to hear about your comfort zone off-ramp experiences!
On The Ball Administrative Solutions 