Daniel J Isom

They say that sitting all day long will kill you. They also say that standing all day will kill you. Now that I have a standing desk, I'm trying to find the right balance of sitting and standing to avoid the negatives of just doing either all day. My boss retired at the end of last month and had been using a standing desk for the months leading up to her final days. When she left, I wasn't about to let the money our section spent on the desk go to waste. I moved it from her office to mine and have been using it ever since.

As I've stated here before, I've written one novel and have another that's unfinished that I gave up on after I lost part of it. I'm not sure if I'll ever go back and finish that second one or just be thankful for the time to practice writing something so long and detailed. About nine months ago, I started writing something that was inspired from day to day stuff I go through. I read it through recently and decided to continue adding to it but then had a neat idea for a new story. I don't know if it'll be as long as my unedited first novel, which currently sits at 61,082 words, but I'm excited to see where it goes. Here's an excerpt: