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Hey guys welcome back to the channel if
you're new here I'm Sebastian a medical
student from Australia,
and in this video I'll be showing you my
desk setup in medical school.
I'll be breaking down all the gear that
I use. Some are a little bit more
expensive,
others are quite affordable, and I'll be
showing you how I've organized this
setup to help me be more productive.
Everything that I talk about is written
in the description below, and I put
timestamps so that you can skip to any
sections.
With all that out of the way let's get
on to the setup.
A common question that I get asked is
what desk I'm currently using
and the thing is is that I received this
desk a few years back from an old friend
and it was custom built for them at the
time so I don't really know what it's
called or where you get it from
but i really like it because it fits
into my room quite nicely because it's L-
shaped
and it's got a really nice white finish
and that matches the rest of the items
in my room because i have a lot of white
furniture
but i think it also complements the
heavy blacks that a lot of
my computer equipment has the mouse the
keyboard so it looks quite nice in that
sense.
If you're looking for your own desk the
only thing I could suggest is looking
into a standing desk
because it's always good to get the
blood flowing to get up and down so
you're not
ruining your posture. So with mine I try
to get up
every few hours and move myself around.
Like the desk the computer that I'm
using to power the setup was also custom
built
and you won't be able to see it here
because it's underneath the table it was
custom built about three or four years
back with a good friend of mine
it's been my workhorse for daily tasks
for medical school for video editing i'm
using the program Davinci Resolve
and really anything else that's been
thrown at it so because it's getting a
little bit old i might have to update it
in the future
but until it causes me major problems
i'll keep using it for now
now on to the monitors and the monitors
that I'm using are the Samsung
34" SJ55W ultrawide
and the AOC 24" G2460VQ6
and originally i bought the 34" to
replace the 24"
and my mates and my friends used to tell
me that it was ridiculous I'm spending
this money on it
and it's not really worth upgrading like
you already have a 24"
but after doing the upgrade and spending
the money I found it really helpful in
terms of
having that extra bit of screen real
estate so what I like to do is have a
split screen going on
one tab open with say google and the
other with my notes or something that
I'm working on
and by being able to switch between them
is just really helpful i also like to
use the 24 inch
to have my notion tab open and now
usually have my past tracker
or my objective list the things that i'm
working on so in terms of doing
assignments and it's in terms of doing
like any research projects
it's been really really useful to have
all the information on the screen
it saves that little bit of extra time
from tabbing in and tapping out like
what you would have to do on a laptop
so if there's anything that i'd
recommend in terms of upgrading your own
setup it would have to be
the monitor because at the end of the
day the screen is what we're looking at
hours upon hours so you really want that
experience to be enjoyable
and you want to try to remove as much
friction as you can in terms of the
whole studying process
the chair that i'm using for the setup
is not the one that i'm currently
sitting on
because that would be this little stool
but the chair that i'm normally using
is one that i picked up from ALDI for a
hundred dollars australian
and it was during one of their weekly
special buys so if you don't know audi's
like a supermarket chain
and every week they sell products like
chairs
computers gardening stuff and it's
relatively affordable compared to a lot
of the chairs that you find online
for 300 200 um this was only 100 bucks
and it's got adjustable armrests it has
lower back support
it even has a headboard that i can lean
back especially when i'm doing longer
study sessions
and if you're looking for your own chair
the only thing that i really recommend
is getting one with lower back support
to support your natural arch so that
you're not slouching and ruining your
posture over time
so the laptop that i'm using is the
microsoft surface laptop too
and it looks a little bit different to
the stock version because i slapped a d
brand skin on it
which is why the logo is orange i like
to use it because it has a webcam i
don't have a webcam on top of my monitor
so when it comes to video calls or when
it comes to talking with friends
especially during class
when i have to show my face i'll use my
laptop for the webcam feature so another
bit of tech that i'm always using
is my ipad and i'm using the ipad air 3
i got the base model i think it was the
64 gigabyte version
so it was about 700 australian and then
when you add the apple pencil it's about
800 something dollars australian so
relatively cheap when you compare it to
say the ipad pro but this has been an
absolute game changer
in terms of going digital which talking
about the benefits from going from paper
to digital would be another video in
itself
it's been absolutely amazing from having
stacks and stacks and stacks of notes
and folders and having to find
everything and
getting pages lost it just compresses it
all into one little device
and nowadays i like to annotate my
lecture notes use this as a notebook
and also as sort of a mini computer when
you're outside this has been absolutely
fantastic
if you're looking to make it work for a
lot more minimal a lot more in sync
then i'd suggest looking into getting an
ipad you can get the normal ipad for
about 500 bucks
and the ability to go paperless and to
have everything one device is just
awesome the keyboard that i'm using is
the microsoft designer keyboard
and normally it comes as a set with the
microsoft designer mouse
but after experimenting with the mouse i
found that it just felt awkward in the
hand
the buttons were a bit flimsy and the
whole thing was a bit light instead i
use it as a wireless mouse with my
laptop when i'm studying outside
but coming back to the keyboard minus
the fact that you have to buy it as a
set
the microsoft designer keyboard is
awesome it's got a compact design which
means that it doesn't take a lot of
space on your desk i really like how
sleek it is it comes in a nice black
finish
and i can type really fast on it i find
that the traction and the sound that it
makes is really really pleasant to use
and i think i can reach up to about 80
words per minute sometimes even 90 words
per minute
when i'm typing and i'm not a very fast
typer so that's pretty good for me and
the keyboard being wireless is a huge
feature because i can move it out of the
way when i'm trying to write notes
or i can have it closer to me when i'm
feeling a bit more lazy wireless is the
way to go
and keeping onto this theme of
wirelessness if that's even a word
is the mouse that i'm using which is the
logitech
master mx2 and i'm not gonna lie i
jumped into the bandwagon i saw a bunch
of different youtubers using this mouse
and i thought that i should probably go
get it because it's been recommended
everywhere on the internet and the
recommendations hold their weight
because this is an awesome mouse it
feels really really nice in your hand
it's got a little bit of weight to it so
then when you're moving it around feels
like bit of premium technology and you
can connect it to three different
devices
and change the device with the ease of
using a button for me it looks really
aesthetic it's wireless and it serves
its function really well
and the keyboard and mouse upgrade from
wired to wireless was huge in terms of
keeping the
design very minimalistic and ease of use
when it comes to everyday tasks
so the headphones that i'm using is the
hyperx cloud stinger headset
and this was definitely on the cheap
side i think i picked it up for about 60
australian and it's a bit of a gaming
headset because you got the mic that
comes out
and it looks a bit clunky on the head
but really when it comes to sound i'm
not a huge audiophile
i just like to hear the sound be clear
with my mic and it pretty much does all
its functions that i needed to do
when i'm not using my headset i listen
to low five beats when i'm studying
using my
speakers and the speakers that i'm using
are the logitech z213 and these were on
the more affordable side i think they
were less than 100 bucks
and the kit comes with two different
speakers and then a subwoofer for a
little bit of bass that i put behind my
monitor i've had no issues with them no
static
they connect very well and the sound is
pretty decent for the price that i paid
for
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now onto some other things that i use on
my desk the first being a pen holder
and usually i don't write on paper too
much but i do have a little notebook
that i write some things in occasionally
and because i've been learning chinese i
prefer to hand write
the chinese characters it feels a little
bit more natural so having a little bit
of pens pencils convenient location
i think i picked up the pen holder for
about five dollars and it does the job
pretty well
also from officeworks i have the lamp
that i'm using which was about 40
australian and it's not the best lamp i
know that there's better ones that you
can manipulate like a work lamp and put
in different directions
it keeps this little dark spot on my
desk a little bit more illuminated
and you can change the brightness
settings and you can also change
if it looks more yellow or if it looks
more like white light so the next item i
have doesn't really add anything in
terms of
productivity or increasing my workflow
but
it's the led light strips that you see
on the side of my desk
i really like the nice lighting feel
that i have at night time when i turn
off the
room down lights and just put on my led
strips and my nano leaf light panels
what's also a cool feature is that you
can change the color and the intensity
and brightness through your smartphone
and i have these two buttons here that i
can switch
off and on
which is really handy i picked these up
from aldi for about thirty dollars for a
two meter strip and hopefully they don't
break down so i won't have to replace
them and finally although i like to keep
the setup relatively minimalistic i have
a few other things that
just make the whole workspace a little
bit more pleasant and more enjoyable to
be in
and first up i have these little fake
plants that i got from ikea for about
ten dollars for the three of them
someone told me that adding a little bit
of green onto your desk makes you more
productive i might have seen on a
youtube video
but so far it's a little bit more
pleasant and i also have this little lee
sin figure
a lot of people in the comments have
noticed it and yes i did play league
i don't play league of legends as much
now but back in the day when i was
younger
i was really into that game i played a
lot more than i probably should have
Lee Sin's not my favorite character Vayne
is so if you play league of legends and
have a favorite character
comment down below and i also have this
little penguin i think i named him
patrick and he looks a little bit funny
but i want him at a claw machine
i think my girlfriend and i spent like
20 or 25 dollars on claw machines and we
finally won
so i have this little penguin as a
reminder of that victory
and finally i have a penguin portrait on
my desk that i got as an anniversary
gift from my girlfriend
and it was custom drawn by sheba
drawings
so you can find her on instagram i'll
put her on the screen
i like to fill my feed with all these
little penguin cartoons
and sheba drawings does really cute ones
so definitely
check her out well that wraps up my desk
set up in medical school and i hope it
gave you some inspiration to help design
your own productive workspace
at the end of the day it all comes down
to creating a workspace that you enjoy
being in
organizing it to best fit how you learn
and removing the friction to just
getting started if you enjoyed the video
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this one on my channel about study
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thanks so much for watching and until
next time this is Sebastian
stay sharp!
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