I got into working out early last summer and while I was doing it I have to say I felt great! The only equipment I actually bought were a yoga mat, and a 32oz waterbottle. I drank 2 of every day and worked out 6 days out of the week and it made me feel super accomplished.

I just skimmed the other posts but it seems like there are a lot of different things that you can try. For me personally, it's really hard for me to make my own routines, so I started doing pilates off the blogilates youtube channel. Her videos focus on strength, endurance, and carido:
http://www.blogilates.com/blog/2013/06/03/beginners-calendar-for-popsters-just-starting-out/

For me this was a great starting point, and getting through the entire first month calander was super accomplishing. After that I moved on to her regular workout calanders and did them to the best of my abilities. The problem is her personality really grated on me after a while. Luckily, my friend put together a workout routine, and I followed that since.

I've since fallen off the ball on staying active, and plan on getting back into it eventually. But yeah, if I don't know what I'm going to be working on ahead of time I won't want to do it at all. So something with a schedule is a really good idea.

As someone that has arthritis and what sometimes feels like carpal tunnel at times too I did see my doctor about this. I was using a computer for well over 8 hours everyday, the pain was constantly there and it hurt.. a lot. Even with pain killers they were still driving me crazy and limiting my movement.

The video that was linked is great, it actually has a couple of the stretches I was going to suggest. The last one is really good. For me when the pain flares up it extends through my entire arm, so I try to make sure that I do stretches for my entire arm and neck as well. I was trying to find the link to the site I used to use, but I couldn't find it. :(

http://www.ehs.utoronto.ca/services/Ergonomics/exercise.htm
Luckily I was able to find a link that had my entire stretching routine I did before using the computer. I didn't do that first one, but all of those are really good for you, especially paired with the stretches from that video. I also pulled back each finger individually for about 8 seconds.

Then the slightly unfortunate part is I have been forced to use the computer less than I used to. It's good because I do other things now to fill the time and get away from the screen, but it is hard to pull back sometimes. Even taking a 15 minute break makes a world of difference for your arms, and your eyes too.

Hope these help, I know they have made a world of a difference for me.

If I can get a job soon I'm going to try and swing this. Sounds like fun!

Probably not going to play though, unless my laptop can run it decently, or I can bum off someone every once and a while.