Thanks for all the suggestions. I hadn’t thought about speakers behind me but it would make great sense. I don’t have much room on my smallish desk which already has a laptop and second screen. If I put speakers on my desk, where would I throw my crap?
Right now I am considering something like the setup @arafiq shared, but just getting a small footprint integrated with a headphone output and skipping speakers for now. I do have some good phones (Aeon Open and Focal Clear) that would be great to use at my desk. Although I am going to try out the speakers behind me idea to see how that works for the future.