Eye Strain Can Be One Of Your Road Blocks To Success
We live in an interesting world all of us are spending way to much time in front of our screens. Those prolonged periods in front of the screen are all part of online marketing, I mean it goes with the territory.
It was an interesting day I had issues getting online so a day spent without a screen, wow, no sore neck or shoulder pain, fuzzy and dry eyes, blurry vision or those tired and irritated eyes or that feeling of being on edge that you can get at the end of the day or after that long haul session in front of the screen, refreshing, to say the least.
Something that I didn’t really think about, to absorbed I suppose. But a realization never the less, sometimes solutions come before we realize there is a problem. Eye strain could be described as an occupational hazard, I think that it does affect our productivity. It even has its own name computer vision syndrome,CVS for short wow, I must be behind the times.
Time for a rejig
Time to have a look at how the screen is positioned, a slight tweak to the angle of the screen and replacing the chair has made a big difference, so simple to do and a good outcome. The ball is rolling.
An excellent tip for eye strain the 20/ 20 rule, simply put......... after twenty minutes of screen time simply look up and direct your attention to something in the distance this gives your eyes a chance to refocus a little break it seems to work a treat. Even after two hours take a break for fifteen minutes I actually started doing this but somehow it slipped by the wayside time to revisit.
Dry and irritated eyes can be an issue simple fix just remind yourself to blink more often it seems to do the trick apparently when we are focusing on the screen we don’t blink that often an easy fix.
Another trick is palming whereby you just close your eyes and simply place your palms over your eyes for about 30 seconds, then simply slowly open your eyes, repeat it a couple more times, it works well. Gently massaging your eyelids and the muscles around the eyes can be a real benefit.
One of my favorites is just getting that warm towel and placing it over your eyes when they are closed it is kind of relaxing and it gives you that overall quick recharge..... nothing beats just giving your eyes a wash or splash with cool water.
Our eyes are one of our best assets in this line of business I for one have not been giving them the attention that they deserve and without even realizing it is easy to develop issues.
Tired eyes = tired mind = you are not preforming at your best.
Thinking about it, we can find solutions and keep any issues in check.
Think that I might even go and have an eye exam just to find my base level.
I would be so interested to hear what methods you use to counter eye strain thank you so much, looking at it eye strain can really impact our productivity, thinking and emotions.
Alexander
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Brilliant Lawrence a great way to work that break into the schedule, I really like that one. thank you for stopping by.
I really can't say that I've developed any eye strain; there are days when I can be sitting at my kitchen table for hours on the laptop, but I always get up periodically. I used to do word processing many years ago; although I can't prove it, I have no doubt that after staring at a screen 6+ hours a day, 5 days a week for a few years, had a negative impact on my vision.
I probably heard of the term CVS before...interesting that's the name of a famous drugstore.
Classic Veronica, I have just started to notice it, may be an age thing lol, but just some simple changes have made a huge difference. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, if we are going to be at this for a long time it is something to have on the radar.
It can be part of doing business online Debbie just something to focus on for sure. Definitely worth while paying attention to it.
So true Mike, there is more to being efficient than meets the eye, I think I just made a pun lol. I have a callous on my wrist from where it rubs on the desk while moving the mouse around definitely a candidate to look at the ergonomics of my office set up. Thank you for commenting much appreciated.
there is eye exercise what helps as eyes do have muscles and if they get tired that is a sign you need to exercise and relax them.
That is so true Sylvia, one of the things that I did not take into account, but I am definitely seeing benefits even in a short period of time.We need to look after our eyes.
Thanks for those great advices. I did a check on my working space, to make sure my screens are situates in a proper distance. And went to the kitchen for a glas of juice and a chat with my wife. Now I'm back and ready to go on. Thanks for sharing!
Hi, Eric, everything in balance you are most welcome looks like you are well sorted all the best, thanks for sharing.
So true, there are always solutions for everything. I personally should be kinder to my eyes. I find when I closing my eyes for few seconds or look at different directions it helps. I love the idea of the warm towel though.
Thank you, for dropping by I like that solution, and I am going to try it, verdict it works well Hamideh, thanks.
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Thanks for a great and very helpful post Alexander:)
You most welcome Rika, something to have on the radar as part of an overall focus.