First, it was a mild distraction. Then it became a real annoyance. It was interfering with my day. My work.
I began to understand why there were so many "dry eye" commercials on television.
So, doing what most of us do, I began surfing around for information on eyestrain. The Worry Wart part of me whispered that maybe I had serious eye problems — had I infected my eyes with dog germs, absent-mindedly scratching the head of a pup while working and then rubbing my eyes without thinking?
Maybe I had an illness. A tumor. Ye Gads, maybe I was going blind!
Am I the only one who has that Chicken Little voice whining inside their head?
Meanwhile, I reassured myself that I'd been doing just fine, ThankYewVeryMuch, with taking care of my eyes since I spend so much time staring at the screen.
I know that I need to look away periodically. So I do.
I know I need to adjust the brightness of the screen. So I do.
I take breaks. I even have these special computer eye-drops that are very refreshing. (Got that idea from Penelope Garcia using them in an episode of "Criminal Minds.")
None of these were enough to solve the problem. You almost set a clock by it: at two o’clock, two-thirty at the latest, my eyes would start demanding my attention.
Then, surfing around looking for a pair of cute readers, I found tinted computer glasses. Maybe you’ve known about them for years. Not me. A real eureka moment here on the Planet Reba. Ordered them immediately.
I’m an Amazon Prime member, so I got the speedy two-day delivery. Love that. And Wow. WOW.
These things are fantastic!
I didn't buy the cutest ones. I didn't buy the most expensive ones. I bought a pretty basic pair off of Amazon.com, as a test run, and boy howdy are they a game changer.
I'm sharing this with you, Dear Reader, because if you spend any time at all staring at a computer screen, and then getting yourself appear of these inexpensive tinted computer glasses might be a wonderful thing to do for yourself.
My eyes don't itch. Blurry eyes are gone. I haven't had a headache since I started using them. I'm wondering how I ever lived without them! Maybe they might help you, too?
(No, I'm not getting paid one red cent or anything in barter here. I'm just sharing something that's made a big difference in my daily life in the hope that it might be helpful to others out there who work at a computer screen all day long.)