Habits
Habits are important in improving your vision in the long term.
One can never be expected to change everything overnight, but small sustainable changes make all the difference. Try adding/changing one thing at a time and implement that change for a few weeks. Once it is a habit, then add another.
The first two habits you should implement
1. Never use your full correction for near work (see differentials)
2. Take breaks during near work (see 3 hour rule and 20-20-20 rule).
Other important habits
- Spend lots of time looking at things at the edge of blur wearing your normalized glasses (distance vision)
- Never underestimate the importance of light to your vision.
- Spend time outside every day using your distance vision, e.g. with a hobby
- Look at 3D things that move
example: go for a bike ride and look at the branches as you bike past
- Limit screen time (at least one eye doctor says to limit your screen time to 6 hours per day)
- Limit mobile phone use
- Limit sugar-added foods[1]
- Limit alcohol intake (it's a kind of sugar anyway)[2]
- Remember to scoot back from close-up screens
- It's better to use bigger screens with more distance so op for tv or monitor rather then phone if you can
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