This is a guest post by Chris from ContactLensesCheapOnline.com
If you spend a lot of time blogging i.e. as a computer user – for money or simple pleasure – you have probably formed the bond with your computer. After all, you spend many hours staring at the screen and coming up with ideas.
Have you ever stopped to wonder what this could mean to your health?
There is no better time than now to focus on yourself. You must make sure that you take care of your eyes properly. If you don’t, your online aspirations could come to an end sooner than later.
Here are Five eye care tips for bloggers:
1. Talk To Your Eye Doctor About Your Concerns. Are you worried that you are spending too much time in front of the computer? Are you experiencing headaches, blurry vision, and other related problems? If so, only your eye doctor can tell you if these symptoms are related to too much time on your computer.
2. Wear Glasses If Need Be. Why are so many people afraid of eyeglasses? Even though you may not like the way a pair of glasses can change your appearance, soon enough you will realize that this is for the better. When you wear glasses you can improve your sight. And when you improve your sight you will be much comfortable working at the computer.
3. Do Not Wear Your Contact Lenses All Day. This is one of the mistakes that I made for several years. Day in and day out, I would insert my contacts in the morning and wear them for 12 or more hours. Once my eye doctor found out about this, he told me to stop immediately. Instead, he suggested wearing my contacts for no more than 8 hours per day. The other time, I simply wore my glasses.
4. Use An Anti-Glare Monitor Screen. Believe it or not, many of your issues may be related to the glare of your screen. While tweaking the brightness of your monitor could help, this is only going to get you so far. By adding an anti-glare screen, though, you can cut back on most of the glare. Subsequently, you can avoid eye strain which often times leads to headaches and blurry vision.
5. Break Time! How much time do you spend at your computer during one working session? Some people have no problem working for 5 hours straight, if not longer. Even though you may be getting a lot accomplished, this is taking a big toll on your health.
You should take at least one short break for every hour that you spend in front of your computer. This will give your eyes a rest and help you become refreshed. Yes, you are losing out on work time when you do this. However, when you finally return to your monitor you will feel refreshed and ready to go.
Ask Yourself These 3 Questions
Do I ever get headaches after working at the computer for an extended period of time? If this is a regular occurrence, it is safe to say that you are having vision related issues.
Has it been several years since I visited my eye doctor? You should get your eyes checked at least once per year. This will help put your mind at ease.
Would I be more productive if I didn’t have to deal with vision problems? Imagine what your day would be like if you could see your monitor more clearly and without straining. If you take the right steps, you can realize that this is a possibility.
If you find yourself working at your computer for extended hours, follow these tips to help protect your eyes.
Thank you for the good ideas and the tips, we should think about that! Doing too much of anything is bad, even if it’s for work, or something you enjoy. On the computer, spending too much time means your eyes may fatigue and develop dryness, and your physical shape may deteriorate, due to lack of exercise and movement. It’s ok to use the computer for extended periods of times, but one should also get around and move about in between periods of use.
interesting that i should take a break every hour, i sit by my window so i can often glance out of it, more than anything to help my eyes look at something in the distance as the computor screen is very close to my face
Chris,
Taking care of your eyes is not something people think about too often. But it is a pretty important topic, thanks for some solid tips.
Steve
Very important advice. I have been sat at a computer nearly constantly for 15 years and it has definitely had an effect on my eyes. I now wear glasses for using the computer.
I always wash my face after using computer as this will reduce the effects of rays which my face absorbs during computer usage.
It can be very helpful on taking breaks from looking at the computer screen by looking out a window or off in the distance and let your eyes focus on something at a distance. It avoids eye strain and gives your eyes something much less stressful to look at.
As a person who “stares” at the computer for long periods of time and at times may even look at two screens at once, it is great to know about the anti-glare screen. I will be looking into investing one, after all your eyesight is every important and is worth 30 bucks spent on a screen,
Great post and something I was thinking about just the other day as I went and had my eyes checked. The eye Dr. was telling me that young people needing glasses has almost become an epidemic due to eye strain using game machines and computers.
What do we do, we go out and buy more of them to use! Lol.
I wear glass while I work on computer.We should concern about our eye always if we spend long time on Computer.
I’ve faced an eye trouble sometimes back and applied eye drops and now there is no problem at all.
But as a PC user for over 5 ours a day, I need to care my eyes.
Thanks to the wonderful tips 🙂