Random Ramblings: How I take care of my eyes

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I work for 9 hours and my eyes need help.

I am not an expert on this but I have been struggling with my eyes for the longest time. I am working in front of two monitors for 9 hours and my eyes always hurt by the end of the day. Being exposed to radiation for a long period of time can dry up your eyes so these are the things that I do to prevent that from happening.

Wearing anti-radiation/blue light glasses

I bought a pair of anti-radiation glasses to help with filtering the effect on my eyes. I have been wearing these for a couple of months now and it has helped me a lot. The glasses helped me work for a long period of time without making my eyes hurt. I bought mine from an online shop.

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Taking breaks

When I didn't have the glasses that I mentioned, I just take breaks to give my eyes time to rest. I felt like having a couple of minutes without facing the monitors are helping me bring back moisture to my eyes. I also think that doing this helps me rest my mind too.

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Blinking slowly for a minute

I do this when I really can’t stand up to take breaks and I don't have my glasses on, I face away from the monitors start blinking slowly to help lubricate my eyes. If I can make myself cry, that would be better but it will look weird though.

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Turning my monitors for a couple of minutes

This is a quick way to keep your eyes hydrated. Since I have two monitors my eyes is exposed to double the percentage of radiation and blue light and turning them off for a couple of minutes really helps with soothing my eyes.

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Using eye drops

I don’t have one that often but if blinking or crying isn’t helping my eyes, i can go to the clinic and ask for eye drops to help lubricate my eyes. I know that you shouldn't be dependent on these that is why this is always my last resort.

These are some of the steps that I take to ease the redness, itchiness and stress on my eyes. Working for 5 days a week for 9 hours per day is taking its toll on my eyes and these are just simple ways to stop my eyes from losing their 20/20 grade. I know that being exposed to radiation and blue light will affect your eyesight. I hope that these steps help you keep your eyes healthy too.

Thank you so much and have a great week ahead of you!

"The eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination awake.     "

— Leonardo da Vinci