{"id":24691,"date":"2021-04-20T08:19:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T12:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calepin.co\/?p=24691"},"modified":"2021-04-20T08:19:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T12:19:17","slug":"reducing-digital-eye-strain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calepin.co\/?p=24691","title":{"rendered":"Follow These Tips For Reducing Digital Eye Strain When Writing All Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"whatAll day long, I sit at my computer desk. I\u2019ve made some changes to my office setup to compensate for writing fatigue and improve productivity. More to come on that in a later article.<\/p>\n

I have no commute. I have no coworkers outside of our team Zoom meetings. Outside of taking a break to go to the bathroom or eat some lunch, I\u2019m in my home office staring at either my dual monitor setup or my iPhone.<\/p>\n

Those of us who work in front of computers all day long know that digital eye strain<\/a> is a real problem. I know it is for me. I will periodically take breaks throughout the day and tell my kids that I need to go let my eyes breathe. They just give me a strange look knowing your eyes don\u2019t breathe, but in a sense it\u2019s true.<\/p>\n

If I\u2019m hyper-focused on an article I\u2019m writing and in the zone, I\u2019m not going to take the time to look away from my computer monitor. Without any set boundaries I have the potential to stare for hours as I type out page after page of copy. When you have deadlines to meet, you want to meet those deadlines or beat them.<\/p>\n

When I\u2019m done for the day and I will walk out of my office to join my family for dinner. My family can generally tell how intense my day was purely by the look in my eyes.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because my eyes are tired – they need to breathe.<\/p>\n

Can you relate?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The Digital Eye Strain Epidemic<\/h2><\/div>

One study suggested that 50% of the population suffers from digital eye strain<\/a>. That\u2019s a lot of people struggling with eye strain! And that study was published in 2019, long before the world banished everyone from office buildings and forced many to work from home.<\/p>\n

Now, not only are we staring at the computer all day for our work, but now our meetings require us to stare into that screen that much more.<\/p>\n

Some of the more common digital eye strain symptoms:<\/p>\n