To force myself to do this, I found a simple, free software program which I
installed on my computer – it’s called Break Reminder, and every 6 minutes,
is locks me out of the computer and turns the screen black for a few
seconds.
At first, it really irritated me, as it always seemed to happen when I was in
the middle of something really intense, but after a while, I got used to it and
now I never forget to look up every 6 minutes to relax my eyes!
Avoid Close Work During and After Meals.
Dr. Sasaki, a Japanese
Eyesight Specialist states that you can add twenty years to your life if you
don’t read while eating, and go outdoors after meals for at least 30 to 60
minutes.
I don’t know if he’s right about that, but it’s kind of obvious that if your
stomach is pulling all your bodies energy and blood supply
to digest a meal, your eyes are better to be rested at this
time, and not working flat out!
You wouldn’t go to the gym, 5 minutes after eating a meal, so it makes
sense not to ‘send your eyes to the gym’ either, by forcing them to work
hard, during or just after eating!
Avoid ‘Squinting’.
Learn to see without muscular effort.
The eyes naturally 'squint' in bright light, snow or water reflection. Other
than that, squinting to read or see an object only weakens your eyesight.
Avoid squinting by consciously relaxing the eye brows.
Special Reading Technique to Improve Vision.
This one’s a bonus… I
found this awesome technique recently. It takes a while to get used to it, but
it really helps your eyes and makes reading much easier…