As I sit beside my loving husband on the sofa flicking through tv channels, I require him to read aloud to me the names of the programmes as they appear briefly on the screen below. Alas, I cannot read this unfeasibly small (ahem) print.
I know that I need glasses. However, since beginning parental leave at the start of July I have found that I am more and more able to read the small print. Might this be to do with the fact that I have not been spending all day in front of a glowing screen? I think it could. What do you reckon?
Age can also be a factor in this. Though, obviously, in your case it’s the screen-thing….
Definitely the screen. Ken’s sight improved noticeably after he finished work at UCD and started being a practical man-about-the-house. Not sure if he’s got worse again during his year as a student. (Anecdotal evidence: the only basis for sure knowledge…)
Your experience of reading better while on extended break from work endorses a theory propounded in a book called Better Eyesight Without Glasses, published in the 1930s. My grandmother was helped by its author, Dr Bates. I found a copy for sale in India about 15 years ago. It contains very simple exercises for keeping your eyes working well. Amazing that it isn’t better known.
I used to sit for an artist who absolutely swore by the Bates method for eyesight. He certainly didn’t need glasses to see very accurately – but I’ve no idea how bad it was before.
CG, age indeed, daft suggestion.
I know Dot, as a colleague of mine is fond of saying “sample size: 1”
Gosh, Dr. Bates was unknown to me but obviously the select group who comments here is well informed on him. Eyesight continues to improve though.