Finally, we can see light at the end of the tunnel out of our COVID-created caves. Restrictions are being lifted in British Columbia. Vaccines are en route. We can look forward – that is if we can see past the blue light emanating from our ubiquitous screens. After months in front of my work, my social, my edutainment screens, my eyes needed ‘re-hab.’ So, I turned for advice on how we can protect our eyes and improve our overall performance to my personal optometrist in Vancouver, Dr. Janey Yee.
As a writer and content creator tied to my screens, my eyes are engaged, a lot. Those work hours can send a message of fatigue to the brain at the entry point, the eyes. It can also filter a false sense of overall fatigue to the rest of the body when I most need to feel focused and energized. To top it off, like most of us, I was Zoomed-Skyped-Google Hang’d –Out!
It’s a conversation with myself and I’m sharing, But hey, YOU might find practical tips embedded in the posts. After all, I am a writer by profession. So, you can expect there to be, even unconsciously, education – information – and honourable mentions of techniques in overcoming paralysis and procrastination by summoning creativity and resilience. Not too tall an order I’ve written myself into, eh?
As we sat in front of screens to work, to play, to learn and to stay connected with our business and social networks- – -we lost some power and gained some pains. Bad habits snuck in. Our usual health sustaining routines seeped out.
April 11 seems to be the day. I didn’t pick it or plan for it.
I have to say I instituted my own artist date LONG before I even heard of Julia Cameron. Maybe before she discovered her own way to such a program based on the small meetings of wild women writers seeking – something – together in her home?
