Eye's on Tech
Notice your experiences looking at screens.
How do you protect your eyes from the lights?
Blue Light Screen-shields
Adjusted display settings
Blue Light Lenses
In addition to altering the lights from technology, we may also strengthen our eyes.
An eye exercise to incorporate into your routine is the 20-20-20 rule. Every 20 minutes, look 20 feet away for 20 seconds. I learned this tip from Ocushield as part of the Digital Wellness Institue Certification Course.
Another important practice their share is blinking.
When deeply focused looking at a screen, it is common to go sometime without blinking.
Remind yourself to continue blinking throughout the day and your eyes will thank you!
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look to see possibilities.
appreciate the moment.
Sight is one of our strongest senses.
Pause and appreciate.
When our minds start to wander and drift from the moment, obvious details can be blurred.
Get curious.
Have your eyes always been such a deep speckled green?
What does the air smell like on a day after a thunderstorm?
What do you see outside of your window?
Try this observation exercise at home.
Take a moment to recognize your surroundings and zoom in on the fine details. Cover your eyes and look in another direction than you were previously. Uncover your eyes and take notice of any details that you didn't notice before. Whether it’s a pattern on your clothes, the grain of the wood, the color of the sky. R
eflect and appreciate what you see and what you are now aware of.
Practice this exercise and you will feel the gratefulness building inside of you.
Open your eyes to discover.
Take a walk. Create a mental list of everything that you haven’t noticed before.
What color is your neighbor’s mailbox? What kind of trees are growing in your area?
Be present in this moment.