If you happen to have a job that requires you to stare at a computer screen for 8+ hours/day, or if you’re a full-time student, or if you’re an average adult human living in 2020 (…OK, so basically all of us), you have probably felt the painful, productivity-threatening effects of Digital Eye Strain (also known as Computer Vision Syndrome) as a result of all those screens. In fact, odds are you know these symptoms well:
Your head aches.
You feel a dull, straining pain deep within your eye sockets.
Your eyes are blotchy, red and dry.
Your vision may become blurry.
You feel the life drain out of you during each subsequent screen session.
You feel jealous of hibernating bears, wishing you could crawl into a dark hole and avoid all things bright for months at a time.
I feel your pain. In a previous role, I found myself experiencing screen fatigue daily as I oversaw label artwork for a brand, spending countless hours meticulously proofreading teeny…
