Tips to Fight Computer Fatigue / myLot

Philippines

July 9, 2007 8:28am CST

Does logging on give you headaches,blurred vision, and dry eyes? Fight back with these tips. Make sure your eyes "look down" slightly when you work. "Look away" from your screen every half hour, and focus on something 20 feet away. And "leave your desk" completely once every hour to give your eyes break from the screen. Remember the Three(3) Rs: Readjust(your screen,that is--on something far away, once in a while) Remove (your whole body--from your workstation,now and then). And, what the heck, blink once in a while, too,to help keep your eyes moist. It is good to learn and earn while doing something with our computer but it is also much better if we should take good care of our health.

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pradoz

@pradoz (404)

• India

9 Jul 07

thank you for starting this discussion.....what do u mean by readjusting the screen..what is the use of that?

vonne28th

@vonne28th (1494)

• Philippines

9 Jul 07

adjust the light of the screen if its really too bright. This will cause some mild eye irritations too. And oh, i forgot to add the other "R", it's "refocus" your eyes on something far away, once in a while. Thanks a lot pradoz.

tekiboi

@tekiboi (57)

• Philippines

31 Jul 07

well actually i'm looking at the third "R" at your post, i'm wondering what is the third "R" is. now it is already clear to me what are the "3R's" is, i must practice now the "3R's" and put it at my heart. thanks for the update sir.

chhaganbhujbad

@chhaganbhujbad (263)

• United States

1 Aug 07

WEll Logging on does not give me headache or something like that. But when the computer's slow, that sure freaks me out. I try to put my attention towards something else when I am using computer and when the computer is slow!

vonne28th

@vonne28th (1494)

• Philippines

2 Aug 07

I'm sure all of us freaks out when our computer are slow. Situations like these also adds up stress. Thanks

ifinallyfoundmybaby

@ifinallyfoundmybaby (1742)

• Philippines

31 Jul 07

wow thats really nice :) thanks vonne . . :)

vonne28th

@vonne28th (1494)

• Philippines

31 Jul 07

You are very much welcome girl! i hope you are taking care of your eyes too!

derek_a

@derek_a (10873)

•

9 Jul 07

Good advice there, something I have done for quite some time. I find it is much better since I got a TFT screen - for some reason it doesn't make the eyes so dry.. And I think there is less electromagnetism coming from it that there was from my old monitor which seemed to give me a lot of headaches :-)

vonne28th

@vonne28th (1494)

• Philippines

9 Jul 07

It's nice that you take the advice. It also happens to me,i work the whole day looking at the computer screen so i also have to do like this. Thanks a lot derek.

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tekiboi

@tekiboi (57)

• Philippines

31 Jul 07

yeah you are right on your tips, i usually forget to blink my eyes thats why my eyes is dry... ouch... right now i should practice the tips that you write in. one question if you are in a hurry about your work, can you move your body away from your work station? probably blinking of the eyes you can do that, changing or adjusting the screen you can do that if you are still in a hurry, but moving away from the worktstation?.... hmmm.... any other alternative about this? all in all still it is a good tips that should to put in action...

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vonne28th

@vonne28th (1494)

• Philippines

31 Jul 07

I always practicing these Rs for my health. And thanks that you too appreciate it. You can also turn your back off the computer for some time if you just don't want to move away from your computer. Thanks again tekiboi..