Comment by iammrpayments
4 hours ago
Who ever wrote this has no understanding how eye muscles work.
If you keep looking for hours at a short distance, you should instead take breaks looking at a distance for long term eye health.
That’s why I prefer working next to window or a big open space, not a cubicle where I can stare at a wall.
While your point is very helpful ("stare through a window instead"), you're adding a second-order improvement while the article is suggesting a solution to a first-order problem (dread, overwhelm, depression, burn-out).
(Also, even on the second-order of "what about your eyes", I would guess that staring at a wall several feet away is already an improvement over staring at a screen in your hand.)
To play along as we crowdsource a combined solution to more than this narrow problem, I'll add my own 2nd-order suggestion as well (for fitness and health), and suggest staring at the horizon while walking outdoors for a few minutes
This can be fixed by relaxing your eyes and staring through the wall. This is equivalent to looking into the distance.