Questions & Answers. You have questions. And Jake has answers, especially if they haven’t been covered in one of the other sections of the blog / free guides.
Many of the topics here originate from your e-mails, or from Quora, or threads in our Facebook group, or even YouTube comments on occasion. Natural myopia control is a wide ranging and complex subject, and this might be the section to find answers to some of your questions. Browse and discover!
The Three Hour Rule (To Avoid Ciliary Lockup)
Here's a rule, that's a rule for ole Jakey: Three hours screen time maximum, then one hour break with no screens. Of course this isn't some absolute rule for everyone, in ever case. But it is worth looking into: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIuN9Jjxccg Hopefully useful. Enjoy some great eyeball time today! Cheers, -Jake
Blue Blocking Glasses: WASTE OF MONEY
Blue blocking glasses can get all the way off my back. Blue isn't a problem, your screen addiction is.
Atropine Eye Drops (For Your Keeeeds?)
Listen to your wholyness, the eyeguru. Atropine is one of the actual dumbest ideas spouted by lens-sellers, in all of modern dumb ideas in lens-seller-ey. And that's saying a lot.
Introducing: The Daily Beard | Video Show
I know, you been asking ... Jake, why can't we have MORE ranting, rambling videos of you? It's such a popular request, really. Because of that, and not because I just randomly decided to annoy all subscribers with more dubious content, there is now ... more content: The Sales Pitch https://vimeo.com/451729773 Astigmatism Exercises https://vimeo.com/452951811 The No-Phone Challenge https://vimeo.com/452952147 Self Doubt https://vimeo.com/451730519 And since I can't be bothered to be updating this announcement, just go to the whole Daily Beard playlist [...]
Al’s Vision Improved: -4.00 To -1.50, No More Astigmatism
Al: -4 to -1.50 in a year, no more astigmatism, all in this excellent podcast episode.
Elina: -5.00 To -1.50 Progress
Haven't been doing these updates for a while now. Mostly if you want see or read a ton of improvement reports, stop by our Facebook group or the Shortsighted Podcast. We're slowly moving away from text-based, Jakey-copy-pasta improvement updates, to more real time, in-person, talking talkey updates. For the sake of nostalgia though, here are some recent Facebook member updates: All praise the wholey guru. Or praise Eva, since she's actually doing it! That's how. You're only 'broken' as long [...]