How To Guides. There’s BackTo20/20, the exclusive lair of Jake’s personal students working on their eyesight. And then there are the free guides, available to all readers, right here on @endmyopia. So whether you prefer DIY, or don’t want to enable Jake by funding his debaucherous lifestyle, or are just dabbling, this section is for you.
A decade of eye guru experience, in hundreds of individual guide posts, many with student examples, all here in this section. Dive right in!
Yeti Hunting Vision
In the Web Program you find me suggesting that you use no less than three different ways to measure (and track!) your eyesight, and vision improvements. We have a close-up test, and two distance tests as core measurements, all telling part of the story. This is more of a casual visitor story, if you have done the program, all of this is familiar to you already. You want to check your eyesight both for long term motivation, as well as [...]
How To Troubleshoot Your Progress
The Web Program for myopia rehabilitation has to fit many different types of people. Because of this, it is bound to be less than completely perfectly tailored for almost everybody (but likewise, quite effective nonetheless for almost anyone). Still, you may find yourself wanting to see more results, like some of the ones highlighted in the customer experience section of the blog. While much of it does boil down to following at least the core program (first 30 installments) to [...]
Vision Improvement: Recognize Opportunity
Let's look at a recent question in the forum: At school I wear full prescription contacts for 7 hours. Up close and far away I use them. I know this is bad but I usually make up for it by pulling focus and reading all those cheesy signs teachers put up the classroom. So when I come back from school My vision would be what I imagine below 50cm because I was using them with contacts for up close and [...]
The Trick Is To Keep Reading
Just a quick note from me today, for those of you working on either close-up or distance vision. You may notice that I always talk about reading. Even in the advanced installments, where we discuss the difference between recognizing blur vs. double vision, we always look at writing - rather than pictures or shapes. Most of the eye charts you will see, share this trait. It is usually letters, and if not letters, than shapes that mimic the concept of [...]
How To: Preventing Dry Eyes
Dry eyes can contribute to reduced focusing ability. You may have noticed this, especially if you are using correctly reduced prescriptions - when your eyes are dry, your ability to refocus on objects close to your blur horizon is diminished. There are a number of causes for dry eyes, some of them chronic. While we can not account for all of them here, let's take a look at of the easily prevented scenarios: Ambient Air Flow If your eyes are [...]
My Favorite Close-Up Strain Minimizer
If you have been visiting, hoping in vain for new content, I apologize. There is always still much else going on, even with this Website. Most recently I spent quite a bit of time to get rid of the slow load times. They have been plaguing the site for a good six months! I hope that you are enjoying some improve load times now. As for my favorite close-up strain minimizer, this is a simple but highly effective strategy: Of [...]