How Can I take Regular Breaks to Avoid Eye Strain?

00:00:04.720 | All right, moving on.

00:00:08.680 | We have a question here from Lisa.

00:00:13.120 | Lisa asks, "How can I take regular eye breaks for eye

00:00:19.120 | strain in a way that accommodates deep work?"

00:00:23.640 | Well, Lisa, I want you to do more productive meditation, make

00:00:29.640 | this a bigger part of your habit that is in almost any

00:00:33.960 | circumstance where thinking has to be done.

00:00:37.120 | All right, I'm putting together this strategy memo, what is the

00:00:41.400 | outline I want to use?

00:00:42.480 | I've received an email from a client or my boss, and it's

00:00:46.480 | going to be pretty tricky.

00:00:47.360 | Like, how do I answer this right?

00:00:48.800 | I got to really think this through, like what I want to

00:00:50.400 | propose here.

00:00:51.480 | I have computer code I need to write, but I really don't know,

00:00:56.320 | you know, what type of object do I need here?

00:00:58.880 | What's the right algorithmic approach?

00:00:59.960 | Whatever it is, whenever you come across what should be if

00:01:02.240 | you're non-entry level on a regular basis, some contemplation

00:01:06.360 | that has to be done, do that on foot away from a computer

00:01:10.760 | This is what I call productive meditation, working on a

00:01:13.800 | professional problem in your head while walking.

00:01:16.000 | This will be hard at first, but you'll get better at it with

00:01:18.480 | practice and bring a notebook with you.

00:01:20.440 | When we walk, take notes, walk, take notes.

00:01:23.440 | You're away from a computer.

00:01:25.080 | Notebooks do not cause eye strain.

00:01:27.800 | And then you come back once you've thought it through and

00:01:29.960 | are essentially transcribing that thinking back into your

00:01:32.400 | computer world.

00:01:33.000 | So if you do most of your non-trivial contemplation on

00:01:38.200 | foot, your head, walking and notebook, this will

00:01:43.720 | automatically induce a regular rhythm of breaks from your

00:01:48.080 | computer screen that really should handle the eye strain,

00:01:50.960 | but also I think make you more effective at your work.