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Long day.

But, it was capped by: a pretty decent Quaker committee meeting, a good 20 minutes on the phone with my sweetie, and a walk with the pooch. So it wasn't all bad.

I wish my office/lights/glasses weren't giving me eye-strain. Or, that I knew which of the three is responsible. Maybe I'm just sleep-deprived. I'll work with that; and if you'll excuse me, it's time to go collect valuable data toward refuting that hypothesis.

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Do you use the fluorescents in your office? I find they always give me headaches, thus the cave that is my own office. (I'll be honest, I plain just like it better that way too.) It was hell when I was sharing my office, my roomies always liked the lights on.

Yes, I have been. The full-spectrums in my old office helped, for whatever reason. But I haven't set up the desk lights. I should do that.

The window (I know, I should stop complaining now, but I won't) tends to make things worse when it's bright out, actually- the room configuration means it's going to be bright near my desk. But the options aren't good for moving my computer desk.

OK, I'm done bellyaching now.

I was thinking that (about the window, I mean). In some ways, it's nice not having that around. I used to have a huge window in SCH when I worked there, and it was actually kind of nasty, especially since everybody insisted on having the lights on *too*.

Yes, I have been using the overheads. The full-spectrums in my old office helped, for whatever reason. But I haven't set up desk lights. I should do that.

The window (I know, I should stop complaining now, but I won't) tends to make things worse when it's bright out, actually- the room configuration means it's going to be bright near my desk. But the options aren't good for moving my computer desk.

OK, I'm done bellyaching now.

sleep depreviation always does it for me. but there are a series of exercises you can do for your eyes, like taking a break while working to focus on something far away and holding your hands over them to rest them (this is apparently better than just shutting them for a while). you might want to google for a better description, or use the cute program workrave, which will prompt you to do those.

Good ideas. I really should do eye-rests and exercises along with my every-30-minutes stretching routine.

I tried a few exercise-prompting programs. For the last few years I've been using a homebrew solution using 'festival', which sometimes feels like I'm stretching to Steven Hawking...

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