Confessions of a Myopic

I am a myopic, I pretty much can't see something afar. Being myopic is annoying, so if your eyes are still working fine, be extremely grateful! I actually have this problem all my life, I guess but I was too careless. I thought my eyes are constantly watery, thus the blurry visions. I had no dizziness either so I thought my visions were just fine. 

Yep, until eye strain finally hit me. It. Was. Not. Fun.

I used to wear glasses like 7 years ago. I stopped wearing them because I didn't think it was the right power for me. I just walked in to the optical store and got my eyes checked, it was simply one of the biggest mistakes in my life. I ended up four-eyed and still with blurry vision. I can say I was half blind for the past 7 years. So, a few months ago, I decided that enough is enough. My eyes are getting older and literally causing me embarrassment at work because I couldn't read anything on the screen during a meeting.

So I went to the doctor again, and voila my sight were indeed getting worse. My right eye is -3 and the left is -2.5 no wonder I couldn't see anything more than 10 er... 5 feet in front of me. I am stuck with glasses for the rest of my life. Hey, glasses now are cool, look at the various styles of frames they sell nowadays! Yeah, they're cool, I know. I even am so crazy of the cat-eye specs and it's on my wishlish.

Still, wearing glasses is a burden. Yesterday I went swimming with my co workers and realized that I couldn't wear my glasses there, unless I don't mind it being broken. So, yay, half blind again! I do have contacts that I bought for fun but for Heaven's sake I can't stand wearing them for more than 4 hours or they'll start to feel really dry and uncomfortable. I am not suppose to wear them to the swimming pool too, right. So yeah, I had no choice.

Let's just say that this post is my way of reflecting my envy to those of you with healthy eyesight. Take care of them, seriously. Well, since myopia is hereditary, I am so scared that my daughters someday share the same fate as me. Wearing glasses is not fun, no matter how funky it looks. They fog whenever you eat hot steamy food, they are not realistic for doing sports and if you live in a hot country like mine, sweaty nose is your worst enemy.

Now let's talk about your eyes. They say they're the window to your soul, speaking of which, how are those precious pairs of yours? Are you lucky enough to have a clear vision or are you one of us, who are not so lucky and stuck with glasses for the rest of your life?