At work, I use two large screens with text on Word, Office, and my web browser set large. Periodically, a coworker will stop and poke fun at this indulgence. “What, do you read large print books like an old person?” I answer: no, at 42 years of age I have 20/20 eyesight. Both of my parents wore glasses, and, like me, they read a great deal. I have chosen to place the smallest possible strain on my eyes in the workplace in order to save them for the printed page when I am at home.

Lindsay Abrams, an editorial fellow with The Atlantic Health channel, offers some more advice.

Look at it this way: a study earlier this year from the American Academy of Optometry found that working for just two hours on a laptop caused a significant increase in eye pain and vision problems. So even though 70 percent of people surveyed by the Vision Council refused to admit that their screen time might be messing with their eyes, those of us who spend 8-plus hour workdays in front of computers, or who catch up on our reading on tablets, or who are constantly checking our email on smartphones, have got to be feeling the strain.
 
The first step is admitting that you have a problem (a #firstworldproblem, if you’d like, but a problem nonetheless). From there, experts recommend some easy ways to protect your eyes during media binges.

Read her advice here. Do it!

Thanks to Andrew for sending this in.