My reading glasses broke yesterday evening, without provocation. It’s a good thing that it only happened in the evening, because life is hard without them. I made do without glasses for the first hour in the office today and headed out to Liljeholmsgallerian as soon as the shops opened, to get myself a pair of new ones.

I still can’t be bothered to spend the time or money to go to an optometrist for a proper assessment. Just trying on a few different pairs of reading glasses at a pharmacy and buying the ones that feel best is totally good enough.

Apparently my eyesight is getting weaker. I’m now at +1.5; the previous ones were +1.0. Suddenly close-up things are almost shockingly sharp. Downside: while I wear the new glasses, everything at a distance gets even fuzzier than before, so I can choose between getting almost dizzy while walking, or pushing the glasses up and down all the time. I guess I’ll get used to it, like I did with the previous pair.

It is, not surprisingly, rather difficult to focus on the rear screen on the camera without the glasses. I can’t see whether the photo is in focus or not. Which is why it isn’t.