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This guide will help you to answer questions you have in the right way, so you get the best results with [[vision improvement]].
This guide will help you answer any questions you have in the right way.
 
You may have ended up on this page after making a post that was closed/removed for some reason. Don't worry! This advice is written so everyone can have a better time with vision improvement.
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==Asking the resources that already exist==
==Read extensively before asking questions==
EndMyopia has built up a large existing canon of free resources. These free resources were made for full immersion, not for the readers to pick-and-mix what they do and don't want to do. You have to do several things, together, correctly in order to improve your vision, just doing [[Active Focus]] or just improving your [[habits]] won't suffice.
{{Main|Explainer:Read first}}
 
Try to resist the temptation to ask questions about how things work before reading the materials that already exist. The stuff that's already out there will answer questions much better than whatever small amount of useful information someone might give you in the reply to a post, and '''''we're all tired of answering basic questions''''' {{smiley}}
Here is an exhaustive list of free resources available:
* [[EndMyopia YouTube Channel|YouTube Channel]]
** [[Portable Eye Guru Project]]
* [[EndMyopia Blog|Blog]]
* [[Shortsighted – The Podcast]]
* [[EM:EndMyopia Wiki|EndMyopia Wiki]]
 
===Reading > asking for support===
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These resources don't involve asking anyone else for advice. That's a good thing, because any time you ask the advice of someone else, '''they are likely giving you a much reduced level of detail, compared to what you actually need to know to improve your eyesight'''.
 
You're spinning a wheel and hoping someone will give you something helpful (by chance), instead of going directly to the resource that has the highest level of detail and is guaranteed to be helpful on the first time.


Any time you ask for advice instead of trying harder to find out what has already been written on the subject, you are choosing between these two:
#Detailed, crafted information written by an author trying to give you the detail needed to improve eyesight
#Whatever someone decides to write you at that moment (spin the wheel)
In the early stages of improving your vision, '''reading will always be superior to asking questions to the community'''. We're sorry, but nearly all of your basic questions have been answered elsewhere and in much greater material.
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You're not entitled to free support from anyone, let alone ''good'' free support. People who offer to help you are volunteers who ''probably'' have done a lot of their own work in reading the [[#Asking_the_resources_that_already_exist|materials that already exist]]. A lot of them have made improvements in their eyesight as well. Be like them {{smiley}}
You're not entitled to free support from anyone, let alone ''good'' free support. People who offer to help you are volunteers who ''probably'' have done a lot of their own work in reading the [[#Asking_the_resources_that_already_exist|materials that already exist]]. A lot of them have made improvements in their eyesight as well. Be like them {{smiley}}
=====Asking Jake=====
=====Asking Jake=====
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Don't ask Jake for free support. He's worked hard enough developing all of these [[#Asking_the_resources_that_already_exist|free resources]] that you have probably ignored.
Don't ask Jake for free support. He's worked hard enough developing a lot of these [[#Asking_the_resources_that_already_exist|free resources]] that you have probably ignored.


Alternatively, you can ask Jake for '''paid''' support in [[BackTo20/20]].
Alternatively, you can ask Jake for '''paid''' support in [[BackTo20/20]].
=====Asking any of these questions=====
=====Asking any of these questions=====
[[Frequently Asked Questions/FFAQ|{{bigger|Here you can find a list of frequently asked questions, and their answers}}]]
[[Frequently Asked Questions/FFAQ|{{bigger|Here you can find a list of frequently asked questions, and their answers}}]]


==Rationale behind this guide==
==Rationale behind this guide==
A lot of people unfortunately stagnate their vision improvement almost entirely by not following the principles in this guide. Furthermore, moderators often have to interfere and shut down threads and discussions where it is clear the original poster has done '''no research of their own''', and are simply looking to use others as a substitute for their own brain and thinking.
A lot of people unfortunately stagnate their vision improvement almost entirely by not following the principles in this guide. Furthermore, moderators often have to interfere and shut down threads and discussions where it is clear the original poster has done '''no research of their own''', and are simply looking to use others as a substitute for their own brain and thinking. Sometimes the original posters are banned, if they ignore the warnings from the mods.


It's somewhat annoying to those of us who put in the effort to read and digest the free material, before asking questions. It also clogs up the feeds of people who want some proper discussion.
It's somewhat annoying to those of us who put in the effort to read and digest the free material, before asking questions. It also clogs up the feeds of people who want some proper discussion.
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*[[Frequently Asked Questions/FFAQ|Frequently, Frequently Asked Questions]]
*[[Frequently Asked Questions/FFAQ|Frequently, Frequently Asked Questions]]
*[[Explainer:No diopter specific advice]]
*[[Explainer:No diopter specific advice]]
*[[Explainer:Read first]]
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