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# Read the [[Guide:How to ask for support]] then join the [[Community]].
# Read the [[Guide:How to ask for support]] then join the [[Community]].


==Future Steps - Reverse Your Myopia ==
==Future Steps - Reverse Your Myopia==


# Get slightly reduced glasses for other times when you don't need perfect vision.  We call these [[Normalized]].  They give a slight blur challenge at a distance.  Because glasses are generally rounded off to the nearest quarter diopter, full strength lenses are likely to be slightly over prescribed even if your [[optometrist]] follows the best practices and procedures of his profession.  A quarter diopter low would put your distance to blur at 4m, or about 13 feet, and allow your [[Ciliary muscle]] to relax when viewing at that distance and beyond. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI9JphYXQ6A 20/50 Rule For Improving Eyesight]</ref>
# Get slightly reduced glasses for other times when you don't need perfect vision.  We call these [[normalized]].  They give a slight blur challenge at a distance.  Because glasses are generally rounded off to the nearest quarter diopter, full strength lenses are likely to be slightly over prescribed even if your [[optometrist]] follows the best practices and procedures of his profession.  A quarter diopter low would put your distance to blur at 4m, or about 13 feet, and allow your [[ciliary muscle]] to relax when viewing at that distance and beyond. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI9JphYXQ6A 20/50 Rule For Improving Eyesight]</ref>
# Find Active Focus, a way of getting your eyes to see slightly further than their normal distance to blur.  [[Guide:How_to_find_Active_Focus|Guide: How to find Active Focus]] <ref>[https://endmyopia.org/active-focus-links/ There is a category of blog posts about Active Focus here.]</ref>
# Find Active Focus, a way of getting your eyes to see slightly further than their normal distance to blur.  [[Guide:How_to_find_Active_Focus|Guide: How to find Active Focus]] <ref>[https://endmyopia.org/active-focus-links/ There is a category of blog posts about Active Focus here.]</ref>
# When you're ready, do your first [[Reduction]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzrQb4pCFkQ Reduce Normalized Diopters]</ref>
# When you're ready, do your first [[reduction]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzrQb4pCFkQ Reduce Normalized Diopters]</ref>


==Keep Learning==
==Keep Learning==