Eyes are the sense organs which work the most regardless of the fatigue. There are some obstacles or hurdles encountered in day to day life wherein it produces certain fatigue, thus the eye rest is mandatory. Probably one experiences drooping of the eyelids or feels tired or looses interest while reading or dark circles appear. All these indicate that eyes need to rest and rejuvenate the clarity of vision to continue. Following are some of the methods which can throw some light on the tired gaze

• Stare in front of you at a plain wall and imagine that you are writing with your eyes. Don’t move your head. It will be tough in the beginning but once you get the hang of it, it will be really fun. The bigger the letters, the better the effect. You can even practice this between TV commercial breaks.

• Hold a pencil in front of you at arm's length. Move your arm slowly to your nose, and follow the pencil with your eyes until you can keep it in focus. Repeat 10 times.

• Focus on a distant object (over 150 feet or 50 m away) for several seconds and slowly refocus your eyes on a nearby object (less than 30 feet or 10 m away) that's in the same direction. Focus for several seconds and go back to the distant object. Do this 5 times.

• Focus on an object in the distance (as far as possible) with a low contrasting background. Do this for a few minutes every half an hour or so.

These techniques will not improve your vision, but definitely relieve the eye from day to day stress and will provide much needed rest to the eye. Moreover, it would prevent vision going bad further significantly. By doing this not only you are self assessing your vision, but also becoming aware of any subtle changes happening to your vision in its initial stage itself.