Another
benefit of being
nearsighted: without corrective lenses, lights look very
pretty. You know those pictures of
Christmas trees that are purposefully blurred to
starburst all the little bright points of
light? That's the effect that
myopia has.
I never realized how much I appreciated this until my roommate hung Christmas lights in our room. We're both nearsighted, and we realized that even though fussing with contact lenses and glasses and optometrist appointments is incredibly inconvenient, there are actually benefits to having poor vision.