The Ultimate Style for Reading While Lying Down
I read books while lying down at bedtime.
However, due to physical condition or seasonal factors, I haven't been able to read as well as I'd like. So, I'd like to introduce my current best 'My Reading-While-Lying-Down Method'.
As I've gotten older, the biggest problem with reading is 'presbyopia'.
When I was a young, budding designer, I once created something with 4 or 5-point font size, and the sales team told me, 'The customer says it's too small to read, so make it bigger.' At the time, I thought, 'What? Small text looks cooler. The sales team should be the ones explaining that,' and I actually said as much.
The boomerang I threw back then has traveled over 20 years and struck me squarely in the back of the head.
Old paperbacks, in particular, often have old-style characters or are printed in small text.
Since my presbyopia started in my late 40s, and now that I'm over 50, it's honestly tough. Modern books are designed in a much more contemporary and reader-friendly way. I suppose the trend is to 'make it as easy to read as possible'.
Because of this, I have no choice but to wear glasses and read while lying on my side, but that sometimes makes my temples ache. To solve this problem, I switched to reading on an iPad, where I can change the font size.
I fixed the iPad in a holder at a position where it naturally enters my line of sight.
I changed the text size in Kindle to a size I can read with my naked eye.
With this, the first problem is cleared.
I still read paperbacks when I'm awake, but for reading while lying down, the iPad is better. I thought everything was solved, but then another problem arose.
It's winter. It's cold.
It became a hassle to take my hand out to tap the screen and turn the page. My arm gets tired, and my shoulders get cold.
So, I looked for something like a remote control that has a 'turn page' function. And I found it.
When you search for 'iPad page turn automatic', something called a 'page turner' comes up. Turner... so that was the name. It seems everyone faces the same inconveniences.
You connect it via Bluetooth, and with a click, the page turns. It's great that you can also go back.
Now I can turn pages without taking my arm out from under the covers. Success.
It's a Bluetooth connection, but it surprisingly reacts through the futon, so it's very flexible. It doesn't matter if my arm is at my chest or my waist. Ah, so comfortable. I can read the text, my shoulders aren't cold, and my hands don't get tired. Great!
By the way, there are also page-turning apps for sheet music.
To solve the problem of people playing with both hands not being able to free up one hand to turn the page, there are even ones that turn pages with a wink.
It's an app called 'Piascore', and I use it sometimes too.
I can read the text. Both hands can stay inside the futon.
It seemed like a perfect system... but there was one single problem.
The futon is so comfortable that I fall asleep immediately.
I fall asleep after two pages.
Even with the environment set up, the book doesn't progress.
This is truly putting the cart before the horse.
It seems like the ultimate system, but in reality, it's the weakest...
Things don't always go as planned.
zzz...
'Daily Bubbles' updated every Monday
Mid-December
With the passing of a relative and other things, I feel even more anxious.
'Even more anxious, even more anxious, even more anxious'
That sounds like a tongue twister.
My favorite word is 'dawn'.
My least favorite word is '30-meter wind speed'.
See you next week.