I went for an eye exam today, and decided to visit a new optometrist. Since it was my first visit there, I had a dilation done, which involved putting some drops in my eyes to relax the pupils, so that the optometrist could get a better look into my eye. Essentially, when your pupils are dilated, they are more or less in the state that they will be when you're 55 years old. It takes a while for the drops to take effect, and I was told I would have blurring and sensitivity to light. After 10 minutes, I didn't feel much different... until I noticed I couldn't read close up! I couldn't focus on letters closer than about 15 inches from my face. Totally trippy!! But it's different, farsightedness and nearsightedness. Nearsightedness has far objects blurred. Farsightedness doesn't blur close objects, but you can't focus properly on them. I guess I'll have something to look forward to when I'm older. Bifocals or reading glasses.