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Working at a computer can be hard on your eyes, especially for blog designers. Many of us wear glasses to see the screen better, even if only at work.

To avoid headaches and fatigue, always make sure your glasses (if you need them) are up to date. You should have an eye exam ever year to make sure your glasses are still doing their job.

But there is no reason glasses cannot be stylish, fun, and affordable, too. You can order them on line, starting at about $7 and have as many pairs of glasses as you need, plus the stylish frames that you want.

My favorite, ZenniOptical.com, offers glasses (lenses and stylish frames) for cheap. How about $6.95 prescription eyeglasses? They design and manufacture the frames and lenses themselves and sell them directly, with no retail stores or middlemen to add costs.

So you can choose from a huge selection and have different glasses for different purposes—such as sunglasses, formal glasses, and fun glasses in different colors. You can get scratch-resistant, finger-print resistant, no-glare coatings, too, so you look better in photos.

Now here is the really fun part for Valentine’s day: Why not get a special pair for your Valentine? Maybe a color he or she would love but never think of buying for themselves, like red or bright blue, or orange? Or cool sunglasses with non-glare coating?

Think of what fun it would be to go out to dinner in matching red glasses frames or sunglasses?

Valentine’s gift quandary: Solved!

Blog designers now need to keep up with smartphone technology. Clients now need for us to incorporate QR codes, automated texting, and a host of other technology with their sites. So we need to know and use the latest technology ourselves.

That means we can no longer wait for our cell phone providers to give us new “free” phones every two years when we sign a new contract. As a blog designer you need to move up to iPhone and Android and keep moving up as technology advances.

So what do you do with those older mobile phones? Do you toss them out? Donate them for emergency use? Or sell them to get back some cash to defray the cost of constantly updating?

Here is the best way to sell your older mobile phone: Trade it in on SellMyMobile.com. They compare and show you the current prices for 400+ models of mobile phones, so you know what is the best price you can get for your phone.

I had no idea what the going rates were for mobile phones like mine, and I find eBay more confusing than helpful for that kind of info. Who knows which prices are realistic there?

From now on, SellMyMobile is where I plan to go to sell my phone.

Take a look. I think you will want to do the same.

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