I've been short-sighted since I was a child. Over the years I've gone through phases of hating wearing specs. Mind you, my first ever pair of specs was a 1960s NHS pink plastic pair (YUK), and as parental funds were very limited, I couldn't get a wide choice of frames. Luckily, my level of short-sightedness isn't horrendous. Saying that, I'm now content to wear specs most of the time. I do wear contacts sometimes. Horses for courses. I made use of a "second-pair" free offer when getting my latest specs, so I have a 'normal' pair with photochromatic lenses and I have a pair of prescription sunglasses. Also, as my prescription has hardly changed over the years, I keep older specs for wearing when doing the gardening, cleaning and the like and I keep a spare pair in the car 'in case of emergency' Being able to wear contacts is useful when cycling in rain, and for when I'm feeling vain and don't want to wear specs

Plus my near vision is such that I don't need specs at all for that.