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Jan 6, 2025 | 
invisionmag.com | Deirdre Carroll
YOU’LL READ A LOT in this issue about all the reasons the time to start that thing you’ve been putting off is now… The Big Story — Get Uncomfortable — on page 26, much of the Tip Sheet on page 36, and John Marvin’s column — Climbing Mountains — on page 43, all touch on this topic.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
invisionmag.com | Deirdre Carroll
I’M GONNA BE HONEST with you … I don’t like the Big Survey. It’s a lot of work. And if I liked numbers … or data … or <ugh!> math, I would have entered a much more financially lucrative career than magazine publishing. But just because I don’t like it, doesn’t mean I don’t see the value in it. Every year it reveals interesting statistics about the state of your eyecare businesses across the country.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Cédric Burton |Deirdre Carroll |Mia Gal
On September 10, 2024, the European Commission (EC) offices in charge of the enforcement of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the European Data Protection Board (EDPB)—the European body composed of all EU data protection regulators that oversees the consistent application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)—announcedthat they intend to provide guidance on the interplay between the DMA and GDPR. This planned guidance aims to ensure the coherent application of the GDPR and the DMA.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
invisionmag.com | Deirdre Carroll
SOMETIMES THE QUESTIONS we ask our Brain Squad are just meant to be lighthearted and fun; a little break from all the “tell us how your business is doing” heaviness. So, imagine my surprise when one of those questions got unexpectedly deep … moving even. In the June survey, we asked members “Do you or don’t you consider yourself a happy person most of the time?
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
invisionmag.com | Deirdre Carroll
DESPITE 20 YEARS of attending Vision Expo West in Las Vegas, I don’t gamble. I never have. Well, once. One year, I put $.25 in a Keno machine at a bar while I waited for my drink. I lost that quarter immediately and the thrill was gone. I used to joke that I preferred to eat or wear my money. But I bought a house a few years ago and the joke’s on me. Then again, I suppose home ownership is a form of gambling. What’s really happening behind that dry wall? Is that dirt or mold?
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
invisionmag.com | Deirdre Carroll
IT SEEMS LIKE shrinkflation is everywhere. Your “Family Size” box of Wheaties went from 19.3oz to 18.1oz but you’re still paying the same price. There are fewer sheets of toilet paper on that roll, less toothpaste in that tube, and fewer chips in that bag. So, you might notice that our America’s Finest Optical Retailers package is smaller this year too.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
invisionmag.com | Deirdre Carroll
I AM NOT ONE of those birthday people that claims a “birthday week” or a “birthday month.” I am generally content just to mark the day — often by taking off from work if I can! — and be done with it. But many years ago, I started a tradition of trying to celebrate the day in the manner I wanted the next year to emulate. For example, if I was coming off a particularly hectic year and wanted to slow down, I’d book a spa day, pamper myself, and hope the year to come offered more calm.
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May 2, 2024 | 
invisionmag.com | Deirdre Carroll
THERE IS A meme on the interwebs that says “Don’t forget to drink water and get some sun. You’re basically a houseplant with more complicated emotions” and that really resonates with me. In cold months, I am always basically in a state of semi-neglect, but then spring rolls around and I feel reborn! Those “April showers” can still get me down, but those “May flowers” really make up for it. I feel more energized when the sun is shining, and the weather is nice.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
invisionmag.com | Deirdre Carroll
AFTER LAST MONTH’S emotional missive, let’s keep this month’s note more lighthearted, shall we? It is, after all, our creativity issue and though some of the greatest artists of all time have been their most prolific during periods of emotional turmoil — think Picasso’s Blue Period and basically every song Fiona Apple has ever written — personally, nothing kills my creativity more than stress or sadness.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
invisionmag.com | Deirdre Carroll
AFTER LAST MONTH’S emotional missive, let’s keep this month’s note more lighthearted, shall we? It is, after all, our creativity issue and though some of the greatest artists of all time have been their most prolific during periods of emotional turmoil — think Picasso’s Blue Period and basically every song Fiona Apple has ever written — personally, nothing kills my creativity more than stress or sadness.
