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Near-sighted or bifocaled? How do I do shower stuff when I can't see?

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I've been wearing glasses and/or contacts to correct far-sightedness for most of my life but recently I bit the bullet and switched to bifocals. The has mostly been a great improvement but now I find that basically all the below-the-knee grooming stuff is really difficult in the shower, where I can't really wear my glasses. I feel kind of dumb, but I can't be the only one with this problem. Have you faced this problem? Did you find a workaround? Or is this just another frustrating PITA part of getting older? Some details:

1) Contacts are a no-go.
2) I can wear my glasses in the shower once in a while but it's annoying and impractical for every day.
3) My vision isn't awful, it's just really blurry (and beyond squinting) beyond a foot or two. So it's not just executing tasks like doing pedi stuff, it's even noticing that, say, my legs are stubbly.
4) I have no bathtub, so there's no ledge to rest my foot closer to my face. I do have an enormous shower, so other foot rests might work.

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