I tried progressives, but found that the sweet spot for reading and close work was too narrow, like only a couple of characters at a time. I now wear tri-focals, with distance, intermediate and reading. I have a special pair of glasses for computer work that have just the reading and a large area of intermediate. I've recently found that neither distance or intermediate was quite right for TV. I was lucky that I found an old pair of my computer glasses that worked perfectly for 12 feet away, and I leave them by the TV.
Getting old ain't easy, but it beats the alternative.
