This is the way, with a nice microfiber towel to dry.

It's also hard to do on the go and when I'm lazy.

I have a box of a few hundred disposable glasses cleaning wipes I just stuff everywhere. Was like $20 on Amazon and my best purchase ever. Been using it for months. Life changing.

I picked up this trick from a reddit comments years ago and it's a godsend, perfectly clean smudge-free glasses, and they last longer as you're less likely to scratch them.

i've had glasses for a little over a year now and this is what i too have been doing since beginning. i thought it would be bad for the lenses and remove the coating but kept on doing it anyway and they are totally fine. i keep a soft cloth in my pocket for little smudges though.

This is the real answer

I got this too and now my friends complain about my car windshield whenever I drive them places

I got LASIK earlier this year. It's an expensive solution to the many small inconveniences that glasses have, but totally worth it imo.

I went from -5.25 with mild astigmatism to 20/15 eagle vision basically overnight.

my brain just learned to ignore smudges.

The inside part of your shirt around your waist is usually clean enough to just wipe your glasses clean without any cleaner. Rub in small circular motions until you get the entire lense

The longer you wear them, the easier it is. I didn't get glasses until I was over 20. I wasn't used to them, so I would have to clean them about every hour. Now that I've been wearing them for the better part of ten years, I don't even have to clean them every day.

I'm curious about how some people seem to think it's a daily task.

Is this is a dust/smog thing?

There are anti-fog products you can buy for that but I've never had great results from them.

You'll find that this invites scratches in your lens coatings, with minute bits of dust and sand embedding themselves into the cloth.

Microfiber's strength is also its weakness: being so good at trapping material that it never lets them go, even after washing.

Beware.