Whenever I have time, if composing carefully, I always determine the distance, focus (or set the distance by estimate), then take my glasses off, and view the image with my bare eye, which I can put closer to the camera (much of my walking around work is with a monopod). In addition to ease of seeing the whole frame (no matter which lens, but especially shorter ones), this kind of view allows my to concentrate on the compositional nature of the image, not the details. I like this for much of my work. Obviously not helpful when street shooting of moving things.
And yes, I'm in my 70's.