Mixed feelings about bold labels

I'm trying to pin-point what is holding me back with RiverLea. It looks great, but I feel disoriented when using it, despite some effort.

I think it boils down to two things: there is a lot of bold text, and the font.

For example, on the contact record:

I think this looks better:

The contact record is very <blink>-y, in that there is text in red, red icons, bold, colour labels, and labels already have a distinct background.

I know it is a question of personal taste, but I have pretty bad vision (high myopia and some astigmatism, I wear eye contacts). Normally it's not much of an issue, but when I use CiviCRM, I definitely feel overwhelmed and need to focus more. Sometimes I open a record and forget what I was looking for. I think because too many things are trying to get my attention.