This sounds you like have hyperopia. This thing you call "focus" is in part accommodation, another part is probably mental concentration. This accommodation ability deteriorates when you are older and develop presbyopia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accommodation_(eye)
What my sibling said too: brightness will lead to sharper vision due to the pin-hole effect.
What my sibling said too: brightness will lead to sharper vision due to the pin-hole effect.