I like the circles and numbers, would it have been nice to have it in the middle? Sure. Do I need it? No.

"It's really distracting" If circles spinning at the bottom of your screen is distracting, you should probably think about controlling your ADD.

"It hurts my eyes" Its white and grey, and on the side of the screen, pay attention to the middle.

"It makes it hard to see what skill it is" You put it on the hotbar in that spot, but you don't know what it is?!?!