Ragnarok Online BGM, obviously :p

YUP.

Though I’ve learned a couple of things that help me over the years:

1. I put my finger on the page and allow my finger to set the pace of my reading rather than just using my eyes. This helps my eyes stay focused on the words and not get distracted.
2. I purposely don’t re-read if I get lost. I’ve found reading to be more of a chore as I’ve gotten out of school, but books are too great to just not read. So instead, I read on my terms; which means “no wasting time on re-reading”. I find I that I pick up the plot points later via context… except in Red Rising…. Pierce Brown loves to throw crap into the narrative that wasn’t telegraphed earlier in the text and it’s really jarring.

Fuuuuuck Spez, my dude/ette

I’m fascinated by “the snake method”, but I’m too lazy to look it up

Mass Effect 1 a few weeks ago. Never played it before and really enjoyed it, but eventually got sick of side quests.

Started ME2, but decided to put it down for a bit so I don’t burn out.

Oh

Super Quarter-lap Sandwich?

Thank you for sharing your story. There’s a couple of things I’d like to share back with you:

1. You’re already on guard to see this coming, so you’re less likely to get blindsided by it. The very fact that you wrote this post is a good sign that you won’t end up getting back in that situation. Give yourself a little credit.

2. Your HR department knows that It’s WAY more expensive to hire someone new than it is to keep a current employee. When I start to feel overwhelmed at work, I remind myself of this fact and I’ll purposely pull back and give myself a break. No one is going to let you go if you miss a couple of deadlines or if your UI isn’t always immaculate.

One of the biggest causes of burnout is doing higher quality work than is expected of you. While it can be gratifying to do excellent work, know that the marathon of having a career is finding what the “just right” expectation is and delivering no more and no less.

— signed: someone who burned the fuck out

Joe Hill’s Full Throttle. It’s a book of short stories and I find they’re just the right length.

Really enjoying it and some of the stories are pretty compelling.

There are instructions out there that indicate the demo version of RCT2 has enough of the source files to work >.> Just throwing that out there.