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sleeplesspotatoMy sense of time hasn't fully caught up with reality yet -- all of a sudden it's September while my mind is still somewhere in mid to late August. ^^;; Turns out enough things have happened in the meantime for me to write a post.
Eyesight. I got a new pair of glasses after 3 years of using the old ones; I thought the numbers for my astigmatism and both my eyes would have changed by now, but apparently they haven't? So I can use the old pair as a spare, just in case. Nevertheless, I've been having a hard time with staring at a laptop screen for hours -- I can't do that any more -- so I have to take breaks every so often to rest my eyes. (For some reason this apparently doesn't apply to smaller screens, like a phone or a tablet, and I can't tell why.) I also can't handle white backgrounds all that well any more, so I've changed my journal's theme as well as the defaults of whatever apps allow it.
Beta reading. About a couple months ago I finished beta-reading a short erotic novel for one of my NaNo buddies. When I offered I thought it wouldn't be hard for me to do this -- I have a natural tendency to proofread and analyze text, so it seemed like a good idea to do it at the time. Once I'd gotten started, however, I realized that I was *too* invested in the proofreading; I'd get fixated on word choice and whatever issues I found in the text, and overall it wasn't good for my mental health. ^^;; It took me longer than I thought it would to finish it, but anyway I managed to wrap it up and send it off at around the time my buddy started to ask if I was done. Recently they reached out to ask if I'd like to be included in the acknowledgements, and what name I wanted to go by; they said I'd been their most thorough beta reader, which made me feel better about having overcommitted myself lol. I said I didn't mind going unnamed, or if they wanted they could use a silly alias I came up with. (I used to wonder why voice actors and other staff who contribute to ero games and media use silly aliases; I think I kinda get it now.)
Gardening. The ginger had been doing well for months until the rainy season started; curiously it seemed to be wilting more, so I thought I ought to water it more often. That was apparently a bad idea -- based on the symptoms, the ginger had had a case of bacterial wilt, and there wasn't much I could do about it. :( I've been keeping an eye on it for the past several days, though the stalks have just been wilting slowly every day. I'll probably wait until everything's wilted before digging it up and seeing what's happened to it.
Eyesight. I got a new pair of glasses after 3 years of using the old ones; I thought the numbers for my astigmatism and both my eyes would have changed by now, but apparently they haven't? So I can use the old pair as a spare, just in case. Nevertheless, I've been having a hard time with staring at a laptop screen for hours -- I can't do that any more -- so I have to take breaks every so often to rest my eyes. (For some reason this apparently doesn't apply to smaller screens, like a phone or a tablet, and I can't tell why.) I also can't handle white backgrounds all that well any more, so I've changed my journal's theme as well as the defaults of whatever apps allow it.
Beta reading. About a couple months ago I finished beta-reading a short erotic novel for one of my NaNo buddies. When I offered I thought it wouldn't be hard for me to do this -- I have a natural tendency to proofread and analyze text, so it seemed like a good idea to do it at the time. Once I'd gotten started, however, I realized that I was *too* invested in the proofreading; I'd get fixated on word choice and whatever issues I found in the text, and overall it wasn't good for my mental health. ^^;; It took me longer than I thought it would to finish it, but anyway I managed to wrap it up and send it off at around the time my buddy started to ask if I was done. Recently they reached out to ask if I'd like to be included in the acknowledgements, and what name I wanted to go by; they said I'd been their most thorough beta reader, which made me feel better about having overcommitted myself lol. I said I didn't mind going unnamed, or if they wanted they could use a silly alias I came up with. (I used to wonder why voice actors and other staff who contribute to ero games and media use silly aliases; I think I kinda get it now.)
Gardening. The ginger had been doing well for months until the rainy season started; curiously it seemed to be wilting more, so I thought I ought to water it more often. That was apparently a bad idea -- based on the symptoms, the ginger had had a case of bacterial wilt, and there wasn't much I could do about it. :( I've been keeping an eye on it for the past several days, though the stalks have just been wilting slowly every day. I'll probably wait until everything's wilted before digging it up and seeing what's happened to it.
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Date: 2022-09-08 03:53 am (UTC)I've definitely noticed a lot more eye strain and fatigue with screen use. It's unfortunate, because my job requires I be on the computer for 8+ hours, which makes it hard to look at a screen even more to write when I get home!
Congrats on the beta-ing! Though it's rough that it was a bit intense for you. I know that sometimes that overinvestment is "good" in terms of it meaning you care and want to help put out the best finished product possible... but it's still rough when it takes a toll!
Bummer about the ginger. :/ I hate when plants have unknown maladies. I had a couple of my transplants rot at ground level a month or two ago, and I don't know why those couple did, when two others that were treated the same seem just fine!
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Date: 2022-09-08 07:44 am (UTC)My glasses have blue-light filters in the lenses; they're pricey, so I hope they're working properly, but it seems like they're not really enough if you're in front of a screen for several hours at a time. ^^;;
It's too bad since I was looking forward to harvesting the ginger in a few months, but oh well. I figure it's fine since this is my first shot at raising it; it was fairly low maintenance, too. Sorry to hear about your own failed plants, I hope the others are doing okay. :)
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Date: 2022-09-09 03:19 am (UTC)That is a bummer about the ginger, but it does give you some experience, so next time it'll hopefully work out better!