windupbird’s summary post 
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Approach for this challenge (and general life update I guess lol)
I am trying to keep a positive attitude and not go into this all negative and defeatist, but I don’t know how this will go 
For anyone following the apparently never-ending saga of my workplace being a hot mess - things did not get better over the month-long break. They are not getting better. In fact, they are only going to get worse as we move progressively further into the bowels of winter. I’m VERY burnt out. I am Stressed 
I am mad because I was “asked” (like I actually had a choice) to be in charge of a thing happening in Jan/Feb that I know from past experience will be the final nail in the coffin for my mental health (and which is also going to interfere with some things I actually WANT to do in my personal life). My frustration tolerance is at an all-time low because my life is frustration on a day-to-day basis because nothing and no one can just do what they’re supposed to be doing. All of which does not make for a good reading mindset.
But we’re gonna try! 
I want to get back to my beautiful jeweler Richard 
But I don’t know that I have the stamina for a book book right now. There is the manga, which I was trying to save for after I read the book so that I would be motivated to actually read the book , but maybe that’s dumb and I should just read it. What I need is more Rei in my life, but there’s no new volume of 夜の名前を呼んで for me to read I will have to dig back through my piles and see what I have. I’m trying to avoid spending money right now because I’ve been spending too much on other things so I don’t want to buy anything new if I can avoid it.
Previous challenge summary posts
Summer 2021 Challenge 
Fall 2021 Challenge 
Winter 2022 Challenge 
Spring 2022 Challenge 
Summer 2022 Challenge 
Fall 2022 Challenge
Winter 2023 Challenge
Spring 2023 Challenge 
Summer 2023 Challenge 
Also, here’s my Bookmeter, in case anyone’s interested! ^^