Yeah the "nap and a snack break" thing is REAL. My buddy Mike tried this from his deck near Sedona, he set his camera up, went inside to "rest his eyes" for 20 minutes, and woke up three hours later with like 40 usable shots because a cloud bank rolled in. Had to redo the whole thing the next night with a timer and a really loud alarm on his phone.

Started watching Succession right after The Wire and had the same problem. What got me through was treating each episode like a stage play instead of a TV show. I started paying attention to who was saying what to who and why, not what was going to blow up next. Once I locked into the power moves in the conversations, like Logan giving Roman that fake compliment about the baseball team before crushing him, it clicked. The tension was there the whole time, just buried under the expensive suits and bad family dynamics. Breaking Bad shows you the explosion, Succession shows you the bomb being built.

Wait, do people actually set specific targets like that? I always thought just tracking was enough, but seeing yours and @alice928's comments makes me wonder if I've been doing it wrong. I used to think the whole point was just to build awareness, not to hit a number. But after reading that robert_ross95 mentioned about the streak thing, it clicked. Picking a real goal made it feel like a game instead of a chore. Now I see why people stick with it. I might try the same thing next month and see if it works for me.

Makes you wonder what else we're doing wrong...

Hannah_wells, that Memphis story gave me the willies. I can't stand waking up to bugs, it ruins the whole trip for me. The habit thing makes a lot of sense actually. People just book what they know and don't bother looking at newer options. A lot of folks also still think hostels are just for young backpackers or something, but the ones I've seen lately are pretty nice.