My life needed some fantasy

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My life needed some fantasy

I hadn’t read a really good fantasy series in a long time. Somehow I just stopped making space for it. The moment I started working as a software engineer, my life became work, work, work. Deadlines. Tickets. Late evenings. And that annoying feeling that there’s always something to fix, optimize, ship, or learn. Even when I wasn’t working, my brain was still on. Then I met my girlfriend. And she’s the type of person who doesn’t just “like” a book. She’s obsessed in the best way. She had already read A Court of Thorns and Roses like five or six times. She knew every vibe, every moment, every character. And at some point she basically looked at me and said: “You’re reading this.” No debate. So I started. And yeah, the beginning was slower than I expected. But I kept going. And then… it clicked. The world started opening up, everything got bigger, and suddenly I wasn’t thinking about work at all. I was fully in it. I kept saying “one more chapter” and then I’d check the time and it was 2AM. And honestly? It was worth it. This book reminded me of something I forgot: life needs more fantasy. Not even as an escape. More like a reset. A reminder that my brain doesn’t have to be in problem-solving mode 24/7. That I can just enjoy something. Get lost in a story. Feel that excitement again.