I go through this thing during any significant transition where I shut down and find excuses not to do my work. When I received an email the other day notifying me of the arrival of a new Pokémon TCG for my phone I knew exactly what would happen next. I’m presently 12-6 with a trash deck filled with the best trash cards I could find on short notice. I’m learning how to play the game again and successfully avoiding being productive. It can’t last because I cannot allow that. Pokémon is too addictive for me to keep up this pace. I’ve struggled with it in the past. Fortunately it sucks up battery power to the extent that I cannot play for long without draining my phone down to nothing. Still, 18 games in, I’m still excited to keep going.