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The IT Blog<p><strong>How MS Edge’s Immersive Reader Helps Me Slow Down</strong></p><p>We all probably know the drill of a typical workday: back-to-back meetings, side conversations in team chats about some other topics, drafting &amp; scanning emails, creating Jira issues, and juggling multiple project threads. The sheer volume of information coming in such a short time can be challenging.</p><p></p><p>Normally, this isn’t an issue for me. But sometimes <strong>I find myself struggling to read long texts</strong> in the middle of these high-intensity stretches. Not because I lack the time, but because my mind is already racing ahead to the next thing. I can’t seem to slow it down. <strong>This is annoying and, to be honest, a little frightening</strong>, because I realise that my mind is in a very short-cycle mode – clear evidence that I’m under <strong>stress</strong>.</p><p>Over time, I’ve found a simple trick that helps: Microsoft Edge’s <strong>Immersive Reader</strong> mode. I don’t just use it to declutter the according web page. I let the browser <strong>read the text out loud</strong> to me.</p><p>Yes, that’s right! I hit the play button, lean back, and keep my hands off the mouse and keyboard to avoid getting distracted by other tabs or windows.</p><p><strong>It forces me to slow down</strong> and listen instead of skimming the whole page. It eliminates the temptation to jump between paragraphs or skim entire sections. It enforces a slower pace that I have to accept. At first, it’s a bit of a struggle – but I’ve come to realize: it helps me to calm down a bit.</p><p>If you ever feel overwhelmed by the sheer speed of work, maybe give it a try. Sometimes, all we need is a different approach to regain control.</p><p><a href="https://www.locked.de/how-ms-edges-immersive-reader-helps-me-slow-down/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">locked.de/how-ms-edges-immersi</span><span class="invisible">ve-reader-helps-me-slow-down/</span></a><br><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.locked.de/tag/immersivereader/" target="_blank">#ImmersiveReader</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.locked.de/tag/mentalload/" target="_blank">#MentalLoad</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.locked.de/tag/microsoftedge/" target="_blank">#MicrosoftEdge</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.locked.de/tag/stressrelief/" target="_blank">#StressRelief</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.locked.de/tag/texttospeech/" target="_blank">#TextToSpeech</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.locked.de/tag/workstress/" target="_blank">#WorkStress</a></p>
Real_JamesCain<p>Two weeks ago I had a conversation with my boss saying I felt undervalued and my job growth was stagnating. I wanted more opportunities to prove myself, lamented I had no mentor.</p><p>This past week my boss goes on 3 day vacation. Within hours, my coworker, who btw is given all kinds of opportunities and is essential, sends me an email asking if I would please make a list of my reports to give to the new guy so he can convert them to SQL because “it will be a good learning experience.” </p><p>I was mad. No one trusts me, I’m being passed over. I went to my boss’ boss and asked why. I was told again it would be a good learning experience for the new guy. Completely dismissed me &amp; failed to recognize I was upset I was being passed over and my reports were targeted.</p><p>I LITERALLY have spent every waking moment since Friday at 6AM converting the reports myself and actually making them better. I’m 60% of done. I’m exhausted and emotionally drained. </p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/WorkStress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkStress</span></a></p>
Real_JamesCain<p>Three weeks ago I was told to start a new project, take one of my LARGE existing monthly reports and streamline it so it could be run weekly. I’m the only one who knows how to do this report. I asked what were we keeping, what changes needed to made, and I proposed several fancy additions that both made it better and easier to run. <br>I kept asking, where is the road map to the project, I need to get started. Radio silence. Today: We have an August deadline, Tuesday is August, where are we at with this very large project?<br>I get an angry toned email back saying we need more info — they could have asked all this weeks ago! Meanwhile I moved forward. Now they’re going to throw the brakes on everything and I’m going to have start from scratch with only two days before the deadline! Next week, when I am slow in delivering, they will be asking why they don’t have a product and they’ll conveniently forget how I was trying to work this early. 😡 <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/WorkStress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkStress</span></a></p>
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