De-Brainrot Vacations

The author, a veteran software engineer, notes that routine work and digital distractions cut his reading from 1,200 pages weekly in university to almost none. On a countryside vacation he spent time outdoors, played board games, and read books such as *SPQR*, *De Newton a Einstein y algo más*, Fitzgerald short stories, and *Atomic Habits*, which reignited his interest in mathematics and led him to study calculus, algebra, and trigonometry.