There are days that I spend engaged in nothing but reading, not even anything noteworthy at that. Namely old manuals or materials for topics of the past, at times those related to roleplaying topics. It feels a bit akin to actual historical research, pouring over things that haven't been read for decades at least, where their actual relevance is dormant and lost but it leads to great gems. As of late, I have come across a trove of supplements for various games that had disappeared into obscurity. Namely I pour over them for material relevant to my own interests, in the odd hope that perhaps one day knowledge of them might benefit me in some way. I do this as well with actual personal research but there are indeed times I read fictional material at length to build my collection.