The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

by Brandon Sanderson

Oh hell. Was I a cosplayer? And why could I remember that word, but not my own name?

Your life isn’t unremarkable. You are merely living in the wrong time. Find your Perfect Dimension™.

“Johnny,” Ryan said, “you try something, decide it’s not as good as you imagined, and give up. You try something else, and wash out of that too. Because you have these crazy standards you apply to everyone and everything but yourself.”

“Still,” Ryan said, “responsibility is important, Johnny. The way we respond to bad turns is the only thing we have control over.”

You lose a little—and that makes you wonder if you deserve to lose.

settled on no rating. The whole point of those had been to figure out what I wanted in life. Now that I had it, well, maybe I would need to rethink the system entirely. (...Five out of five. You served me well, rating system. Enjoy your retirement.)