What I did was have one series that I don’t mine [初めてお使い] and one that I do 「こたる一人暮らし」 (which are both on Netflix).
When I get home from work I put rice in the rice cooker. I sit on the couch and decide- do I turn 初めてお使いon the TV or grab my laptop and mine from こたる一人暮らし?
When the rice is done I put away groceries, make dinner, fold laundry, pack lunch for tomorow, pick up trash, wipe counters, vacuum, sweep and brush teeth. then I finish the episode and fall asleep on the couch
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so we are giving options besides pausing alot if that feels tedious. It sounds like you don’t find pausing tedious. So you can keep pausing if that works better for you. If you really like pausing and mining, I’ve had success mining with language reactor (formally learning language with netflix)