My doctor told me that - completely ignored her. I might be a little stubborn.
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You realize you’ve developed a time-filling workflow ritual when loading “Gerald”
open ob, wait.
open second window of iNat while waiting, check notifications, respond to comments, keep waiting, check on loading progress with Gerald, wait a little more.
open forum in a new window, wait.
have six conversations between forum and other iNat window, use the bathroom, get distracted in the kitchen/outside/anywhere/everywhere, wait.
realize an hour later that you opened Gerald and forgot, face palm, toggle to Gerald. Make bad jokes, feel grateful to be a part of this ever-so-wonderful community, wash, rinse, repeat :)
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… when you get notified about new comments on Geralds fanpage, read them, enjoy them, switch to the forum here, realize a new post has been added to the ‘You know you’re seriously into iNat when’ topic, wonder about whether it might be Gerald-related - and don’t get dissappointed 
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When you’re bored at work so you look up all the goldenrod species found in your area (42!) and begin creating your own identification key. 
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You find a (thankfully unattached and unfed) tick crawling under your shirt, and after grabbing it in a tissue, your first thought is, “I should put this in a bug jar and photograph it for iNaturalist!”
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…you like to visit cemeteries because you never know what you’ll find in the dark, unkempt corners.
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Old headstones can be great for finding lichens!
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A lot of the plant collection projects I have been involved with are titled “Life in the Gisborne Botanical Gardens” etc… maybe not appropriate for a cemetery :) ?
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Botrychium!
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… you spend more on a camera ($500) than you ever have before because you want to get better photos of birds to add to iNat.
… you seriously consider buying a second camera that takes better macro photos because insects.
All true.
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It’s surprising what I’ve found in cemeteries. Bird nests full of little ones, lichens, bee hives and my favorite spot to find Western Screech and Northern Saw-whet Owls.
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Same with me! How do you hatch them out/cultivate them?
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I keep them in plastic or glass vials with some moisture. And those vials in a box outside in the garden. Check out the phantastic blog by Charley Eiseman for some inspiration :-)
–> https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/rearing/
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Lichens are everywhere in cemeteries, especially on older headstones
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You’re quite happy when flies appear in the restaurant, because you can photo them for iNaturalist!
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kind of depends on where the flies are…looking at me, half-cooked, in a forkful approaching my chompers? not so much, not just yet. I’m not yet into accidental wings in my wings, though i look forward to trying some buffalo hot mealworms one day!
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One landed on my finger and I took a quick picture of it before it flew away:
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42 goldenrod species?! Southern Appalachians?
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When you go on iNat runs (just walk and photograph everything) but you happen to be a city so you’re run is a pet store! 
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Best thing I’ve had in a cemetery was a Whooping Crane (on migration), definitely a shock!
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