I read more articles (examples 1, 2, and 3) about something called 'kernel_task' that sometimes goes into overdrive because of battery and/or fan issues, or sometimes just because.

This seemed to help for a short while, but then my system slowed back down again, and I realized that I must have another enemy to hunt down. It turned out that Google Chrome Helper was eating up 98% of my CPU, so I did what the internet said and disabled plugins. I read articles (examples 1, 2, and 3) about how changing your settings in the Google Chrome browser can help, because its Google Chrome Helper process tends to overhelp a lot. I ran CCleaner to free up some space and decluttered two-thirds of my old work files, culling over 60GB of unnecessary detritus, to see if too little memory was the issue. I shut down and restarted Photoshop several times. The internet suggested the following things to speed up my laptop: I have spent hours over the last couple of weeks researching fixes that only took care of smaller portions of the problem without making my normal work pace even remotely possible. I claimed to hate Photoshop, Google, kernel_task, my internet provider, and whatever else I thought might be standing between me and a sane work environment. I had a dream that I made a sandwich out of my laptop and ate it.

I ate a sandwich while I watched little circles go around and around over blank white space where websites and my work were supposed to be happening.

I managed to work, but it was slow going. I swore.

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