Fourteenth proof of my existence: On Heidegger and Obfuscation

I tried to read the excerpts from Being and Time. I really, really did. I sat down, I opened the book, and I died, slowly, bit by bit. Being-in-the-world? What is that? I understand the need for a different set of words to describe these concepts, and I appreciate the specificity that this approach gives it, but frankly, I feel like the nature of the wording is completely obtuse and difficult to understand. I can't tell how many times I got lost, wondering which "being" I was reading about, just completely confused as to what form of Da-sein was being discussed.

I really want to understand what he's talking about- when we watched the Solomon lectures, it began to make sense, but... I'm just not holding onto the material. I think it will make more sense after I reread it again. More than anything else, I think this boils down a lack of focus on it. Perhaps I should read it bit by bit, a little more slowly.