[eraad]

I work at my own startup where I manage my own time and usually, the best time to read/learn is when I get stuck in the process of building something.

Reading hacker news, stack overflow or even researching ideas on how to get through the problem in what I´m building allows me to "merge" learning and building.

It´s hard to build stuff in Erlang and learning Lisp at the same time, for example.

Try to merge both activities in some way and you will be good.

[geeko]

What you're saying is similar to what I am trying to do:

Take up projects which are 60% stuff you know how to do and 40% things you'd like to learn (the numbers are just made up, but you get the point). Even better, get paid for learning (e.g. competition with prizes or learning in a corporate environment)

[eraad]

Exactly, getting paid for learning is the sweet spot.