[unimpressive]

I already know that I spend too much time on things like Hacker News. (Which is why I take ironic and self deprecating usernames like unimpressive.) Reading, while helpful, isn't helpful past a certain point. The problem is that reading feels just as helpful when you need it as it does when you don't.

It's certainly easier to do something after having read about it. But how much can you really do, and how much of it is truly relevant to your goals? You can't help but feel that not tapping into powerful tools like RSS feeds is damaging in some way. Intangible as it is.