The loop in collecting, processing and organizing
30 05 05 - 09:42 - Bookmark this post
I found a major flaw in my “system”. Since it’s not really a system yet, it’s in quotes. But what I find myself doing most of the time is Collecting, processing and organizing. Especially readingmaterial. With 100+ RSS feeds, newsletters in both print and mail and new, interesting books coming out every week I just have too much interesting stuff to read. My “To read list” expands every weekend, since I don’t travel 4 hours a day when I actually had time to read. What to do?
- Collect less material. Unsubscribe to newsletters and RSS feeds. Pro: gives me less headaches on everything that comes in. Con: I might miss out on something (job- or personal related)
- Take a dedicated timeslot to read. Pro: Gives me peace of mind to actually read something. Con: Work is soooo hectic and at home I have so much other stuff to do, I’m afraid I might drop the dedicated timeslot sooner than later.
- Move further away from work to have time to read. Are you kidding me?
Any thoughts from my valued readers?
No matter how many feeds you read, you will miss out on something sooner or later. So you might as well limit the amount of feeds you read: what are the feeds that you really, really like (probably the stuff you read first).
And make choices: do you want to know a bit about a wide range of stuff, or a lot about a few topics? You won’t be able to achieve both…
And I get the impression that your life is more hectic now than it usually is. Adjust your priorities to that: lots of interesting stuff can wait a bit right now (in the long run, I think a reading slot is worth a try, but probably just not right now…)
Sorry this comment got so long, but it’s something that I’ve been thinking about a lot lately :-)
Marleen - 30 05 05 - 13:40
On second thought, I’m not so sure whether I agree on my remark about choices. I guess what I was trying to say, was that if you don’t have a lot of time (and even if you do), you won’t be able to read and learn everything about anything that interests you. So I guess I’d choose a few right now, and leave the rest for later…
Marleen - 30 05 05 - 14:25
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