Comments on: How to Cope with an Addiction to Learning http://www.halfadozenmonkeys.com/how-to-cope-with-an-addiction-to-learning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-cope-with-an-addiction-to-learning Lessons in Personal Development and Productivity Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:13:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Rich http://www.halfadozenmonkeys.com/how-to-cope-with-an-addiction-to-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Rich Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:02:09 +0000 http://www.halfadozenmonkeys.com/?p=366#comment-150 Hi Mike - thanks for you comment. 3,000 ebooks? That is impressive! I know what you mean about bucket lists - especially if you are strict GTD you end up having a list of the mundane which frightens you from looking at it! I'm tending towards a daily list of the minimum things I MUST do today - anything above this is a bonus. Rich Hi Mike – thanks for you comment. 3,000 ebooks? That is impressive! I know what you mean about bucket lists – especially if you are strict GTD you end up having a list of the mundane which frightens you from looking at it! I’m tending towards a daily list of the minimum things I MUST do today – anything above this is a bonus.

Rich

]]> By: Mike Kennedy http://www.halfadozenmonkeys.com/how-to-cope-with-an-addiction-to-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Mike Kennedy Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:24:56 +0000 http://www.halfadozenmonkeys.com/?p=366#comment-147 Hi. My name is Mike, and I'm a recovering knowledgeaholic. Ironically, number 1 got me on to your site :) I use to have all the symptoms: I use to download everything because I "knew" I'd need it later, or I'd learn about it or how to do something later. I have over 3000 ebooks on my computer about every topic you can think of, because of it. In my to-do list, I have a list called "Bucket List" which houses everything I want to do before I die or, "kick the bucket". The list originally had more than 100 things on it, but I've been able to get it down to about 35 items. What I found helpful was cutting out everything that was isn't absolutely necessary, didn't help me out in the long run, wasted too much of my time, etc. I omitted the needless. And I had to figure out which direction I wanted to go in life, and focus on things that will complement that direction. Hi. My name is Mike, and I’m a recovering knowledgeaholic.

Ironically, number 1 got me on to your site :)

I use to have all the symptoms: I use to download everything because I “knew” I’d need it later, or I’d learn about it or how to do something later. I have over 3000 ebooks on my computer about every topic you can think of, because of it. In my to-do list, I have a list called “Bucket List” which houses everything I want to do before I die or, “kick the bucket”. The list originally had more than 100 things on it, but I’ve been able to get it down to about 35 items.

What I found helpful was cutting out everything that was isn’t absolutely necessary, didn’t help me out in the long run, wasted too much of my time, etc. I omitted the needless. And I had to figure out which direction I wanted to go in life, and focus on things that will complement that direction.

]]>