“You can’t keep up. There is no way. And trying to keep up will probably just make you dumber.You can never be current on everything you think you should be.”
This one will do two things for you: Give you permission to stop trying to keep up with everything AND give you tips to make it easier to keep up with things.
Kathy Sierra explores how to overcome the pressure you feel to keep up with everything and suggests you find the best aggregators, unsubscribe to as many things as possible, and be more realistic about what you’re likely to get to.
It’s also worth noting this post was written way back in 2006 – a time of relative calm compared to today’s information avalanche.