When you consume you are not producing

When you have time at hand and you for example choose to watch a YouTube video you are not writing code, a blog post, filming a video or teaching. And the biggest bummer is, even when you read Paul Graham’s tips on how to start a business or listen to Mitch Joel’s podcast or watch the documentary about how Tim Ferriss learned Yabusame in 4 days, you are not producing. Sure you might learn, get inspired, connect but you are not crushing it. Mind you, I do read Graham, listen to Joel and watched the documentary and it surely was worth it. But I chose learning, inspiration and connection over progress. You just have to know how to choose when progress is needed.